Senate considers 18 year voting age amendment
The Senate Judiciary Committee reviews a proposed constitutional change to lower the voting age to 18 with sponsors claiming broad support. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield suggests swift action if the committee approves and the filibuster rule is settled. The article also notes major cuts to U S air defenses as the Nike-Hercules batteries are deactivated and fighter interceptor squadrons reduced and dispersed.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
Senate
United States
Air Force
Egypt Receives Soviet MI-8 Helicopters For Assault Reach
U S intelligence reports three Soviet ships delivered MI-8 transport helicopters to Egypt in the past month. The deliveries boost Egypts capacity to land raiding parties behind Israeli lines as the Egyptian Israeli cease fire nears expiration.
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Egypt
Israel
Nuclear tests halted in Plowshare program
The United States suspends nuclear tests for peaceful uses under Plowshare due to funding shortfalls and environmental concerns. The FY starting July 1 will be the first without a device explosion since 1958.
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Washington
United States
Northeast Winter Storm Slams Regions From Maine To Georgia
Snow sleet and rain battered the Northeast while freezing cold pushed into the South. Upstate New York and New England saw 3 to 6 inches of snow with 4 to 8 more inches predicted for Pennsylvania New York and northern New England. Strong winds caused blowing and drifting with gale warnings issued coast to coast from Maine to Georgia.
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Associated Press
New York
New England
Pennsylvania
Maine
Georgia
South Gains Migrants and Black Exodus Continues
The Census Bureau reports the South had a net migration gain of about 500000 in the 1960s, the first such gain in a century, while blacks left the region at roughly 140000 per year. This contrasts with earlier estimates that black out-migration slowed to about 88000 annually in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Washington
South
Census Bureau
Pakistan Quietens DACCA After Assembly Postponement
Violence and tension in Dacca East Pakistan eased as Awami League leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman urged government troops to return to barracks after being deployed to quell mobs. Promised to control demonstrations as political situation stabilizes.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Pakistan
Constitutional Assembly
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Awami League
Nasser Death Questioned by Sabin in Tel Aviv
Dr Albert Sabin suggested there is reason to doubt Gamal Abdel Nassers death was natural The polio vaccine inventor speculated a dissident Egyptian military group hostile to Soviet backed policy might be involved citing impatience with promises of helping Egypt destroy Israel and taking action only through words and arms shipments
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Tel Aviv
Albert Sabin
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sabin
Egypt
Israel
Pottery Recall Over Lead Poisoning Tied to Metlox
The FDA orders recall of Metlox Potteries ware after an 18 month old Philadelphia child dies and lead levels in the pottery are found to reach eight times the safety limit of seven parts per million. The agency labels lead poisoning as the suspected cause.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Philadelphia
Metlox Potteries Inc
Manhattan Beach
Calif
FDA
Butler Wins Scholarship for Physics at North Texas State
Ronnie Butler of Pecos High School earned a $450 Merit Aid Scholarship in Physics from North Texas State University after high test scores in SAT and strong physics and coursework results. He may qualify for a $100 per month raise after nine months if he majors in Physics and maintains satisfactory work.
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Ronnie Butler
Randle Butler
Pecos High School
North Texas State University
Butler
Public School Week Sees Few Visitors and Lunch Nearby
Few people visited the schools during Public School Week observed through tomorrow. The public is invited to eat lunch in cafeterias if they wish. In Texas, the Railroad Commission reported March 1 oil allowable averaged 3,732,993 barrels, up from 3,770,594 on February 15.
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Austin
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Seniors Present Play Tonight at Pecos High School
The 1971 senior play The Diary of Anne Frank screens in Pecos High School auditorium tonight at 8 with Marcha Miller as Anne and Larry Lamb leading a cast including Steve Greenhill Lynne Cowden Sally Meek and others. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 75 cents for students. The final show is tomorrow night at 8.
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Pecos High School
Anne Frank
Holland
Otto Frank
Francis Goodrich
Albert Hackett
New York
Anne
Marcha Miller
Peter van Doan
Larry Lamb
Steve Greenhill
Mr. Frank
Lynne Cowden
Mrs. Frank
Sally Meek
Margot Frank
Elizabeth Sutton
Mieo
Sherry Ray
Mouski
Willie Johnson
Marsha Miller
Marchman Rites Set for C H Pop Marchman
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 at Kier and Son Funeral Home in Colorado City for C H Pop Marchman longtime area resident. Burial follows at Meadow Cemetery at 1 30 pm. He died yesterday morning in Colorado City. He was a Baptist and a retired T P Railway machinist. Survivors include four sons and five daughters plus numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Kier and Son Funeral Home
Colorado City
C.H
Pop’’ Marchman
Meadow Cemetery
Marchman
T&p Railway
Toyah
Pecos
Campbell Henry Marchman
Georgia
Henry Marchman
Lucern Valley
Calif
O.B. Marchman
Oakland
Lorel Marchman
Grande Prairie
Murphy Marchman
Bakersfield
Bertrena Sims
Afton
Iola Crowder
Emma Vermillion
Elizabeth Kritlow
Colton
Ind
Callie Denison
Running Springs
Mead Marchman
Cleburne
Lawrence Marchman
Houston
Albert Marchman
Chicago, Ill
Daisy Stakley
Essa Mae Gibbs
Norman
Okla
Wreck Victim Transferred After One-Car Roll Over
Mrs. Cheryl Ann Brown twenty one of Sweetwater was transferred by Pecos Ambulance Service to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa for injuries from a one car roll over on SH 20. She suffered possible neck fracture multiple upper body fractures and internal injuries and remained unconscious with oxygen support. The 1968 Oldsmobile she drove went off the right shoulder and rolled across the median into the east bound lanes before resting on the south shoulder. She was found about forty feet from the wreckage.
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Cheryl Ann Brown
Sweetwater
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Brown
Pecos Ambulance Service
Contested Council Race Opens With New Candidate
Carl R. Payne 37 files for one of three city council seats joining incumbents Glen Ellis Clem Crowley and Manuel Trujillo in a three seat election. Payne a pilot for Lukins Flying Service resides at 1312 W 8th with wife Patsy Fisher and three children. Incumbents Charles Mitchell Richard Naylor and Charles Weinacht seek re election. Absentee voting runs March 15 to 30.
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Carl R. Payne
Glen Ellis
Clem Crowley
Manuel Trujillo
Payne
W. 8Th
Patsy Fisher
Kins Flying Service
Millard Smith
Dale Toone
Saragosa
Pecos
Air Force
Charles Mitchell
Richard Naylor
Charles Weinacht
West Texas agribusiness conference on prices and markets
Congressman Richard C. White sponsors next week conferences on prices market and production topics in El Paso Pecos and College Station. ASCS officials from Washington and Texas participate with local leaders and lunch sessions followed by Q and A and individual conferences. Farmers and farm leaders from all West Texas invited.
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Richard C. White
West Texas
el Paso
Rodeway Inn
Bassett Center
Pecos
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Washington
Stan Hill
Southwest Area Office
ASCS
College Station
David W. McElwrath
Lloyd Kilgore
Reeves County
A.J. Broyles
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Sibyl S. Burch
Ward County
Monahans
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Congressman White
Pecos Aims to Be the Cleanest Town in 1971
City manager J J Maxey argues for stronger waste collection and disposal. Pecos expands 30 gallon and 40 cubic yard metal boxes, adds a new garbage truck, and upgrades pickup systems to reduce litter and improve sanitation. The 1960 to 1970 accounts rose from 3344 to 3759. Cooperation from residents is key to a cleaner Pecos in West Texas.
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Sanitation Department
Pecos
Texas
West
Pecos Golf Association Meeting Friday
Pecos golfers are reminded of a meeting Friday at 7 30 p m at Pecos Valley Country Club. All members and interested persons are invited to attend a chili supper. J D Gillespie is president. Plans for the 1971 season will be discussed.
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Pecos
Pecos Valley Country Club
Pecos Golf Association
J.D. Gillespie
Hildreth Leaves El Paso for Korea Duty
Sp. Thomas A. Hildreth departed February 27 for Korea after a year and a half at Fort Bliss El Paso. He is married to Yvonne Loftin and has a three month old daughter. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R D Hildreth of Pecos where the family resides.
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Thomas A. Hildreth
Korea
el Paso
Fort Bliss
Hildreth
Yvonne Loftin
R.D. Hildreth
Pecos
Reeves County Voter Registration Totals
Despite a Legislature extended period in February for registration Reeves County shows 3925 total voters with 364 registering during the extension period. The county remains below average for an off year.
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Reeves County
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Howard
J.J. Maxey
Thomas A, Hildreth
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