Rodriguez Named To 7AAA Team
Danny Rodriguez, 1970 Pecos High graduate and All Sports award recipient, earns All District 2AAA first team as utility outfielder. He also makes All District basketball team and will attend Ranger Junior College on a baseball scholarship. Son of Flora Rodriguez of 601 South Locust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Rodriguez
Frank Kelley
Pecos
Rodriguez
Ranger Junior College
Flora Rodriguez
South Locust
Unreturned Form Leaves Interview Process In Limbo
The note indicates a form was not mailed back and kept by the respondent as instructed, but the interviewer did not follow up or complete the process. The situation suggests a stalled intake or screening step due to missing documents and follow up.
Texas Weather Across The State From Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms and showers covered a wide area of Texas with funnel clouds along the Gulf. Rain fell in West Northeast and Central Texas and coastal regions. Reeves Pecos logged 1.2 inches downtown and 2 inches at the airport while Balmorhea reported .21 inches in town and 2 inches in the mountains. A reservoir recorded one inch and a pilot sighted several funnel clouds near Sabine Pass in Southeast Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Gulf Coast
Reeves
Pecos
Weather Bureau
Sabine Pass
Mrs Hignojos Buried Today at Santa Rosa
Funeral services were held for 74 year old Venita V. Hignojos at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with burial in Santa Rosa Cemetery. She died June 18 at her home, leaving two sons Chon Hignojos and Gilbert Hignojos, four daughters, twenty seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was born in Toyah on March 24, 1896.
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Venita V. Hignojos
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Pecos Funeral Home
Texas Teachers to Be Paid on Ten Month Basis
Texas public school teachers receive average raises of about 1050 dollars for 1970 71 with 180 classroom days and 10 extra duty days. The 1969 70 minimum program changes set new pay and term rules moving toward top salaries within ten years. The State Board defines 180 day term and 190 day total workload with local options for extended years funded locally.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
State Board
Texas Public Schools
Board of Trustees
House Fire Injures Man. Fire Destroyed Residence
Lewis Vincent, about 42, suffered second and third degree burns after falling asleep in a bed with a cigarette at his home at 1013 East 2nd. Firemen battled the blaze for 35 minutes, the ruins reignited at 1 22 a m, and he was hospitalized in good condition at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Vincent
Memorial Hospital
Wright Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services were held for Jack Wright 52 of Barstow at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery with officiants Clyde Chasteen and Lynn Webb. Wright died at 8 20 a m Friday at a new gas plant location six miles northwest of Barstow. An autopsy was ordered by Justice Juan Maulding to determine cause of death. Wright was born February 5 1918 in Cluster Oklahoma. He was a construction inspector, a resident since 1953, and a Baptist. Survivors include his widow Mildred a son Jacy Roy a step son Terry Title a daughter Lois Gayle Wright four sisters and his parents.
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Pecos
Jack Wright
Barstow
Fairview Cemetery
Clyde Chasteen
Lynn Webb
Wright
Juan Maulding
Maulding
Mr. Wright
Cluster
Oklo
The
Baptist Church
Mildred
Jacy Roy
Terry Tittle
Lois Gayle Wright
Lucy Kirksey
Hereford
Mildred Crew- Shaw
Taiban
N. M
Emily Gragg
Marie Nation
Portales
Rey Wright
Missed Paper Delivery Help Line and Guarantee
Readers missing delivery can call the Circulation Dept by 6 45 p m for guarantees after missing the paper by 5 30 p m. Contact number 445 5475.
Kindergarten Institute At Sul Ross Teaches Five Year Old Methods
Pecos teachers and others attend the Kindergarten Institute sponsored by West Texas Education Center on Sul Ross State University campus. The six week course trains degree teachers in five year old methods as part of an education package guiding state opener into the minimum foundation program. Edna Hare teaches the program with coordination by Bill Whitfield.
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Pecos
West Texas Education Center
Sul Ross State University
Ruby Fay Bryant
East F Street
David Davis
Jefferson
Sul Ross
Edna Hare
Bill Whitfield
West Texas Educational Center
Slack To Attend Virginia Meeting
Texas State Representatives Richard C. Slack of Pecos and 11 colleagues join Speaker G. F. Mutscher at the Twenty Fourth Annual Southern Conference of the Council of State Governments in Colonial Williamsburg Virginia June 23 to 26. The delegation will include Ben Atwell L. DeWitt Hale William O. Braecklein W. S. Heatly and Delwin Jones among others.
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Texas
Southern Conference of the
Council of State Governments
Louisiana
Ben Atwell
William O. Braecklein
Dallas
L. DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
W.S
Bill) Heatly
Paducah
Delwin Jones
Lub
Kock
Grant Jones
Abilene
Charles H. Jungmichel
la Grange
Raul Longoria
Pharr
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
Bill T. Swanson
Houston
John A. Traeger
Seguin
James Nugent
Kerrville
Mutscher
McGovern Responds to Agnew Criticism on War Losses
Senator George McGovern condemned Vice President Agnew for calling critics sunshines patriots and defeatists. McGovern, on ABC, argued Agnew undermines national unity while wartime casualties in Indochina rise. The debate followed Agnew’s remarks at a Cleveland fundraiser naming several Democratic critics and allies.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
North Vietnam
George McGovern
South Dakota
Agnew
McGovern
Kennedy
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Lawrence O’brien
Secretary of
Defense
Clark Clifford
Paris
Averell Harriman
Cyrus Vance
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Francisco Granado
Santa Rosa Hall
Juanita
Cesdro Neberrs
Fresno
Calif
Frances Galindo
Modesto Granado
Olga Granado
Pecos High School
Frank Jr
PHS
Norma
Bessie Haynes Elementary
Michele Harris
Alan Harris
Kelly Ranch
Maria
Central High
Ft. Davis
T-M
Sheiill
Howard
God
Acts
Kentucky
Bourbon County
Bluegrass
Institute
Texas Education Agency
Slack
Virginia
Bill Carrico
Marsha Miller
Paula Casil
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