Plaques and puns mark Pecos banquet theme
The Pecos chamber of commerce banquet at Pecos Valley Country Club adopted a bicentennial and humor filled format with two town criers Clark Ford and Harold Elder presenting remarks. Awards honored Citizen of the Year A B Foster Director of the Year John Rediger and special recognition for Mary Peyton Verna Marie Kelly and Mary Ella Meek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Valley Country Club
Clark Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Harold Elder
Elder
Ford
W.C. Newberry
Southwest State Teachers College
Will Rogers
Rotary
Agriculture Committee
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
John Rediger
Chamber
Sir Randolph
Rediger
Pecos
Mary Peyton
West Texas
Verna Marie Kelly
Kelley
First Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Delta Kappa Gamma
Asssociation of
American University Women
A.B. Foster Jr
Woody Ivy
Ivy
Paul Randolph
Verna Marie Kelley
St Patrick’s Day parades across the nation marked by dyeing Chicago River
Irish-Americans and friends celebrate with parades and festivities. Chicago plans 25 pounds of green dye for the river as the State Street parade unfolds. Kansas City reports a famed bar Kelly’s closing due to St Patrick’s Day crowds. New York hosts Aer Lingus stewardesses passing out shamrocks and a Fifth Avenue parade after Mayor Wagner’s 1964 ban on centerline traffic was lifted.
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Associated Press
St. Patrick
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
State Street
Kansas City
Kelly's
Randal Kelly
New York
Dublin
Aer Lingus
Irish International Airlines
City Hall
Ireland An
Fifth Avenue
Georgia
Tennessee
Ray Blanton
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Municipal
Appalachians
O'Hare International
Midwest
Former convict fears testifying in Cuevas murder trial
In Houston District Court Judge Myron A. Love heard that Bernard Seidel, a Dallas ex-convict, fears retaliation if he testifies in Ignacio Cuevas capital murder case connected to an 11 day prison escape and the Huntsville prison shootout that killed four. Edwin Pegelow, aiding the defense, testified Seidel witnessed part of the shootout and is subpoenaed. Pegelow noted Seidel lacks funds for a Houston trip and will arrange travel. Reverend Joseph O'Brien, corrections chaplain and hostage in the shootout, was also wounded.
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Houston
Myron A. Love
Ignacio Cuevas
Edwin Pegelow
Bernard Seidel
Dallas
Huntsville
Seidel
Cuevas
Pegelow
Julia Standley
Will Gray
Love
Joseph O'Brien
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas Weather Mix With Rain Fog And Clear Spells
Scattered rains fog and clear skies mark Texas weather today. West Texas Pecos enjoys sunshine while other areas stay moist. Temperatures rose from 66 Saturday to 74 Sunday with 32 early today. Rain drizzle and fog spread southeast across states as Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama flood.
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Texas
West Texas
Pecos
Upper
Panhandle
Victoria
Brownsville
Waco
Texarkana
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Columbus
Miss
Tombigbee
Trujillo Seeks Return to Pecos City Council
Manuel Trujillo, a six year Pecos City Council member, announces his bid for another term. He has lived in Pecos for over 23 years and says he will continue to represent all residents and serve to the best of his ability if re-elected.
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Manuel Trujillo
Pecos
Trujillo
Bonds planned for Pecos-Barstow-Toyah schools sale date set
Pecos Barstow Toyah school board set April 10 as the bond sale date for a 2.7 million dollar issue approved by voters in December 1974. The sale follows a minimum three week advertising period and funds will finance an extensive improvement program including athletic facilities and new classrooms. The board heard land proposals for the kindergarten site but took no action, while Covington Shelton Taylor and CST detailed plans for remodeling Pecos Elementary and other additions.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Alton Hughes
Hughes
Pecos
Ray Whitley
Covington, Shelton and Taylor
Odessa
CST
Philip Ferguson
Depository Securities
Pecos Girl Scout Cookies Declared Safe by Local Leader
Local scout leader Laura Teal says mint cookies sold by Pecos Girl Scouts are not contaminated. She confirms these cookies are baked by Southern Biscuit Company of Richmond, Virginia, while the contaminated batch came from another firm.
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Pecos
Laura Teal
Teal
Southern Biscuit Company
Richmond
Why I Support the New Hospital
Marie Jackson of Four Seasons Flower Shop urges a new local hospital to spare residents from traveling to Odessa for major care. She argues current facilities are inadequate for serious cases and that newer, better-equipped hospitals attract and retain doctors. Paid political ad by Reeves Memorial Hospital Citizens Committee chaired by Richard D. Naylor.
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Marie Jackson
Four Seasons Flower Shop
Odessa
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Citizens Committee
Richard D. Naylor
Chm
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John Pitts
A.B. Foster
Foster
Young People’s
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
James Cavanaugh
Hibernia
John Holloman
Health and Hospitals Corporation
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Reis
Flagstaff
Ariz
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
Rockies
California
Nevada
Manuel O. Trujillo
Girl Scout
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