Foodway Store Expansion Permits Filed On Eddy Street
Goffs Brothers Construction Co. secured a city building permit for a new Foodway store beside the current Eddy Street site. The 18 000 square foot steel and masonry building costs about 130 000 dollars, with remodeling of the old structure to follow in roughly four months. New Mexico Properties of Roswell oversees the shopping center plans including a Sprouse Reitz center and a 2400 square foot shop, plus another 18 000 square foot building to be leased. Architects Alley and Wag generated Spanish style storefront details. A 192 space lot provides a future service station near the southwest corner, with a rear loading dock and truck ramp for access.
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Goff Brothers Construction Co
Foodway
Eddy Street
New Mexico Properties, Inc
Roswell
N.M
Sprouse — Reitz
Alley and
Waggo
Ner
Livestock Hold Ordered Amid Record Price Drop
The National Farmers Organization calls members to withhold hogs cattle and lambs from markets starting today due to a record drop in hog prices and sagging cattle prices. NFO plans farmer meetings in 15 cities Friday as nationwide meat boycott plans gain support from California to Maine with restaurants in Sandusky removing meat items and the Maine House recognizing the boycott.
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Lee Gould
Associated Press
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Corning
Iowa
San Francisco
Federal Building Plaza
Ray Alper
Consumer Federation of California
Des Moines
Sandusky
Ohio
Maine House of Representatives
Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam after decade of war
The last American forces withdrew from South Vietnam marking the end of a more than ten year intervention that claimed about 46 600 U S lives The departing commander said the mission to prevent a Communist takeover was achieved While 2 500 GIs headed home U S air and naval power remained on Indochina perimeters to deter renewed fighting in Cambodia South Vietnam and Laos The 7th Fleet held four carriers with around 200 strike aircraft and 202 B 52 bombers were stationed at Guam and in Thailand
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Lynnc
Newland Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
United States
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Pentagon
Guam
Thai
Thailand
Joint Military Commission
North
Frederick C. Weyand
Republic of Vietnam
Military Assistance Command Vietnam
MACV
Weyand
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Adm
Thomas H.moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bickley Declares Candidacy for Pecos City Council
W. R. Bickley 54 announces bid to fill the Pecos City Council seat he was appointed to in February after Glen Ellis resigned. A Pecos resident since 1948, he is manager of Pecos operations for SWIG and a former Anderson, Clayton employee. He cites public service on the Pecos school board and local clubs, and urges fair race relations tied to law, not ethnicity. Bickley holds a B.S. from McMurry College and lives at 1906 Adams St with wife Billie and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. R
Bob) Bickley
Glen Ellis
Bickley
Pecos
Southwestern Irrigated Growers
SWIG
Anderson, Clayton, Inc
Anderson, Clayton
Abilene
McMurry College
Merkel
Merkel High School
Billie Shields
Adams St
Robert
Linda) Perez
Fe] Paso
Larry
Martee) Lumpkin
San Antonio
Ken
Betsy) Slack
Dallas
PHS
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Pecos Valley
Nixon to address nation on world role and economy
President Nixon will deliver a major radio-TV address at 9 p.m. EST on America's post Vietnam role and the domestic economy. The speech coincides with the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the release of POWs as troops withdraw, with pressure to curb rising food prices.
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Washington
Nixon
America
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Ziegler
Three Pecos Students Qualify for UIL Regional
In Odessa UIL events on April 7 three Pecos High School students earned regional advancement. Mike Cravens won first in science, Cindy Lukins first in spelling, Connie Kesey third in typing, while Bruce Faulkner and others placed high in informative speaking, persuasive speaking, editorial writing, and prose reading.
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Pecos
Odessa
Mike Cravens
Cindy Lukins
Connie Kesey
Bruce Faulkner
Gay Thigpen
David Stephens
Susan Sikes
Charles Meek
Bertha Jasso
Worth Ross
Lana Choate
Jerry Cantrell
Stan Mor
PHS
Theo Regas
Bertha Jaso
Sandra Blount
Neil Burks
Victor Sikes
Sylvia Jaso
Irene Garcia
Kristi Kesey
Carla Potter
Barbara Boggs
Mark Smith
Sharon Hall
Weather shifts across Texas with storms and fog
Rain and storms swept parts of Texas with heavy downpours near Kerrville and Kimble County while cooler air moved in from the west. Fog lowered visibility around Dallas Fort Worth and along the coast as another front stretched through the Panhandle and South Texas. Temperatures ranged from the mid thirties to mid eighties with scattered showers continuing into Friday.
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Pecos
East
Texas
Panhandle
Associated Press
Austin
Victoria
National Weather Service
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
del Rio
Kimble
Kerrville
Longview
Wichita Falls
Houston
Beaumont Port
Galveston
Texarkana
Brownsville
Waco
Austin and
State
Marfa
West Texas Mountains
el Paso
Winkin
Dalhart
Lubbock
Panhandle Plains
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Cotulla
Marijuana may cause cancer as tobacco, researcher says
Philadelphia AP report notes Dr. Wolfgang Vogel and colleagues used the same tests as the U.S. surgeon general on cigarette smoking. They found marijuana tar appears to be a cancer producer just as tobacco tar, since pot users often hold smoke in their lungs longer.
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Philadelphia
Wolfgang Vogel
U.S
Vogel
Jefferson Medical College
Federal desegregation orders hit 25 school districts
The Department of Health Education and Welfare ordered 25 school districts in 12 states including Texas and Virginia to file new desegregation plans by April 10 or face loss of federal funds. Letters were sent Saturday in response to a court injunction requiring compliance by mid April.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Peter E. Holmes
HEW
Office For Civil Rights
Holmes
Vandals loot Earl Bell Kindergarten in two-night break-ins
Police report details two burglaries at Earl Bell Kindergarten this week. A tape recorder and one-hole punch worth 32 dollars were taken Monday night. On Wednesday night thieves stole three tape recorders and tapes valued at 102 dollars. Windows were broken extensively.
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Earl Bell
Minor crashes investigated by Pecos police this week
Police investigated several minor collisions with slight property damage and no injuries. Murrah Cranfill of Barstow sideswiped a parked car owned by Raul Matta at 10:57 p.m. Tuesday and was cited for failure to maintain control. No citations were issued in two Wednesday fender benders. Martina Gonzalez Ayala and Lynn Owens collided near the post office at 1:44 p.m. Oma Fallis and Janice Williams collided on East Third Street at 5:50 p.m.
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Murrah Cranfill
Barstow
Raul Matta
S. Ash St
Tommy Box
Cranfill
Martina Gonzalez Ayala
Pecos
Lynn T. Owens
S. Part St
Oma
Richard Fallis
Janice Adele Williams
Martinez St
Third St
Jim Wilson
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Ron Jarvis
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Oppenheimer
Jarvis
Phil Arnold
Ashland
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San Diego
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New York
Bronx Terminal
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Bickley
UIL
Fh Slssen
T&p Railway
Delaware
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Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Big Spring
Corsicana Independent
Goose Creek Consolidated
Marshall Independent
Victoria Independent
Grand Prairie
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Dist
John H. Pratt
Pratt
Vandals Loot Kindergarten
Mike Seefeld
John Plumlee
West Park Baptist Church
Sixth and Eddy
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