Zapper 3 weed killer built in Pecos ships to Weslaco test plots
Equipment Manufacturing Co of Pecos completes and ships an $80,000 Zapper 3 weed control device to Phyotox Corp for testing near Weslaco Texas. The self propelled microwave unit weighs about 18 tons overall and uses two 3200 pound boxes with 125 kilowatt generator to bake weed seeds in soil then return a ready planting bed.
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Lynn Webb
Equipment Manufacturing Co. of
Pecos
Texas
Weslaco
Zapper
Mike Winterrowd
Kentucky Chicken Delights Chinese
Equipment Manufacturing Co
Pecos City Council Removes Traffic Light at Fifth and Oak
The Pecos City Council voted to replace the traffic control light at Fifth and Oak with stop signs to make Oak a through street. Officials approved May bills totaling 18 423 34 and upgraded employee insurance for 31 50 monthly city share while employees pay 32 50.
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Pecos
Fifth
Oak Streets
Oak
State Highway Department
Aaron Dye
Southeast Texas floods force evacuations amid heavy rains
Severe flooding across a broad Texas region discharged record lake releases from Lake Livingston and spurred evacuations of hundreds as the San Jacinto and Trinity rivers rose rapidly. Authorities warned of ongoing crest risk while thundershowers lingered northeast of Beaumont to Lufkin and Denton reported minor flooding.
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Pecos
Texas
Conroe
Liberty
San Jacinto
Trinity
Beaumont
Lufkin
Denton County
Denton
Big Bend
Panhandle Plains
Red Cross
Livingston
Alvin
Tex
Victoria
San Jacinto River Authority
Trinity River Authority
Lake Livingston
Texas Water Rights Commission
Corpus Christi
Freer
Linton
Beeville
Rockport
Home Ec Teachers Attend Area II In Service Conference
Pecos area homemaking educators attended the Area II In Service Education Conference from June 6 to 8 at the Inn of the Golden West Odessa. Mrs Iva Lou Ashley TEA consultant led sessions on Expanding Child Development Horizons with Estelle Wallace and Beverly Vinson from Texas Tech University. Pecos attendees included Gussie Jennings Joyce Woods Melba Whitaker Doveta Hunt and Mary Urquidez.
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Pecos High School
East Pecos Junior High
Inn of the Golden West
Odessa
Iva Lou Ashley
Estelle Wallace
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Beverly Vinson
Pecos
Gussie Jennings
Joyce Woods
Melba Whitaker
Doveta Hunt
Mary Urquidez
Toyah City approves revenue sharing expenditures proposal
The city council and Mayor Pro-tem Jack Burchard approve a revenue sharing plan for Toyah covering January 1 to June 30 1973. An apportionment of 535.00 dollars is set for operating and maintenance expenditures.
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Toyah
Jack Burchard
Odessa executive, wife killed in cross-border plane crash
Ned Sanford Woolley, 57, Odessa based president of Woolley Toolé Manufacturing division of Chromatoy America, and his wife Fae Hudson Woolley, 55, died when a Mitsubishi MU2 plunged in a thunderstorm near El Porvenir Chihuahua while en route from Midland to Long Beach. A Border Patrol officer sighted the wreck and alerted Mexican authorities.
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EL Paso, Tex
Texas
Ned Sanford Woolley
Woolley Toolé Manufacturing Division
Chromatoy America Corp
Odessa
Fae Hudson Woolley
el Porvenir
Chihuahua
Midland
Tex
Long Beach
Calif
Albuquerque
N. M
First sight of wife after 17 years with plastic lens
Robert Bitts, blinded in 1956, had a plastic prosthetic lens implanted June 4 and saw his wife Martha and their 6 month old son Ruben for the first time 27 months after their marriage. Bitts, a mathematics teacher in Colorado, described the moment as deeply personal and noted the mental image of faces can differ from reality.
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San Francisco
Robert Bitts
Bitts
Mt. Zion Hospital
Martha
Ruben
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton
Colo
Stanford University
Kissinger seeks delay on antiwar amendments in Indochina talks
Kissinger urged senators to delay antiwar amendments to allow the administration to finish a Cambodia peace agreement. Sponsors pressed to cut off funds for bombing as talks in Paris neared a new Indochina settlement. After a closed session, senators reported Kissinger said the administration needs time to work out a Cambodian accord while pursuing current policy including bombing. Senator Frank Church said Kissinger asked for a finite period to reach the agreement.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Wixon Administration
Cambodia
Kissinger
Indochina
Paris
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
U.S
Magruder implicates top officials in Watergate wiring
Jeb Stuart Magruder testifies before the Senate Watergate committee detailing a role in the break in and cover up. He says Mitchell approved the $250000 bugging plan on March 30 1972 after rejecting earlier proposals and that Liddy devised the operation.
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Magruder
Washington
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Democratic
Mitchell
Senate Watergate Committee
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Gordon Strachan
White House
H. R. Haldemann
Strachan
Haldeman
Key Biscayne
Fla
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Colonel Sanders
China
Hong Kong
Stuart D. Watson
Heublein Inc
KFC
Watson
City Council
Munity Center
Dye
Manuel Jaquez
Esteban Barrera
Texas Education Agency
Mageobar Mud Co
Mulberry
Fire Dept
Woolley
Mike Greer
Fort Hancock
Federal Aviation Administration
General Office
el Paso
John W. Dean
John W. Dean III
Mexico
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