POW release extends to U S with Homecoming plan
Eighty of the 106 American prisoners of war freed by North Vietnam this week will fly to the United States on Wednesday. Planes with 206 men each depart to Andrews AFB, Scott AFB, Kelly Field, and Travis AFB between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. local time. Sixty-six POWs remain at Clark Air Base along with two West Germans. Thai sergeants and Filipinos freed recently were moved to Bangkok and Manila hospitals.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North Vietnam
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Ill
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Travis Air Force Base
Fairfield
Calif
Hanoi
Bangkok
Manila
Air Force
Navy
Robert B. Fuller
Jacksonville
Fla
Wagner High School
Torkelson
Jewelry theft at Farnum's on Oak Street
Farnum's Jewelry at 319 S Oak St reports more than $1000 in merchandise stolen by shoplifters Monday. An unknown person opened a jewelry case and took three diamond rings and a tie tac. Patrolman Ruben Gonzales said the theft occurred between 4 and 4 30 p.m.
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Farnum’s
S. Oak St
Ruben Gonzales
French sky boycott as two jets collide near Nantes
Airlines refuse to fly over France after two Spanish jets collided off Abbeville while a Swedish captain reported a near miss. Radar gaps around Nantes cited as contributing factors and authorities blamed pilot error. Strikes by air controllers prompted widespread grounding and cross border disruption.
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Paris
France
Claude Grigaut
Nantes
Spain
Britain
Stockholm
SAS
Rolf Bandell
Abbeville
Bandell
Canary Islands
Spantax Charter Line
London
Iberia
Minorca
Robert Galley
Galley
Defense Ministry
British European Airways
British Caledonian
Lufthansa
BOAC
U. S. Pilots’ Association
Pan American
TWA
Amstead to address Pecos Chamber banquet on growth
Dr. B H Amstead president of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin will speak at the Pecos chamber of commerce banquet on March 15. His talk will cover ecology agriculture and vocations and the role of education in regional growth. Tickets cost 5 and are available at chamber offices banks and KIM.
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B.H. Amstead
Pecos
Fighting Fires Not All A Fireman Does
Austin dispatch recounts comical and odd calls to a fire station. A woman mistook a rat for a pest in a toilet while a nurse found squirrels in a home. Firemen also responded to overheated baby bottles and a nursing home bar incident with brooms.
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Austin
Tex
Doc Rhodes longtime Pecos public servant dies in Dallas
D H Doc Rhodes veteran public service official dies suddenly at his Dallas home. A Pecos native, he led Community Public Service Company local operations from 1951 to 1966 and served as Pecos mayor and councilman. Rhodes held civic posts including chamber of commerce president Lions Club director and VFW member. He served in World War II with the US Army Signal Corps and landed in France three days after D-Day. He later returned to Clifton Valley Mills Ker mit and then Pecos before rising to CPS representative. He is survived by his wife and mother.
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D.H
Doc) Rhodes
Community Public Service Company
Dallas
Pecos
The
Power Company
Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Clifton
Signal Corps
Army of the US
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Clifton and
Valley Mills
Kermit
Linda Bryan Named Office Manager at Reeves County Hospital
Linda Bryan, two year office employee at Reeves County Memorial Hospital, was named office manager by Administrator Pauline Drew. She supervises four employees, handles training, and keeps records and office machines running. Linda, a 1957 PHS graduate, previously worked for her husband Buddy Bryan and a local bank, and raised four sons Clarence, Clay, Dale, and Tom. She and the Toyah family enjoy camping and rock and arrow head hunting.
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Linda Bryan
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pauline Drew
Tom
Toyah
Drew
Linda
Door Kicker Damages Auto and Other Petty Crimes
Jimmy Herod reports his car doors kicked in twice causing about 60 dollars in damage with the first incident Saturday night at the State Theatre and the second Monday near the high school. Hattie B. Wilson says someone backed into her front end in the 100 block of Cypress Street Monday. Estelle Burton loses a ten dollar bathtub from her back yard between 7 am and 5 pm Monday after someone backed into the yard and loaded it onto a vehicle.
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Jimmy Herod
S. Locust Sr
State Theatre
Hattie B. Wilson
Pecos
Cypress Street
Tommy Box
Estelle Burton
S. Plum St
Box
City Plans Await Word on Oak Third Signal
Texas Highway Department officials have not announced plans for a traffic activated signal at Oak Third Street. City Manager J. J. Maxey said District Engineer Paul Coleman has forwarded the council's recommendation to Austin, but no word has been received yet.
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Texas Highway Department
Oak-Third Street
J. J. Maxey
Paul Coleman
Austin
Judge Glover Attends Regional Council Meeting
County Judge Darrell Glover joined Executive Director Ernie Crawford and seven others from the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission at the NA RC meetings in Minneapolis and Washington last week. The six day sessions focused on the council's plans for the coming year.
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Darrell Glover
National Association of Regional Councils
Minneapolis
Minn
Washington, D. C
Ernie Crawford
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Glover
Reeves County Cotton Acreage Cut Leads to Vegetable Planting Shift
Reeves County sees a 13 percent cut in cotton acreage, mirroring state and national trends. County Agent Paul Tapp reports growers will expand into vegetables with existing producers likely enlarging operations and new interests turning to vegetable crops. Land preparation is ahead of schedule and most farmers are in good shape. Rumors of widespread nonfunding were unfounded.
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Reeves County
Paul Tapp
Tapp
Pecos Boys Club Barbecue Saturday Dinner
Pecos Boys' Club directors will serve barbecue at 5 30 p m Saturday March 10 in the Sheriff s Posse Barn. Tickets are on sale at the Enterprise and from club directors for 2 dollars each. Monday s Enterprise listed Sunday as the date but the notice warns you will miss the event if you wait until Sunday.
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Pecos Boys
Sheriff’s Posse
Enterprise
Weather shifts bring showers and cool snap across Texas and West
A cold front moved through the valley triggering brief showers and a low 49 early morning. Forecasters warn of more storms, watches cover over 100 counties in West and North Central Texas while severe storms push eastward and flood alerts rise. Pecos-Barstow ISD trustees meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to elect teachers, review textbook recommendations, and approve bills.
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Associated Press
Texas
West
Texas Panhandle Plains
Ozona
Abilene
National Weather Service
North Central
Dalhart
Panhandle
Amarillo
Brownsville
South Central
Kansas
Central Plains
Oklahoma
Belle Plaine
Kan
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic States
Gulf States
Lousiana
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Northwest
Pecos-Barstow
Cleanup continues at train wreck site
Cleanup on the T P Railroad right of way follows a derailed 14 car incident on February 20. Soil saturated with carbolic acid will be scraped and sent to a chemical plant. Odessa salvage will remove remaining cars next week. Five firemen sustained acid burns. no other injuries.
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T&p Railroad
Odessa
W. W. Lewis
Charges Dropped Against Brooks in District Court
Theft charges against Michael D. Brooks were dismissed in 143rd District Court after the witness failed to testify. The jury was dismissed and a new pool of jurors was summoned for Wednesday morning to hear two burglary cases. Clarence G. Massey and Ronald Dean Smith were among the defendants.
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Michael D. Brooks
143Rd District Court
Clarence G. Massey
Ronald Dean Smith
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Terry Burns
Kim
Pecos Valley Country Club
B.H
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Doc
Jerusalem
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C. S. Rhodes
Judge Glover
Pecos Boys Club
Carlos Nichols
Millsapps Yard
Jackson Blvd
Brooks
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