Eighth grader to compete in regional spelling bee
Kay Hepworth a 14 year old eighth grade student at Crockett Junior High won the Bessie Haynes Elementary spelling bee by spelling etiquette and correcting evangelical. First runner up Ran Bang are the sixth grade rep from Austin Elementary. Regional contest set for April 15 in Lubbock with potential national bee in June in Washington DC.
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Kay Hepworth
Alan Hepworth
Bessie Haynes
Crockett Junior High
Evangelical
Ran Bang
Joe Bang
Austin Elementary
Regretta Ephriam
Mattie Ephriam
Emancipation
Reeves County
Mattie Belle Ford
Harold Elder
Richard San Ramon
Regina Armstrong
Lubbock
Moody Auditorium
Lubbock Christian College
Miss Hepworth
Washington D.C
Christina Garcia
Daniel Jackson
Valerie Granado
Teresa Martinez
Ysela Herrera
Maria Mendoza
Local Students Named In Catfish Contest Winners
Roby Crystal Boyd seventh grade Lily Talamantez sixth grade Kenda Dulaney sixth grade Jessica Franco fourth grade Howard Benedict eighth grade Irene Lara sixth grade Alfonso Villela Jr sixth grade Patty Acosta sixth grade Roy Medley fifth grade Danny Lewis fourth grade Regina Walker fifth grade Irma Villesca sixth grade Greg Moore seventh grade.
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Crystal Boyd
Lily Talamantez
Kenda Dulaney
Jessica Franco
Howard Benedict
Irene Lara
Alfonso Villela Jr
Patty Acosta
Roy Medley
Danny Lewis
Regina Walker
Irma Villesca
Greg Moore
Eight Pecos City candidates respond to qualification and candidacy questions
All eight Pecos City Council hopefuls answered a mailed questionnaire outlining their qualifications and statements of candidacy. The candidates’ views in the school board and mayoral races appeared in yesterday’s issue and the council responses run on pages eight and nine.
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Pecos
Pecos sees 87 degree high amid light west Texas cloudiness
Weather watch reports Pecos recorded a high of 87 degrees yesterday, up from 84. The low was 53 early morning. Expect partly cloudy skies through Saturday with a cooler turn by Saturday afternoon to the northwest.
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Pecos
West Texas
Garcia denies break in record as mayoral bid moves forward
In a morning interview Garcia, a mayoral candidate, declares he has never broken into a residence and disputes an old felony record. He cites state Election Code eligibility requirements and says law enforcement advised nothing exists to bar his candidacy. Glover, county attorney then, notes no prohibiting records.
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Garcia
J.M. Preston
Tom L. White
H.D. Glover
The
Enterprise
Glover
Dulaney
Reeves County
Pecos
City Council
United States
Perjury word roils Tyler kidnapping trial of Don Trull
In Tyler Texas District Judge Glenn Phillips weighs admissibility of testimony by paroled swindler Billie Sol Estes as prosecutors and defense spar over claims of perjury by Estes and witness Sue Goolsby in the abduction case tied to Billy Pyron. Trull alleged to have threatened Pyron over a missing $1.5 million stake. Estes is on federal parole until 1980 and barred from promotional activity.
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Tyler
Texas
Don Trull
Glenn Phillips
Billie Sol Estes
Trull
Billy Pyron
Pyron
Estes
G. Brockett Irwin
East Texas
Smith County
A.D. Clark
Sue Goolsby
Clark
Phillips
Irwin
Ms. Goolsby
Annual candidates night in Pecos urges strong voter turnout
MALDEF state director Joaquin Avila told Pecos residents to vote tomorrow, urging evaluation of candidates and encouraging participation. He defended MALDEF as a non profiteering rights organization and praised plaintiffs in a civil rights case. The event lists numerous local candidates and honors Manuel Corrales and Elias Payan.
Judge Denies Fees in Pecos Voting Rights Case
U S District Judge D W Suttle denied $1 500 in attorney fees to plaintiffs Frank Perea Manuel J Orona and Oscar Granado in a Voting Rights Act action against the City of Pecos The case was dismissed as resolved out of court after a city ordinance adopting place voting was rescinded The plaintiffs were represented by Joaquin G Avila of the Mexican American Legal and Educational Defense Fund in San Antonio Texas.
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Pecos
Avila
Frank Perea
Manuel J. Orona
Oscar Granado
U.S
D.W. Suttle
Joaquin G. Avila
Suttle
United States District Court, Western Division of
Texas
Voting hours set for Pecos Barstow Toyah elections
Polls open 7 am to 7 pm tomorrow in Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District and Pecos City elections. City voters vote at the Community Center Building. School district voters use multiple locations in Pecos Barstow Orla Toyah and Saragosa with listed precincts and officials.
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Pecos-Barstow- Toyah Independent
Pecos City
Pecos
Barstow
Orla
Toyah
Saragosa
Howard Col
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Bobby Morgan
Robert
Robert Hinojos
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UMAC
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Maldef
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Gilbert Ybarra
Justice of the Peace
Ismael Dominguez
Catherine Ashley
Tommy Poer
Barbara Poer
Eva Grammer
Jane Ross
Frank X. Spencer
Elvin Reynolds
Louis C. Guerrero
Jimmy Gomez
Bernardo Martinez
Carlotta Granado
Paul Williams
Louis J. Matta
Jesus Muniz
Madelynn West
Arnie S. Calderon
Ben Matta
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Manuel Corrales
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