Style Shop Burglarized on South Eddy Street
A burglary at 1223 South Eddy Street reported to Pecos Police notes entry from the roof and back door. Items stolen include 50 dresses 50 gowns 12 rings and 20 pants and tops with wholesale value up to 10000. Investigators Vandiver and Urquidi discovered the entry during patrol.
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South Eddy Street
Pecos
W.D. Turpin
Glen Vandiver
Vandiver
Tony Urquidi
Urquidi
Fitzpatrick Youth Dies in Harlingen Home
Richard Alvin Fitzpatrick ten died after a long illness at his Harlingen home where the family had recently moved. Funeral services were set for 2:00 p.m. at Kreidler Ashcraft Funeral Home with burial in Rest Lawn Cemetery. He was born July 11 1957 in Pleasanton and survived by his parents a sister Sherry a brother Robert grandparents and great grandparents. The text then describes a separate burglaries case detailing entry via an attic above the Style Shop and Fabric Shop ends with a 1966 brown Ford sighting and a neighbor noting a barking dog at 10 15 p.m. Thursday.
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Richard Alvin Fitzpatrick
Richard L. Fitzpatrick
Kreidler - Ashcraft
Harlingen
Rest Lawn
Young Fitzpatrick
Pleasanton
Sherry
Robert
Wilbur Fitzpatrick
E. L. Charlton
Kingsville
G. E. Willet
Style Shop
Three Plead Guilty In District Court
Three defendants waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty in the 143rd Judicial District Court. Richard Ybarra, Ignacio Chavez Jr., and Pedro Castaneda Villalon received probated sentences for burglary with dates tied to 1966 and 1967 incidents.
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143Rd Judicial District Court
Richard Ybarra
Ignacio Chavez Jr
Pedro Castaneda Villalon
Bernard Jares
Russell Smith
Pedro Villalon
del Rio
Farm Worker Found Dead at Shaw Farm
Merced Acevedo Cervantes 28, a Mexican national from Chihuahua City, was found dead in an irrigation ditch on the B V Shaw farm near 6 p m Sunday. Officials list cause as heart attack with no signs of violence. The body was found by Leonides Acevido and Samuel Barron and sent to Pecos Funeral Home for transport to Mexico.
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Merced Acevedo Cervantes
Chihuahua City
Mexico
B.V. Shaw
Reeves County
A.B. Nail
Shaw
Leonides Acevido
Samuel Barron
Roy Chisum
Pecos
el Paso
Test Scores Interpretation For Pecos High Ninth Graders
Parents of Pecos High School ninth graders are invited to hear interpretations of Differential Aptitude Tests and Primary Mental Abilities Tests on Wednesday March 27. Interpretations run per period from 8 35 a m to 4 00 p m with English classes visiting the auditorium. Students may take home their profile sheets showing scores. Strang e Mr Carrall Strange of Science Research Associates and Mr David Powley of the Texas Education Agency will provide the interpretations.
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Pecos High School
Carrall Strange
Science Research Associates
David Powley
Texas Education Agency
Pecos Little League Plans Second Organizational Meeting
A second Pecos Little League Association meeting is scheduled for 7 30 p m Thursday in the Director's Room of the Chamber of Commerce Allen Jones reports the session is open to all interested in youth activities and Little League in Pecos attendance is urged.
Toyah Hotel Joins Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Scott of Toyah joined the Pecos Chamber of Commerce this week. He owns Youngblood Hotel and formerly operated Scott Mercantile Store in Toyah, welcomed by chamber manager Harold Meyer. Don Yarborough, Texas gubernatorial candidate, spoke in Pecos about consumer protection to about 20 supporters at Santa Fe Hall.
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Kenneth Scott
Toyah
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Scott
Youngblood
Scott Mercantile
Pecos Chamber
Mr. Scott
Harold Meyer
Chamber of Commerce
Don Yarborough
Texas
Pecos
Santa Fla Hall
Yarborough
Cunningham Killed In Vietnam Search
Sp4 Dennis L Cunningham 20 nephew of Mrs C C Reagan of the 3rd Brigade 101st Airborne Division was killed when he stepped on a claymore mine during a recon mission in Vietnam at 9 00 a m March 17 He enlisted January 9 1967 and arrived in Vietnam December 11 1967 He was born in Cheyenne Wyoming in 1947 lived in El Paso nine years He attended Parkland High School and Pecos High School for a time Survived by his parents a sister and a brother Funeral services set for 1 00 p m Wednesday at Easter and Maxon Restland Chapel Burial in Ft Bliss National Cemetery with full military honors
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Dennis L. Cunningham
C.C. Reagan
101St Airborn
Phanton Force
Vietnam
Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Ft. Gordon
Georgia
Ft. Benning
Maxon Restland Chapel
Ft. Bliss National Cemetery
Natividad Rites Held On Monday
Final rites for Bonifacio Natividad were conducted at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with burial at Santa Rosa Cemetery. He died after a lengthy illness at his home on Saturday at 3 45 a.m. He was 82, born in 1886 at Toyahvale. Survivors include his widow Julia and 3 sons S Sgt Pedro Natividad Benito Natividad Santiago Natividad and 4 daughters Rosa Rita Rufina Catarina plus 45 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
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Bonifacio Natividad
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Natividad
South Ash
Toyahvale
Julia Natividad
Sgt
Pedro Natividad
Fort Bliss
Benito Natividad
Lubbock
Savage Rites Held Saturday for Caroline Savage
Services conducted at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel for Caroline Savage 77 of Sanderson who died Friday after a long illness. Born March 24, 1890 in Comstock she lived at Pecos Nursing Home recently. She was a former nurse and is survived by brother W H Savage and several nieces and nephews.
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Pecos Funeral Home
Caroline Savage
Sanderson
Fairview Cemetery
Miss Savage
Memorial Hospital
Comstock
Pecos Nursing Home
W. H. Savage
Mail pamphlet explains overseas military mail options
Postmaster Paul Morrison announced an illustrated eight page pamphlet detailing airlifted mail services for overseas deployments. It covers airlifting parcels at low rates, speedy air delivery for newspapers and magazines, educational material rates, and how to address military mail.
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Pecos
Paul Morrison
Morrison
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Air Parcel Post
Call Services Held for Pecos 74 Year Old Luther Call
Luther Elmer Call 74 a Pecos resident for 16 years died Thursday after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Evergreen Cemetery. He was born November 3 1893 in Petty moved to Pecos in 1952 from Bonham and celebrated 50th wedding anniversary in 1966. Survivors include his widow five sons Elmer L Call Weldon and A T Call Harry Call Orville Call two daughters Mrs Jerry Sims and Mrs Peggy Klein a brother Bill Call and a sister Mrs Myrtle Shelby 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Luther Elmer Call
Pecos
Memorial Hospital
Chamber seeks Springfield contact for Pecos business plans
The Chamber of Commerce requests a personal contact in Springfield Illinois. Pecos business or professionals traveling toward Chicago are asked to contact Harold Meyer at the Chamber office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Springfield
Ilinois
Pecos
Chicago
Harold Meyer
Charges Filed After Car Crash Involving Kinsey Jr
Negligent homicide charges filed against Horace Kinsey Jr a Junction truck driver arising from a March 13 collision at the Davis Mountain Station intersection of U S 80 and US 290. Victims Jay Frederick Pierce 77 and his wife Jesse May Pierce of Norwalk California died in the crash.
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Horace Franklin Kinsey Jr
Davis Mountain Station
David Keneipp
Horace Franklin Kinsey, Jr
U.S. Highway 80
Jay Frederick Pierce
Horace Frederick Kinsey Jr
Kinsey
U.S. Hwy. 80
Hwy. 290
Jesse May Pierce
Norwalk
California
Pierces
Pierce
Choir Rehearsal Slated Thursday at First Baptist Church
The Easter Sunrise Choir holds its last rehearsal Thursday from 7 30 to 8 15 p m at First Baptist Church led by Director J O Strother. Singers from all churches are urged to attend with emphasis on male voices. The Pecos Ministerial Alliance sponsors the Easter morning sunrise service.
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J. O. Strother
First Baptist Church
Pecos
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Duane Poitevint
North
Hickory
Red Baron
Trans-Pecos Aviation
Raymond Hegg
Marfa
Fitzpatrick
Toyah Hotel
Cunningham
Viet Nam
Dennis L. Cunningham E
Luther E. Call
Springfield, Ill
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