Reeves County to Spend 7.5 Million on Highways
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce Highways and Transportation Division reports about seven and a half million dollars will be spent on area road construction. Work is to begin within 30 days and aims to improve Reeves County highways and re condition existing roads. The group promotes the Governor’s Drive Friendly safety campaign with pamphlets window stickers and bumper stickers. Present were Carl Holm Frank Harper Fred Armstrong Marshall Huffman and Harold Meyer.
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Highways and Transportation Division
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Carl Holm
Pecos
Ojinaga
Chihuahua City
Old Mexico
Reeves County
Frank Harper
Fred Armstrong
Marshall Huffman
Harold Meyer
West Pecos Junior High Volleyball Falls to Monahans
The Pecos Junior High girls volleyball teams lost to Monahans in Monahans. The B team dropped set scores of 15-1 and 17-15 with Theo Regas 9 points Carol Moorman 5 and Bertha Jasso 2. The A team won 15-11 and 15-2 behind Debbie Spray 4 Debbie Herrera 3 and others. Pecos next faces Imperial on March 8 at home and competes in the Kermit tournament this weekend.
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Pecos
Monahans
Theo Regas
Carol Moorman
Bertha Jasso
Debbie Spray
Debbie Herrera
Vickie Passmore
Twila Blackwell
Charla Clark
Clair Dennison
Pecos Junior High
Kermit
Imperial
Notable Deaths Mark Diverse Eras Across States
Dr. Donald Q Kern 56 energy conversion expert and AEC consultant since 1964 died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Cleveland. Joaquin Jack Pina 100, one of New Bedford’s last whalesmen, died after completing a whaling voyage in 1914 aboard the Carleton Bill. Charles W Engelhard 54, Remains a billionaire industrialist with gold and platinum holdings and racing interests including Nijinsky. Dixie Howell 58, Alabama football star of the 1930s and NCAA Hall of Fame member, died of cancer in Hollywood.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Donald Quentin Kern
Atomic Energy Commission
Case Institute of Technology
New Bedford
Mass
Joaquin Jack Pina
Pina
Carleton Bill
Boca Grande, Fla
Charles W. Engelhard
Engelhard
Nijinsky
Hollywood
Millard
Dixie Howell
Alabama
Notable Figures Highlight Jazz Rise and Royal Honors
In Chicago George London says jazz gains popularity among youth though rock remains dominant as the Kennedy Center plans an American College Jazz Festival with May 14 16 finals at the Urbana Illinois campus. Prince Charles earns freeman status in London as Princess Anne joins in a ceremony at Guild Hall. Pat Nixon recalls teaching school and would like to return if time allows during a White House reception for junior college wives. Former Gov. James E. Folsom undergoes heart valve replacement surgery in Birmingham with satisfactory condition. Earl Warren named to an ILO committee evaluating member governments labor policies in Geneva.
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Chicago
George London
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Washington
Urbana
University of Illinois
Pat Nixon
White House
American Association of Junior Colleges
Birmingham
Ala
James E. Folsom
Folsom
University Hospital
Hospital News Admits and Discharges February 1971
Hospital notices list admissions and discharges by date for February and March 1971 including E H Scales Elva Acosta and baby boy Suzanne Browning Amelia Ornelas James D Gallentine Eva Martinez Maria Gallardo Gudelia Rodriguez Arias Rufina Lozano John Conger Linda Lundgren Micaela Villalon Marsha Wilford Georgia Dorris Claude Capps Suzanne Browning Virgie Mount John Mayberry E H Scales Myrtle Shelton baby boy born to Dennis and Dorris Willford baby girl born to Everett Willford Pecos info in the record with box numbers and addresses referenced note dates span February 22 to March 1 1971 and include multiple patient names and two newborns
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Suzanne Browning
Amelia Ornelas
James D. Gallentine
Eva Martinez
Maria Gallardo
Gudelia Rodriguez Arias
Rufina Lozano
John Conger
Linda Lundgren
Micaela Villalon
Marsha Wilford
Georgia Dorris
Claude Capps
Virgie Mount
John Mayberry
E.H. Scales
Myrtle Shelton
Baby Boy
John Smith
Buck Jackson Rain Forecasts and Dust Bowl Fears
A jumbled 1940s style column notes Buck Jackson’s rain influence amid drought talk, recalls Dust Bowl memories, and quips on taxes, politics, and education costs in Texas. The author wryly critiques a Supreme Court traffic fining ruling and muses on Austin district naming and tuition hikes impacting students.
School Menu Thursday Highlights
The Thursday menu features pizza with buttered corn and green beans, stuffed celery, chocolate pudding, bread, butter, and milk.
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West Pecos
London
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Guildhall
Geneva
U.S
Earl Warren
International Labor Organization
By Neg Cochran
Saake
Hospital News
Elva Acosta
Nora Briceno
Dennis Dorris
Hackberry
Feb
Mrs
Everett Willford
Box
American Cancer, Society
Branan's Pragmentaries
Fran Sunday
Buck Jackson
Buck
John Steinbeck
Henry Fonda
Oklahoma
California
Hwy
Balmorhea Hwy
Alton Hughes
Chamber of Commerce
Alton
Preston A. Tate
Houston
Supreme Court
Capitol
Senate
Austin
Travis
D.T
Texas
Ivan
American Cancer Society
W. Third
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South
Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Dan Dominguez
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