Texas death toll in weekend toll rises to 29 violence and weather
The Associated Press tally lists 29 fatalities from Friday 6 p m to Sunday midnight in Texas. Among the deaths were 12 in traffic nine drownings two lightning fatalities and several homicides across multiple counties and incidents including Lake Arrowhead Fort Hood Lake Jacksonville and San Antonio.
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Magee Crocker
Ken Hill
Robert Rodriguez
Lake Arrowhead
Ft. Hood
Army Spec
Manuel A. E. Valenzuela
Henry P. Godwed
Set
Alvin N. Curtis
Gumersendo Saucedo Jr
Richard Talamantes
Lon Morris
Jacksonville
Lake Jacksonville
Patricia Barnett
Paul
Houston
Burleson
Roy Stephens
Michael
Joseph Linde
Rat's Foot Found in Brighton Cake
A sponge cake purchased by a Brighton housewife contained a rat's foot, leading to a bakery fighting a $75 fine and damaging its reputation. The incident began when the husband found the rodent part in lunch provisions.
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Brighton
England
Weather Report Southwest Texas West of the Pecos
Fair weather continues across southwest Texas west of the Pecos with cool conditions tonight. A gradual warmup occurs Tuesday with lows near mid 50s and highs in the 80s to low 90s.
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Texas
Pecos
Deaths Services for John E Mc Cormick 90 in Ark
Death notices note John E. McCormick died Saturday in Memorial Hospital Ark and services are pending with Murry Ruggles Funeral Home Arkadellville. He was born 1881 in Hallesville Kentucky and survived by five sons James J P Ralph George Edward and one more, four daughters and a brother. He was grandfather to 17, great grandfather to 36 and great great grandfather to four.
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Memorial Hospital
Murry Ruggles
Arkadellville
Ark
McCormick
Pecos
Rev
James McCormick
Hallesville
James
J.P
Hot Springs
Ralph
Mapa
Calif
George
Point Cedar
Edward
Las Vegas
Nev
Eddy Zimmerman
Bryan
Francis Herron
Helen Skates
Odessa
Eva Hardin
Bismarck
Bill McCormick
Texas town hailed as model city in federal program
A Washington report discusses the Model Cities program begun in 1967 and its uneven progress across U S cities. It notes Eagle Pass Texas and Alma Georgia as examples and recounts funding totals, administrative shifts, and debates over citizen participation and local control.
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Barbs and Quiet Life in a Neighborhood Coffee Scene
A fragment describes a coffee club for non paying members at a communal coffee percolator and comments on vacations ending badly. It notes the kid next door playing pop music at 3 a.m. and the plants in the yard, implying a casual, self aware urban vignette.
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Kid Next Door
Humphrey Eyes Two Tuesday Primaries Against Wallace McGovern
Sen Hubert Humphrey trails two pivotal primaries on Tuesday, facing Wallace in West Virginia and McGovern in Nebraska. Wallace, fresh from a North Carolina victory, narrows national delegate prospects while Sanford vows to stay in the race as Duke University president targets a liberal bid at the Miami Beach convention. Near-final North Carolina totals show Wallace leading Sanford and Chisholm with Muskie and Jackson far behind.
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Los Angeles
Vance Hartke
Indiana
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California
John M. Ashbrook
Voters weigh races and busing stance in primary results
The report lists vote totals for treasurer and agriculture and railroad posts with names Laura Cruz Jesse James Lan Robnett Baker Rudolph Eric Smylie Odis Weldon Carl Bell John White Connie Lawson Byron Tunnell Gene West and notes Democrats favored school busing against racial balance by about 4 to 1 and Republicans about 6 to 1. It also cites runoff prospects for Hobby and Connally and a surprise second place for Attorney General.
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Jesse James
Nolan Robnett
Baker Rudolph
Eric Smylie
Odis Weldon
Carl Bell
John White
Connie Lawson
Byron Tunnell
Gene West
Hobby
Houston Post
Connally
John Connally
Treasury
Texas
Martin
Hill
Primary results reshape Texas and national races
The Texas vote produced upsets and longshots amid Sharpstown fallout. Barbara Jordan appeared poised to win the Democratic nomination for House District 18, while other incumbents faced anti establishment backlashes. Nationally McGovern leads Humphrey and Wallace in early tallies, with Nebraska and West Virginia primaries shaping delegate counts and GOP contests highlighting Nixon versus McCloskey and Ashbrook.
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Martin
Sharpstown
Mutscher
Texas
Congress
Barbara Jordan
House Dist
Paul Merritt
Caverns Anniversary Set For May 14
Caverns National Park near Carlsbad will mark its 42nd anniversary on May 14. Park Superintendent Donald Dayton notes the cave began as Carlsbad Cave National Monument in October 1923 and became a National Park in 1936. Attendance in 1971 reached about 792,006, with this year up 26 percent from 1970. A January tour system allows self paced tours to ease overcrowding. since founding, over 16.5 million visitors have explored the cavern.
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Carlstad Caverns National Park
Donald Dayton
Carlsbad Cave National Monument
Cologress
Dayton
Miss Your Pecos Enterprise Delivery
Notice to readers to call Circulation Department 4945 or 5475 if the Pecos Enterprise is missing or service is unsatisfactory, with hours until 6 45 pm on weekdays.
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Pecos
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