Pecos Barstow Board weighs cost of new school buildings
Architects Covington Shelton and Taylor presented a southern Pecos Barstow plan with a 6 000 seat stadium track fieldhouse football lights restrooms pressbox and electrical upgrades estimated at about 500000 for athletic facilities and a kindergarten building priced at 1017984 while Pecos Elementary remodeling was set at 228652 plus 40606 for air conditioning. a bus storage shed proposed but rejected as unnecessary.
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Pecos- Barstow
Pecos Elementary
Covington, Shelton and Taylor
Pecos
Express
Harvey Ramsey
Whitley
Duto
Head Start grant awarded to Reeves County Council
Senator John Tower announced a $14 314 grant from the Department of Health Education and Welfare to Reeves County Community Council for a head start program serving 26 children on a part day basis for nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tower
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Reeves County Community Council
Bicycle thefts and property vandalism reported near high school
Randall Smith reports a bicycle stolen from a high school after 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. Police recovered a bicycle from the Nick Jurado residence at Walthall Trailer Park Monday night. Jessie Allen says vandals cut the seat of her Jeepster parked at the high school Tuesday night. Reeves County Commissioners set their routine agenda for 9:30 a.m. Monday with no unusual items expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Smith
Alamo
Nick Jurado
Walthall
Jessie Allen
Reeves County
Darrell Glover
Rep. Slack Suffered Mild Heart Attack in Austin
State Rep. Richard C. Slack of Pecos spent the morning in Brackenridge Hospital’s cardiac unit after a mild heart attack. Two heart specialists said his condition has stabilized as his wife prepared to fly to Austin from Pecos. Slack, vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, initially showed respiratory symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Slack
Jefferson St. Pecos
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Charlene Platt
Slack
Pecos
Apital
Associated Press
House Appropriations Committee
Agreement in principle reached on Wounded Knee siege
The Justice Department announced an agreement in principle with Indians at Wounded Knee South Dakota to end the 260-person siege begun February 27. Key issues include non residents leaving Wounded Knee and whether the confrontation will be fully settled. Roadblocks remain with only local residents and reporters allowed through.
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Washington
Justice Department
Wounded Knee
S.D
Department
James Abourezk
D-S. D
South Dakota
Nebraska
San Roman joins First National Bank
Richard San Roman a 25 year old Angelo State graduate joined First National Bank on March 1 as an installment loan officer. He previously worked at the Texas Employment Commission in San Angelo for three years while earning his business administration degree. Bank president J T Moore welcomed his staff addition.
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Richard San Roman
Angelo State College
First National Bank
San Roman
Texas Employment Commission
Angelo State
TEC
San Angelo
J. T. Moore
Sai Roman
Richard
First
Pattee Named to SBA Lubbock District Council
Thomas S. Kleppe announced in Washington the reappointment of James F. Pattee of Pecos as a member of the Lubbock District Advisory Council of the SBA. Pattee, a CPA and director of Security State Bank Pecos, is active with the Downtown Lions Club and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. Kleppe
Small Business Administration
SBA
Washington
James F. Pattee
Pecos
Lubbock
Mr. Pattee
Security State Bank
Pecos Barstow Board Okays Bus Routes and Fees
Trustees reviewed bus routes and registration fees amid parent questions at the February meeting. Supt. Ray Whitley showed a city map marking two mile eligibility areas outside the high school bus zone including Tra-Park, Fifth and Martinez, Pine and Fourth, and Ropers Motel on Third. The two mile limit, set by the state, governs transportation funding and eligibility for riders.
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Pecos- Barstow
Ray Whitley
Tra-Park
Tra- Park
Fifth
Martinez
Pine
Ropers Motel
Whitley
Barstow
Hospital board to discuss laundry facilities agenda tonight
Reeves County Memorial Hospital board of managers meets at 7 30 p m today in the hospital cafeteria to discuss laundry facilities new office improvements and arrangements and routine reports by Administrator Pauline Drew
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Reeves County Memorial Hospital Board of Managers
Pauline Drew
Kyles donate large land gift to Texas A&M
Mr and Mrs Sid M Kyle of Pecos give Texas A&M more than 15600 acres in Loving County near Pecos with surface rights valued around 560000. The land will be used for range management research and education benefiting Texas ranchers.
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College Station
Sid M. Kyle
Washington St
Pecos
Texas A&m University
A&m
Jack K. Williams
Williams
Loving County
New Mexico
Kyle
University
Texas
Kyles
Texas A&m
Robert L. Walker
Joseph Schuster
Trucker Bus Crash Near West Texas Bridge Kills Nine
The February crash on U S 290 near Fort Stockton killed nine people and left 21 injured. Kennon D. Cordes and Barbara Jean Cordes died in burn centers. James Simon and Vaughn Baxter Thomas also among the dead. Greyhound bus from San Francisco to Miami involved. truck driven by El Paso man collided with Tunis Creek bridge abutment and jackknifed. Investigators noted lack of narrow bridge warning and discussed Interstate 10 extension funding.
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Kennon D. Cordes
San Antonio
Tex
Brooke Army Medical Center
James Simon
Beaumont
Cordes
Simon
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Barbara Jean Cordes
Kennon Cordes
West
Texas
U.S. 2960
Tunis Creek
Austin
el Paso
U. S. 290
Vaughn Baxter Thomas
Odessa
San Francisco
Miami
Greyhound
Kerrville
Texa
Texas Highway Department
Paul Coleman
Coleman
Texas Fort Stockton bridge plans held up by funds
The Texas Highway Department had complete plans to replace the 22 foot bridge on U S 296 at Fort Stockton with dual 42 foot spans but money was unavailable. A Nixon Administration impoundment of the Highway Trust Fund and stalled federal aid延期 have delayed bids and could push back construction despite ready plans and wider lanes.
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Austin
Highway Trust Fund
Congress
Yancey
Fort Stockton
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Ministro de la Iglesia de Cristo
Raymondsville
el Piblico Es Invitado
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Pecos- Barstow Independent
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North Pecos
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Pecos High School
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Pilar
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