Pitts wins Frank Kelly Memorial Award for oil and gas journalism
Pecos Enterprise writer John Pitts received the American Association of Petroleum Landmen Frank Kelly Memorial Award in New Orleans for excellence in reporting oil and gas information to the public. He accepted a bronze plaque and 250 dollars, recognized for his 1974 Energy Edition work as writer photographer and editor.
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John Pitts
Pecos Enterprise
American Association of Petroleum Sandmen
Frank Kelly
New Orleans
Pecos
Pitts
American Association of Petroleum Landmen
Kelly
Energy
John
O’ferrall Pauly
The
Wall Street
Oil and Gas Journal
John Dorr
Ed Thompson
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
AAPL
Frank Kelley
Mobil Oil Co
Permian Basin
Belief in Ideals Over Guns in Cold War Discourse
John Pitts argues the United States must win the propaganda war against communism by promoting democracy with the same zeal as the adversaries. He suggests toppling corrupt regimes through subversive tactics and a Madison Avenue led propaganda offensive, even if it requires installing puppets, and calls for idealism before imperialism to reverse the communist tide.
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Vietnam
U.S
Madison Avenue
C.I.A
America
Summer storms lash West Texas with hail tornadoes
Summer storms sweep West Texas with tornadoes wind and hail across a wide area. Pecos reports .08 inch of rain late Sunday while Marathon records baseball sized hail and Kermit sees pea sized hail. A tornado is reported 30 to 40 miles south of Fort Stockton as the weather turns adverse. Pecos sees little overall moisture this week.
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West Texas
Pecos
Marathon
Fort Stockton
Monahans Men Hurt in Highway Crash
Three Monahans men Mich ael Shoemaker James Roof and Tim Riddle were injured when their pickup overturned after a collision with a truck-trailer rig on SH 20 about three miles east of Pecos at 7 15 a m The pickup owned by Cox Tong Rentals of Wickett overturned after being struck from behind by the truck Both vehicles were westbound at the time and the truck stopped 100 feet west of the impact blocking westbound lanes Traffic detoured as the wreck was cleared at Pecos River bridge No word of serious damage weather updates followed with rain and storms across Texas and tornado watches and sightings reported in several areas.
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Monahans
Pecos
SH 20
Michael Shoemaker
James Roof
Tim Riddle
Pecos Memorial Hospital
DPS
Hugh Lillie
Cox Tong Rentals of
Wickett
Pecos River Bridge
Toyah
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Southwest
West Central
Turkey
Childress
National Weather Service
Floydada
San Angelo
Pecos River
Marfa
Alpine
Marathon
Memorial Hospital
Reeves Memorial Hospital Board Meeting Tuesday
The Reeves Memorial Hospital board of managers will meet Tuesday with architect Jack Turner of Corpus Christi to review plans for the new hospital. The session is scheduled for 4 30 p.m. in the hospital dining room.
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Reeves Memorial Hospital
Jack Turner
Corpus Christi
Supreme Court delays death penalty ruling
The Supreme Court postponed a ruling on the constitutionality of the death penalty to its 1975-76 term. Jesse Thurman Fowler, condemned in North Carolina for the 1973 murder of former roommate John Griffin, faces re argument after a brief order. Fowler’s case, argued April 21, involves Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment concerns.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jesse Thurman Fowler
Fowler
North Carolina
John Griffin
Raleigh
Ohio
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
United States
Luis Jose Monge
Colorado
Fowlers
Traffic mishaps continue climb in Pecos Saturday
Pecos police investigated six traffic collisions on Saturday with no injuries. Incidents began at 10 17 a m at Fourth and Walnut involving Jose Cortez and Alberto Mendoza. Subsequent crashes occurred at Fourth and Elm Yucca and Cactus intersections, Seventh and Willow, St Cedar, and Eddy and Washington, detailing drivers and addresses.
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Pecos
Jose L. Cortez
Walnut
Alberto Mendoza
Mesquite St
E. Fourth
Walnut Streets
Rudy Garcia
Martinez St
Jose Acosta
W. Fourth St
John Jay Ivy
Plum St
Julius Gassett
Oak St
Yucca
Cactus Streets
Seventh and
Willow Streets
Lucia Chabarria
Willow St
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Chicago
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Gulf Coasts
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Pacific Northwest
Rockies
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Daniel Marquez Jr
Bois D'Arc St
Seventh St
Panfilio Rodriguez
S. Oak St
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Nebraska St
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Clara Sample
Jefferson St
Richard Martinez
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