Cothrun and Faulkner Win in Reeves County Democratic Primary
Incumbents secure re election with clear vote margins in Precincts 2 and 4. Cothrun 456 to 424 over Halla Bryan. Faulkner 476 over A L Gibson 185. Reeves County totals show multiple uncontested posts and wins for party officials with notable margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Cothrun
Halla Bryan
Wendell Faulkner
Toyah
A. L. Gibson
Gibson
Reeves County
F.H. Ryan
Jan Ross
Estelle Clinton
Eva R. Grammer
Fred P. Armstrong
Coy Perkins
Joe Kuhn
Clayton Stallings
J. F. Hightower
Cliff Preslar
Paul Armstrong
Loyd Bentsen
Ralph Yarbor
Hooker Picked For Football Publication
Tommy Hooker son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Hooker an Eagle football player has been notified that his picture will be published in Texas Football magazine for the coming season. Hooker 230 lb guard was named offensive guard on the 2AAA All District team last season. Southwest Sports Publication Inc publisher of the football magazine plans the largest annual yet with more than 200 pages and a special section on the Six ties. The extensive section will focus on top teams and top schoolboy players in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Hooker
Wilson Hooker
Eagle
Hooker
Southwest Sports Publication, Inc
NASA Comes To West Texas Girls Softball League Initiated
Monahans, Wickett, Kermit, and Pyote leaders form Trans Pecos Girls Softball Association to unite teams from Pecos, Monahans, Wink, Wickett, Grandfalls, Imperial, and more. They plan ASA sanctioned play with 13 to 18 year olds, 15 dollar fees, rosters, and summer play starting June 1 1970, meeting May 21 1970 in Pyote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Monahans
Wickett
Kermit
Pyote
Trans-Pecos Girls Softball Association
Pecos
Wink
Grandfalls
Imperial
Sue Ellenburg
Dianne Elrod
Dan Roberts
Lynn Webb
W. D. Ellenburg
Margaret Pace
Trans-Pecos Girls Softball Assoc
ASA
Secy
Girls Softball Association
P. O. Box
Texas
T.P
WD. Elenburg
P.O
West Texas Childrens Home
Monahans Student Wins Skelly Freshman Grant
Dominga D. Gonzales , a Monahans High School senior, earns one of Skelly Oil Company's three $500 freshman grants among 13 high school scholars. She plans education studies at Sul Ross State College and holds leadership roles in Catholic Youth Organization and school clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominga D. Gonzales
Monahans (Tex
Skelly Oil Company
Dominga
Francisco M. Gonzales
North Carol Avenue
Monahans
Gonzales
Skelly
Future Teachers of America
American Field Service
Catholic
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Tex
Robert Ann Adamson
Robert Keith Birdsong
Kansas City
John Calvin Duggan
Pampa
Richard Wayne Hicks
Hobbs
N. M
Connie Louise Hinde
Cassaday
Kan
Richard Jay Lawrence
Lana Gail Stepelins
el Dorado
Bonnie Jean LeFebvre
Galesburg
Ill
Robert Darrell Sturgis
Christina E. Thompson
Tulsa
Cynthia Sue Lee
Lovington
James Scott Medford
Big Spring
Captain Phillips competes in SAC 1970 combat missile meet
U S Air Force Captain David C. Phillips of the 381st Strategic Missile Wing at McConnell AFB participates in the SAC 1970 combat missile competition at Vandenberg AFB California. The event April 28 to May 5 tests crews in electronic simulators and maintenance tasks with scoring by computer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
David C. Phillips
J. C. Phillips
Seagrove
la Porte
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Deanne
Frank Grier
S. Cherry
Pecos
Phillips
381St
Strategic Missile Wing
McConnell Afb
Kan
Minuteman
Titan Missile
Titan
Vandenberg
Blanchard
William H. Blanchard
Air Force
la Porte High School
University of Texas
Delta Sigma Pi
Lackland Afb
Tex
2 Car Wreck Injures Three in City Intersection
Three persons were injured in an 8:15 a.m. Friday intersection crash. Debra Parks, 17, remained hospitalized with a fractured left leg and lacerations. Paul Becker, 20, driver of a 1964 Corvair, and Laura Combest, 4, suffered bruises and were treated and released. Becker cited for failure to grant right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Debra Jean Parks
Paul Faye Becker
Laura Combest
Miss Parks
Volkswagen
Young Farmers Meet to Organize at Pecos High School
A meeting for all interested Young Farmers is set for tomorrow May 5 at 8 p.m. in the Vocational Agriculture Building at Pecos High School. The aim is to organize a local Young Farmers chapter and the group is an educational organization. For more information contact Bailey Wheeless at 445-2223.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos High School
Young Farmers
Bailey Wheeless
Boy Injured When Car Backs Over. Driver Is 60
Scottie Paul Brantley age 2 was bruised after a car driven by Basil Huddleston 60 backed over him at the family home 2125 Park about 5 p.m. Friday. The boy darted from the blind side and the right rear tire ran over his legs. He was taken to Memorial Hospital and released Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottie Paul Brantley
Basil Huddleston
Park
Huddleston
Milton Brantley
Brantley
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Wetzel Dies in Arizona
Lena Wadley Wetzel a long time Pecos resident died at Sun City Arizona at her daughter’s home. She is survived by three daughters Mae Peterson of Sun City California and San Jose California and Carman Howell of St Paul Minnesota and a brother Milton Wadley of Pecos along with other relatives in the Pecos area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Wadley Wetzel
Pecos
Sun City
Ariz
Mae Peterson
Fred Pfeiffer
San Jose
Calif
Carman Howell
St. Paul
Minn
Milton Wadley
Audubon Society Seeks Halt to Shell Dredging in San Antonio Bay
The National Audubon Society petitions to stop shell dredging in San Antonio Bay arguing sediment harms fish oysters and wildlife including the whooping cranes at Aransas Refuge. The suit names five dredging companies and Texas Parks and Wildlife officials seeking federal court action with amendments due May 29 and June 29 for amended replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
National Audubon Society
Shell
San Antonio Bay
Reynaldo Garza
Garza
the Audubon Society
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Coe
San Antonio
The
Society
Hynes Bay
Guadalupe Bay
Ship Commissioned Under Charter To Duval
The S S Marine Duval, 24 412 dead weight ton liquid sulphur carrier, arrived at Duval Corporation's Galveston terminal for first cargo. Built by Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore, operated by Marine Transport Lines, under long term charter to Duval. Route Galveston to Tampa and East Coast ports with trains from Culberson County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duval
S.S. Marine
Duval Corporation
Galveston
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Baltimore
Marine Transport Lines, Inc
Pennzoil United, Inc
Culberson County
Texas
Tampa
Florida
Culberson
Marine
Galveston Ship Channel
Graveston
S. S. Marine Daval
Savannah
Georgia
Wilmington
North Carolina
Norfolk
Virginia
Marine Duval
Cuevas Sanity Hearing Underway in Pecos District Court
A sanity hearing is underway today in the 143rd District Court for Ignacio Apodaca Cuevas 38 charged with murder of Rita Villalon 43 killed January 11 A jury is seated and testimony proceeds on the sanity issue. If sane Cuevas faces prosecution by District Attorney Roddy Harrison with state witnesses scheduled. Villalon was shot three times in the head and found in a barrow ditch four miles south of Pecos on Hwy 285. Cuevas was arrested in Cayansosa two days after the murder on January 11 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
143Rd District Court
Ignacio Apodaca Cuevas
Rita Villalon
Attoreney
Cuevas
Murry Howze
Monahans
Roddy Harrison
Villalon
Pecos
Cayanosa
Bond Sales Reach 36 110 In Reeves County March
County Bond Chairman Archie B Scott reports Reeves County March sales of United States Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares totaled 14358 with 26 percent of goal. Texas March Savings Bonds and Notes reached 14317 669 with a 4 5 percent rise from 1969. First quarter 1970 sales 46858407 26 percent of state goal 1799 million. National March sales 458 million up 20 3 percent from 1969. Series E to H exchanges 62 million in Q1 up 26 percent from 50 million in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Treasury
Archie B. Scott
United States Savings
Freedom
Reeves County
Texas
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Hawthorne Phillips
Associated Justice
Supreme Court of Texas
Earl W. Smith
Truman Roberts
Court of Criminal Appeals
Richard C. Slack
Joy Cooksey
Patsy Webb
Joy
Security State Bank
Football
NASA
Capt. Phillips
David C, Phillips
Audubon Society
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Department
VOE
Garland Matthews
Vocational Office Education
Matthews
Ben’s Spanish Inn
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