Prairie View A&M Resumes Classes Today
Prairie View A&M in Texas reopens after a week plus of violence and demonstrations. The campus had been closed February 27 after two buildings burned and looting occurred. 62 students were barred from reentry, with hearings promised before a school board. President Alvin D. Thomas praised orderly return and student desire to make up lost time while condemning the violence.
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Prairie View, Tex
Prairie View A&m
Alvin D. Thomas
Thomas
Theft and vandalism report from local area
Police log describes thefts of car radios and speakers from a 1967 Olds and a 1967 Pontiac, both occurring around weekend hours. A BB gun incident damaged a rear window in a residence with the mother agreeing to cover the cost. A 1959 Chevrolet valued at $600 was stolen from Santa Rosa Hall area and recovered behind the hall.
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Jake Shuler
South Cherry
Leroy Brown
McCarty
Alamo
Magalina Mendoza
Santa Rosa Hall
Baseball Games Set for PHS Rowdies and Opponents
The PHS Rowdies host Monahans B team at 4 p.m. with Freshman Don ald Walker pitching. Tomorrow the varsity travels to Jal New Mexico for a 3 30 p m CDT start with Ernie Calanchi on the mound. A Carlsbad game was canceled due to blowing rocks and a no show by the Carlsbad team.
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PHS Rowdies
Monahans
Donald Walker
Jal
New Mexico
Ernie Calanchi
Carlsbad
James Thomas
Pecos Rowdies
Carlsbad Mid-Hi
28 Die In Texas Violence Weekend Toll
The Associated Press tallies 28 fatalities in Texas over the weekend across 18 traffic deaths five shootings two drownings two stabbings and an airplane crash. Victims include Paul Rendon 23 of Galveston Carolyn Worley 19 of Palestine Verlie Brown 41 of Houston and Eden Herrera 19 of San Antonio among others in various counties and cities.
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Associated Press
Texas
Paul Rendon
Galveston
Alta Loma
Theodora Goff
Port Arthur
Lake Sam Rayburn
William Goff
Palestine
Carolyn Worley
Linda L. Ricks
Michael W. Blackerby
Dallas
Lake Ray Hubbard
Rockwall
Verlie T. Brown
Houston
Austin
Eden Barrera
San Antonio
Harold Ward
Arthur House
Corpus Christi
Nueces Bay Causeway
No Plans To Open Elcor's Rock House
Elcor Chemical Corp reports no plans to restart the Rock House facility in Culberson County. Roy E. Campbell says low sulfur prices and weak working capital led to Nov 5, 1970 cessation after two weeks of initial production. The plant is in standby with limited staff.
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Elcor Chemical Corp
Rock House
Culberson County
Roy E. Campbell
Elcor
Elcorde
Fire crew answers call to gin trash blaze on highway
Firemen responded to a 3 03 p m Friday call four miles south on Highway 17 where gin trash was burning.
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Hwy. 17
School Menu Tuesday Features Chicken Fried Steady Menu
SEOUL AP Special Terry A. Mathews indicted by the Seoul District prosecutor on murder charge of a South Korean woman last Oct 22, announced by a U.S. military spokesman.
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Seoul
Terry A. Mathews
U.S
Independent Basketball League Begins Schedule
The Pecos Independent Basketball League starts league play with six teams including Security State Bank Professional Pharmacy First National Bank Gibson's Green Pops Green Lantern and Popular Grocery. Games are at the old gym on Highway 86 Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays with 25 cent admission. A sponsor drive funds end of schedule tournament. Officials are President David Vejil Vice President Larry Windham and Sec Treas Jimmy McAnally.
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Pecos Independent Basketball League
Security State Bank
Professional Pharmacy
First National Bank
Gibson’s
Green Pops
Green Lantern
Popular Grocery
David Vejil
Larry Windham
Sec. Treas
Jimmy McAnally
Highway 86
Eddie Ferguson
Ag Meeting Set Thursday
The Farmers Home Administration will send Robert H. Macy and J. Lynn Futch to El Paso and Pecos for an Agricultural Conference chaired by Congressman Richard C. White. El Paso meets March 9 at 9 AM and Pecos on March 11 at 9 AM, with Lee J. Bowers also participating. The event includes participation from Federal Extension Service and other agriculture agencies.
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Farmers Home Administration
Department of Agriculture
Robert H. Macy
el Paso
Pecos
Richard C. White
Rodeway Inn
Bassett Center
Pecos Community Center
J. Lynn Futch
Temple
Texas
Texans Warm Up as South Winds Return
Texas weather shifted to south winds and warmer conditions across the state. Skies remained clear with forecasts showing mostly fair weather through Tuesday. Highs reached 68 at Alice and San Antonio, 69 at Brownsville, while Dalhart and Texarkana stayed cooler in the low 50s. Early readings showed lows down to the upper teens and 20s in western and northern locales with Galveston and Laredo at 45 and Brownsville and McAllen at 49.
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Associated Press
Texas
Alice
San Antonio
Brownsville
Dalhart
Texarkana
Tyler
Lufkin
Amarillo
Longview
Childress
Galveston
Laredo
McAllen
Benny Performs as Violinist for Charity in Jacksonville
Jack Benny appears with the Jacksonville Florida symphony orchestra to raise funds for serious music, pushing total donations past five million dollars from benefit performances. He previously played Carnegie Hall in 1956 and joined a Kansas City symphony event at Truman’s request. In other notes Nixon is likely to visit Austin on May 22 for the Lyndon B Johnson Library dedication. Oba kingship claims surface as Sen Muskie learns king Adeyinka Oyekan lists five wives and 25 children.
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Hollywood
Jack Benny
Jacksonville, Fla
New York
Carnegie Hall
Harey S. Truman
Kansas City Symphony
Lagos
Nigeria
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Adeyinka Oyekan
Muskie
Balaban and Evans Among Noted Obituaries
Barnett Balaban former Paramount Pictures president dies at 83 in Conn. after stepping down in 1964. Herbert McLean Evans who identified Vitamin F dies at 88 in Berkeley after long illness. Frank Lillyman paratrooper and WWII Normandy pioneer dies at 23 in Washington at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Berkeley
Calif
Herbert McLean Evans
Alta Bates Hospital
Washington
Frank Lillyman
Lillyman
Walter Reed Hospital
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al Theatre
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Airlawn Shopping Center
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S. Aa
Gibson
Nplin Hi
Independent Basketball League
Pegus Enterprise
Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South
Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Dan Dominguez
White House
Nixon
Lyndon Baines Jonhson
University of Texas
Oba
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