Temp soars and storms swirl across Texas and Oklahoma
The day brought a 104 degree high in Pecos with a 78 degree low as showers and thunderstorms moved across Dalhart Plainview Lubbock and into New Mexico and Oklahoma. Rodeo headquarters announced entry deadlines and stock notes while a Pecos forgery case led to a $200 bond for Manuela Garcia Berjano.
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Pecos
Texas
Associated Press
Dalhart
Pampa
Plainview
Lubbock
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Brownwood
Wichita Falls
Bowie
Louisiana
Lufkin
Toledo Bend
Sam Rayburn Lakes
Manuela Garcia Berjano
Oasis Apts
Reeves County
Jiffy Mart
Nik Nak
Safeway
Wacker’s
Joe’s
Ford installs new Rotary officers in Pecos
Pecos Rotary Club installed eight new officers at a Holiday Inn luncheon. Rev. Clark Ford officiated for 1973-74 with Bill Pigman as president and Bill Moss as vice president elect. Mary Elia Meek named club sweetheart, gifts exchanged, and a Beauty and the Beast program entertained attendees.
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Pecos Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Clark Ford
Bill Pigman
Bill Moss
Kent Cotton
Harvey Tinkler
Jim Wafer
Walter Holcombe
Tom Strother
Mike Harrison
Mary Elia Meek
Pigman
Pecos Bill Returns as Rodeo Era Relives Old West Spirit
San Francisco AP reports lawyer for former POWs says they face indescribable pressures as eight ex prisoners face aiding the enemy charges. He compares their strain to Marine Sgt. Abel L. Kavanaugh's death, while Pecos Bill is featured with Disney footage and a July 4 showing at the State Theatre alongside a John Wayne film.
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State Theatre
John Wayne
San Francisco
Abel L. Kavanaugh
Joseph Remedo
Marine Set
Alfonso Jri
Kiate
Riate
Remedo
Navy
William Stockdale
Coronado
Calif
Remedio
Secretary of the Navy
Golden Girl Nominees Chosen For Pecos Rodeo Revue 1973
Five nominees Shawn Burkholder Jimmie Ann Hagar Patricia Mayfield Mary Ella Meek and Mary Margaret Moore will compete for the Golden Girl of the Old West title during Pecos Fourth of July Rodeo events. Rehearsals press dinners and social events detail the pageant schedule through July 5 at Pecos High School Auditorium and local homes.
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Odessa
Midland
Patricia Mayfield
Shawn Burkholder
Mary Ella Meek
Jimmie Ann Hagar
Mary Margaret Moore
Kosa-Tv
Kmid-Tv
Jean Burkholder
Linda Lundgrem
Garland Matthews
Pecos High School
Mary Ella
Dan Peyton
Briarwood Circle
Don Weinacht
All Belles
Pecos
Golden Girl
Ramada Inn
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Drug Agency Chief Resigns Over White House Interference
John E. Ingersoll quits as head of the DEA accusing the White House of frequent disruptive interference with operations. He announced the decision in Washington saying the agency faced undue political meddling while carrying out its drug enforcement duties.
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Federal Drug Agency
White House
Washington (Ap
John E. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Justice Department
Drug Enforcement Administration
Oil firms to raise July gasoline allotments
Texaco Gulf Oil and Shell announced July increases in available gasoline at service stations. Texaco will offer 101 percent of June 1 to July 1 1972 purchases or the equivalent two month period. Gulf lifts a 10 gallon per customer Pennsylvania Turnpike limit. Shell plans a 7 percent rise over last July.
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Associated Press
Texaco Inc
Gulf Oil Corp
Shell Oil Co
Texaco
Gulf
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Shell
Buckles on Display for Fourth of July Parade Awards
Nine silver and gold inlaid trophy buckles for the 44th annual Fourth of July Parade are displayed in Hubbs Office Supply. The prizes bear West of the Pecos Rodeo lettering with a gold strip for winners, a gold Texas emblem on each corner, and were donated by local businesses to honor rodeo events such as bull riding calf roping saddle bronc riding barrel race steer wrestling and wild mule race.
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West of the Pecos
Ramada Inn
RCA
Tommy Steiner
Rodeo Grounds
Hubbs
Pecos
Texas
Security State Bank
Pecos Insurance Agency
First National Bank
Crawford Hughes Insurance Agency
Five volunteers injured fighting Gibson's Discount Store fire
Five volunteer firemen were injured at Gibson's Discount Store blaze in Dumas Texas including Assistant Fire Chief Junior Clower 35 and Craig Knight 15 son of Fire Chief Charles Knight. Several were in critical condition as an awning fell onto rescuers and a crane was needed to remove it. Loss is estimated at half a million dollars.
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Dumas
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Junior Clower
David Daniel
Orval Kirkham
Dane Beck
Craig Knight
Charles Knight
Gibson’s
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Walt Disney
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Roddy Harrison
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Glen Ellis
Jefferson St
Belles
B&pw Club
Sheriff’s Posse
Kiwanis
Twentieth Century Clubs
Monahans Park
Doris Seefus
Doris Jean Seefus
Arthur Lee Phillips
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
H. Rk, Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Monahans
Reeves County Feeders Inc
Valley Motor Co
Ramada
Joe
Joey McMahon
Dallas
Hooper Produce Co
Agriculture Department
J.c.combs
Larges
California
Carolinas
Bils Roderick
Southwest Brokerage Co
Gibson
Johnson
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