Winter storm lashes Texas with cold blast and watches
A last-ditch winter storm moves into Texas bringing cooler air and cloudy windy conditions. Forecasters predict lower temperatures over the next two days with thunderstorm activity persisting in north central and east regions. Tornado watches were in effect into the predawn hours for parts of North Central Texas and Southwest Texas as snow flurries and freezing drizzle affected the Panhandle and West Central areas.
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Banquet Celebrates Birth of the Nation in Pecos
The chamber of commerce hosts a Friday night banquet at the country club to honor patriots and celebrate the nation’s birthday. Town criers herald the event as attendees enjoy merriment and festivity, with awards for outstanding community contributors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Pecos
Stans pleads guilty to multiple campaign law counts
Maurice H. Stans, former Commerce Secretary, pleads guilty in Washington to five misdemeanor counts for violations of campaign finance laws while serving as chairman of Richard Nixon’s re election committee. The plea marks a milestone in the Watergate era legal actions.
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Washington
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Richard
M. Nixon
Nixon
Stans
Finance Committee
U.S
John Lewis Smith
City Council Sets Equalization Board Meeting Agenda
City councilmen will fix the date for the board of equalization meeting review permits for a sanitary landfill and approve monthly reports from the city treasurer tax collector and municipal court during a 7:30 a.m. Thursday session. Mosquito control methods for the summer also on the agenda.
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Board of Equalization
Reeves Memorial Hospital feature on KIUN
The third KIUN radio program explains how Reeves Memorial Hospital fits the regional health plan. Panelists include Har ley Reeves health planner Darrell Glover and hospital administrator Jerry Taylor. Moderator Richard D. Naylor leads a discussion ahead of the March 22 bond election.
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Reeves Memorial Hospital
KIUN
Harley Reeves
Permian Basin Regional Planning Council
Commissioners Court
Darrell Glover
Jerry Taylor
Richard D. Naylor
Hospital Citizens Committee
Hospital bond drive gains 50 volunteers in Pecos
About 50 Pecos area service clubs and organizations joined the Reeves Memorial Hospital bond effort at a Wednesday night meeting led by Richard D. Naylor. They outlined plans to reach voters for the $3.5 million project and assigned responsibilities.
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Pecos
Richard D. Naylor
Citizens Committee
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Reeves County
Naylor
Hospital Citizens Committee
City
Chamber of Commerce
Rodeo Grounds
Doug Fernandes
Bob Bickley
Bill Pigman
Wendell Faulkner
Democrats vote against further U S military aid to Cambodia and Vietnam
House Democrats rejected any more 1975 military assistance to South Vietnam and Cambodia by a 189 to 49 vote at a special caucus led by Rep. Bella Abzug. The measure signals opposition that could influence the House Foreign Affairs Committee's stance on aid, as Sen. Jackson proposed diplomacy with Sihanouk in China.
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House
U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Ford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
China
Norodom Sihanouk
Mansfield
Jackson
House Democratic Caucus
Sihanouk
Balmorhea Family Loses Home In Fire
A Balmorhea family Mrs Tony Licon lost their home and all possessions in a 3 am blaze. Sister Katy Barrera urged donations of household goods or clothing to Terrazas Furniture at Second and Oak Streets for the family comprising parents a four year old boy and a one year old daughter. The message notes the family’s loss and calls for aid.
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Tony Licon
Balmorhea
Katy Barrera
Barilla Rd
Licon
Terrazas
Fossil Pterodactyl Found in Texas Sets Flight Size Record
Fossil hunters in Big Bend National Park Texas uncovered remains of an extinct winged reptile with a 51 foot wingspan. Discovered over three years by Douglas A. Lawson a Berkeley graduate student the specimen marks the largest flying creature known. Measurements from bone fragments estimate a wingspan twice as large as the previous record pterodactyl and nearly six times the current condor. Science magazine announced the find in its March 14 issue.
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New York
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Douglas A. Lawson
University of California At Berkeley
Science Magazine
Jury to begin deliberations in Hall bribery trial
Oklahoma City AP reports seven men and five women jurors in former Gov. David Hall’s federal case will deliberate after judges instructions. On day 12, they heard final arguments and may be sequestered, risking days in a downtown hotel if no verdict. Hall and W. W. Doc Taylor face bribery and extortion charges over a $10 million retirement fund investment swing and a $50,000 extortion attempt.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
U.S. Dist
Fred Daugherty
Daugherty
Hall
Dallas
W.W
Doc
Taylor
John Rogers
Dump truck thief didn’t reach destination recaptured
On a Dallas freeway Deputy Sheriff J L Gibson trailed a stolen dump truck linked to escaped convict Thomas C Johnson. Lacking sirens, he tried honks and lights, radioed for help, and seven sheriff cars converged. The truck stopped when a marked car flashed red lights. Johnson offered defiant remarks.
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Dallas
J.L. Gibson
Gibson
Prison System
Thomas C. Johnson
Maydell
Palestine
Johnson
Why I Support the New Hospital
A chamber survey shows members favor a pro hospital stance but officials cannot issue a statement by law. The author, through personal experience as a hospital worker and husband of a nurse, argues for keeping critical care local and accessible rather than traveling to Odessa.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Odessa
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