Doctors Boost Pecos Hospital Occupancy and Services
Reeves County Memorial Hospital sees rising occupancy near 110 percent at times with February at 88.22 percent and Jan–Feb 1975 averaging 87.44 percent, up sharply from 49.20 percent in 1974. Dr. Ed Schmidt credits more local doctors Bang, Lee, and Chuong, noting broader hospital activity and higher lab tests, surgeries, and radiology uses.
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Reeves County Memorial Hospital
ED Schmidt
Schmidt
Pecos
Bang
Lee
Chuong
Memorial Hospital
Schools raise graduation units to 60 in Pecos district
The Pecos school board approved a 60 unit graduation requirement to take effect for the 1975-76 class, rising from 55 units under the quarter system. Full 60 units will be required for the class of 1978-79, with intermediate steps for 1975-76 and 1976-77, and the change aims to keep students in full study all day and curb discipline problems. The board also set a 1975-76 calendar and reviewed a list of potential Board of Equalization members.
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Lynn Webb
Ray Whitley
Pecos
Whitley
Monahans
Seminole
Kermit
Brownfield
Crane
Andrews
Fort Stockton
Ector
Board of Equalization
Kleasen says charge part of larger plot
In Austin, Robert Kleasen argues the murder charge over two Mormon missionaries is part of a broader government plot. A court psychiatrist testifies he has delusions of persecution and is not competent to assist his defense. A nine member jury will decide competency to stand trial for the killings.
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Kleasen
Austin, Tex
Robert Kleasen
Stuart Nemir
Nemir
Roger McCary
Bob Gibbins
Dr. McCary
Dr. Nemir
McCary
Gary Darley
Simi Valley
Calif
Mark Fischer
Milwaukee
Wis
Pecos Candidate Curcuruto Seeks City Council Seat
Karol Curcuruto, born and raised in Pecos, seeks a seat on the Pecos City Council in the April 5 election. He proposes moving council meetings to evenings to allow more resident input. Balloting will take place in the community center banquet room.
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Karol Curcuruto
Pecos
Supreme Court.: Hair performance ban struck down
The Supreme Court ruled that Chattanooga Tennessee municipal authorities cannot ban a stage performance of the rock musical Hair. Justice Blackmun wrote the opinion holding the ban unconstitutional as prior restraint on free speech.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry A. Blackmun
Chattanooga, Tenn
Municipal Auditorium Board
Librarian testifies Cuevas threatened library bomb during escape
Houston AP report details librarian Linda Woodman testimony in the capital murder trial of Ignacio Cuevas, the lone survivor from an August 3, 1974 prison escape. She described Cuevas saying he had built a bomb and would blow an area 40 feet if enemies entered the library, while hostages were held at gunpoint during the siege that left four dead.
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Caevas
Julia Standley
Woodman
Cuevas
Dist. Atty
Jerry Sandel
Huntsville
West Texas Winds Dampen Moisture Hope and Weather Spread
A front freshens rain from Texas to Georgia with severe thunderstorm warnings. West Texas winds near 50 mph chased moisture, Pecos saw 74F high, 39F low. Hail fell north of San Antonio, pea sized hail in Marshall, tornado watch up north. Rain moved across Galveston, Louisiana flood watches in effect, and milder conditions spread east from the Rockies.
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West
Texas
Pecos
San Antonio
Marshall
Galveston
Georgia
Louisiana
McComb
Miss
Tex
Mississippi Valley
Seaboard
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
UMAC Endorses Reeves Memorial Hospital Bond
In a special session Monday night UMAC and its ladies auxiliary voted unanimously to endorse the Reeves Memorial Hospital bond issue. The move followed discussion by the Hospital Citizens Advisory Committee a week earlier at a regular UMAC meeting led by Robert Hernandez and Fernando Hernandez with about 20 members present.
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UMAC
Ladies Auxiliary
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Hospital Citizens Advisory Committee
Robert Hernandez
Zavala
Fernando Hernandez
Glass contamination found in cookie box in central Ohio
In Columbus, a Girl Scouts chocolate thin mints box distributed in central Ohio and other states contained glass in a cookie. Barry Biscuit Division of Quaker Oats confirmed the discovery after testing a sample over the weekend. Consumers are advised not to eat cookies from boxes with code No. 5034 embossed on the upper wrapping edge.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Barry Biscuit Division
Quaker Oats Co
Elizabeth
N.J
Michael Ross
Ross
Why I support the new hospital for Reeves County
A resident voter argues eight years of study led to plans for a ground up Reeves County hospital. He praises doctors, urges more physicians, and promotes the March 22 election as the democratic way to decide. Paid political advertisement by Reeves Memorial Hospital Citizens Committee, Richard D. Naylor, Chair.
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Reeves County
Pecos
Memorial Hospital Board of Managers
Board of Managers
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Citizens Committee
Richard D. Naylor
Chm
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