Pecos High Seniors Win Regional Science Fair Sweepstakes
Regional Permian Basin Science Fair at Ector County Coliseum honors Pecos High School seniors David Stephens and Mike Cravens with Sweepstakes for Generation of Complex Wave Forms for Simulated Speech and Psycological and Psychological Effects of Noise. Their sponsors are Carolyn McNeil and Julie Ross. They will enter the 24th International Science and Engineering Fair in San Diego May 6-12. Six of ten PHS projects won trophies. Tom Meath places second in Biology for The Effects of Freez-
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David Stephens
Mike Cravenis
Pecos High School
Ector County
Stephens
Cravens
Carolyn McNeil
Julie Ross
San Diego
Odessa
PHS
Tom Meath
Mike Cravens
Steve Bates
Laura Boswell
Kathy
Adickes
Julia Ross
Awards Highlight Student Research in Life Sciences and Space Studies
Kathy Adickes earns U.S. Air Force award in life sciences for her work on crystals while Laura Boswell receives NASA recognition in aerospace research. The students, recognized in zoology botany and earth and space programs respectively, are celebrated for achievements in psychological reasoning of the gerbil and scaling studies.
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Wreeep
Kathy Adickes
Laura Boswell
Earth and Space
Laura
NASA
Kathy
U. S. Air Force
Last American POWs freed from Viet Cong reach Clark Air Base
The final 32 Americans held by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were released today, flown to Clark Air Base Philippines after a Hanoi arrival delay. Eleven more POWs including nine Americans from Laos and North Vietnam remain scheduled for release later this week amid ongoing troop withdrawal and diplomatic wrangling. Radio Hanoi attributed antiwar statements to several released POWs.
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Philippines
Hanoi
Clark
International Commission of Control and Supervision
South Vietnam
Laos
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
United States
Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Nixon
Army
Richard C. Anshus
Minneapolis
Miss
Jose Jesus Anzaldua Jr
Refugio
Tex
Merced
Calif
Congress
Ivy joins Air Force Academy amid Pecos ties
Jack Leo Ivy aged 17 of Pecos was announced as an early appointment to the U S Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. He attends Pecos High School and graduates with a 94 percent average. Ivy is listed in Who's Who, serves as Student Council vice president, and was a Boys State senator.
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Jack Leo Ivy
Pecos
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, Colo
Richard White
Woodland H. Ivy
Plum St
White
Pecos High School
National Honor Society
Ivy
Who
Boys State
T&p Ry. Co
No gas shortage seen this summer
Washington AP reports Deputy Treasury Secretary William Simon says no gasoline rationing will be required this summer though inventories are about 5 percent below last year and spot shortages may occur in some areas. He confirms no need for Senate-backed rationing authority and notes possible price moves under new controls.
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Washington
Treasury
William Simon
Simon
Nixon
Senate
Cost of Living Council
Council
Office of Emergency Preparedness
New York
OEP
Darrell M. Trent
Burns attends Texas A&M industrial development course
Chamber Manager Terry Burns is enrolled in an accredited industrial development school at Texas A&M University. The program, backed by the American Industrial Development Council, awards completion credit toward admission to the AIDC Industrial Development Institute and targets qualified staff practitioners and interested laymen. The course covers background, practice, ethics, theory, and application of industrial development.
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Terry Burns
Texas A&m University
American Industrial Development Council, Inc
Aidc Industrial Development Institute
Huge balloon becomes first to orbit twice
NASA reports a massive balloon the size of a six story building completed two Earth orbits in 36 days at about 15 miles altitude. It carried science gear to study cosmic rays radiation effects on corn and vegetation and micro meteorite particles. The payload parachuted to Australia near the launch site on Feb 28.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Australia
Murder suspect hunt continues in Pecos County
The Reeves County Sheriff’s Office seeks 47 year old Mexican national Ynez Gabino Duran in the murder of Francisco S. Reyes 28 at the Bailey Evans farm southwest of Pecos. Reyes was shot six times with a presumed .22 pistol and Duran was last seen driving a 1964 Canary Yellow International pickup license 128577. Sheriff A B Nail Deputy Jim Breese and Ranger Tol Dawson lead the investigation.
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Ynez Gabino Duran
Reeves County Sheriff's Office
Francisco S. Reyes
Sam
Mondz
Bailey Evans
Pecos
Duran
Reyes
Walter Holcombe
Pecos Funeral Home
Holcombe
Upset boy costs model paint firm funds in settlement
Washington AP reports 12 year old John Malachowsky from West Babylon prompted a four cent price rise on a Testor model enamel, resulting in a $312,879.55 overcharge. Testor agreed to a $12,879.55 refund and a $5,000 fine to settle charges of overcharging under Phase 2 price controls.
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Washington
John Malachowsky
West Babylon
N.Y
Federal Price Commission
Nixon
Malachowsky
Tester Corp
Rockford, Ill
Justice Department
Testor
Weather spread notes spring warmth with storm threats
The report records Pecos reaching a high of 73 and a low of 36 as a new storm system pushes across the West. Travel advisories rise in the southern Rockies with 2 to 4 inches of snow. scattered showers affect northern California and the northern Rockies. Billings receives 2 inches of snow. The Midwest dries from prior floods while the East Coast sees showers giving way to cooler, drier air from the north. Missouri and Kansas eye a second rainless day but warn of renewed flood risk if more rain falls Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Plateaus
West
Rockies
California
Billings
Mont
Midwest
Tennessee
Ohio
North Carolina
New England
Missouri
Kansas
Industrial directory to be printed
The Texas Industrial Commission's International Trade Division announced plans to publish a comprehensive directory of Texas manufacturers and products. The directory aims to aid Texas firms in expanding foreign marketing programs by supplying overseas buyers with detailed information. Copies will be available to Texas businessmen from the commission upon publication.
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Austin
Texas
International Trade Division
Texas Industrial Commission
The
Industrial Commission
Meet the Candidate Coffee Forum Invites Local Races
Candidates for city council, school board and county school trustee will speak at 7 30 p m Monday in the community center. Each gets five minutes to introduce themselves and explain their candidacy followed by refreshments.
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Strother
City uses public equipment on private parking project
City officials describe a private parking lot job done with county road machines owned by the city and materials bought from Manuel Olivas. The matter includes $35 billed to Cecil Cothrun and $56.70 paid by Wendell Faulkner, with city saying such work saves about half the cost versus private contracting. The practice covers paving, maintenance, and materials supplied by Pecos area vendors and agencies.
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Cecil Cothrun
Pecos Mobile
Precinct 4
Manuel Olivas
J. J. Maxey
Cothrun
Maxey
Precinct 2
Wendell Faulkner
Tra Park
Mati
Cery
First Baptist Church
Continental Oil Co
Hill’s Grocery
Duval Corp
Tastee Freeze
Valley Motors
Town and Country Motel
Charley Mitchell
Hoyle
Guard units rehearse disaster aid in Pecos Odessa exercise
Texas State Guard units from Pecos joined other members Sunday in Odessa for Operation Safeguard a battalion sized drill simulating a tornado strike. Col Barker observed the exercise which trained on casualty traffic and crowd control looting response and coordination with local law enforcement.
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Pecos
Texas State Guard
Odessa
403Rd
Charles O. Barker
Austin
Tommy Simpson
Andrews
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