Hoover obituary dominates frontier conference coverage
Long-transcribed article notes FBI Director J Edgar Hoover dies at 77 leaving a 48 year tenure shaping the bureau. It details his rise from clerk to director, his strict leadership, and the bureau’s growth to about 15 600 employees. It also covers his public image and calls for reform.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Hoover
United States
FBI
Richard Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Bureau
Communist Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Bureau of Investigation
Atty
Harlan F. Stone
George S. McGovern
Jack Anderson
Congressional
Anderson
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Dickerson Naylor Hoover
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Anna Marie Scheitlin
John Edegar
Sune Day School
Central High School
Kerrville hosts two day farm credit meeting for Texas PCAs
Farm credit specialists from Kerrville and Pecos gather May 2 3 to review how to meet rising credit needs of Texas farmers and ranchers. PCA president J D Gillespie says loans rose last year to near 1 billion with loans growing in size and complexity. Sponsored by the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston.
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West Texas
PCA
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston
Pcas
Reds Launch New Assault on Coastal Lowlands Today
North Vietnamese forces pressed a broad offensive after victory in the north, driving South Vietnamese troops from bases in the central highlands and threatening Hue. Hue authorities seized 600 suspected Viet Cong in two days as U S and Saigon leaders met to plan the next move amid heavy shelling of Landing Zone English and Defense of Kontum City.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hue
Thomas W. Bowen
U. S
Far North
South Vietnam
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Houyen van Thieu
Independence Palace
Binh Dinh
English
Lima
Kontum City
Escaped Kentucky convict arrested near Pecos for hitchhiking
Robert Lee Webb, 41, an escapee from Kentucky State Prison, was arrested two miles west of Pecos for hitchhiking. He faces federal and state kidnapping charges plus multiple counts including grand theft auto and breaking and entering. Webb is held in Reeves County Jail on 100000 bond awaiting transfer to Cincinnati. Patrolman Henry Morris made the arrest after discovering Webb was wanted and seized a loaded pistol Webb carried.
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Pecos
Robert Lee Webb
Reeves County
Department of Public Safety
Henry Morris
Webb
FBI
Kentucky State Prison
Morris
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Ohio
Humphrey Fights Ohio Primary Confusion Across Cleveland
Sen Hubert H Humphrey and aides protested voting problems in Cleveland amid Ohio primary voting for national convention delegates. Officials reported polling places not opening on time and machines left outside, prompting emergency meetings and complaints to state and federal authorities.
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Carl P. Learsdorf
Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
Cleveland
Ohio
Humphrey
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Indiana
Cuyahoga County-Cleveland Board of Elections
Robert McAlister
McGovern
Ted W. Brown
Cleveland Board of Elections
FBI
U.S. Justice Department
Cuyahoga County
Minnesota
New York
Len
Edmunds
Muskie
Metropolitan Opera
District of Columbia
Frank Perea elected council proxy at home meeting
Frank R. Perea of 919 S Oak was chosen president of the Unit ed Mexican American Council board in a special Monday night session. Arnie Segovia was elected vice president Emilio Turin secretary and Adnan Matta treasurer. The group aims to unite Reeves County Mexican American residents to engage with city government and exercise voting rights. A dance Fundraiser at Santa Rosa Hall Saturday features Three Classics from El Paso.
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Frank R. Perea
S. Oak
United Mexican American Council
Arnie Segovia
Emilio Turin
Adnan Matta
Reeves County
United States
Perea
Santa Rosa Hall
el Paso
Adan Matta
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By Linda Obstreicher
Trans- Pecos
Community Public Service Co
Ft. Stockton
Cayanosa
Monahans
Abilene
McCamey
J. T. Moore, Jr
Agriculture Divn
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Chamber
West Texas Chamber
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station
Pecos Community Public Service
William E. Black
Tex
Ag. Extension
Joseph A. Freeland
Kenneth E. Lindsey
A. B. Foster
Black
Texas
Freeland
California
Lindsey
Trans-Pecos
Texas Extension Service
Foster
Mike Burkholder
Joseph H. Freeland
Extension Service
C. W. Brown
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Extension Service Agronomist
Farm Credit Specialists
Kerrville
Reds
Trine Rubio
Mesquite St
Ron Wheeler
Woolworth’s
Nnbs
Frank Perea
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