Pecos High School to Crown 1973 74 Sweetheart
Pecos High School's Eagle Band will crown its 12th sweetheart at the 37th annual concert Friday night May 18. The winner will be chosen from 12 nominees announced by the band director. The event features performances by the Eagle choir high school stage band concert band and symphony band. Tickets are $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Pecos
Eagle Band
Nancy Carpenter
Eagle Choir
Kimberly Ashley
Shawn Burkholder
Janan Grier
Kitty Gunn
Jimmy Ann Hagar
Kristi Kesey
Mary Ella Meek
Mary Margaret Moore
Melinda Ramsey
Jame Toone
Sharon Wadley
Gomez acquitted in rape case by 14th District jury
Jose Luis Gilbert Gomez was found not guilty by a 14th District Court jury on a rape charge tied to an alleged break in and assault of Helen Louis Lewis in her Hackberry Street home on May 8, 1972. Trial occurred after Monday testimony. deliberations lasted under an hour.
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Jose Luis Gilbert Gomez
14Th District Court
Gomez
Helen Louis Lewis
Hackberry Street
Richard Naylor
Larry Fuller
Hightower is cut in collision with pickup
Justice of the Peace J F Hightower aged 82 suffered a head cut when his car hit a pickup driven by Earl James Hyman 63 at Fifth and Eddy Streets. Both drivers were hospitalized. Estimated damage $75. Hightower cited for failure to yield. Also notes a Pecos Business & Professional Women meeting at 7 p.m. with a rodeo planning session.
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Justice of the Peace
J. F. Hightower
Adams St
Earl James Hyman
Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Fifth and
Eddy Streets
A.B. Nail
S. Eddy St
Pecos Business & Professional
Federated Parlor
Zorene Thompson
Cathy Ashley
Frances Devenport
Phyllis Taylor
Diplomat Kidnapping in Mexico Ends With Free Return
U S Consul General Terrance Leonhardy was freed Monday night after 76 hours in captivity by a guerrilla group in Guadalajara. He thanked Mexican authorities and his family, noting gratitude to those who helped secure his release. The FRAP group had demanded ransom and the public release of commu niques as a condition.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
U. S
Terrance G. Leonhiardy
Jack Higgins
State Department
Leonhardy
Cuba
Dennis
Morelos 1864
Ter
Rance Leonhardy
Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People
FRAP
Luis Echeverrid
Pecos Twirling School Opens Enrollment Soon
Enrollment blanks for the 12th Annual Pecos Twirling School were distributed last week and due before the weekend. The five day session runs July 26 at Pecos High School with Frances Malik of Corpus Christi as head instructor. A public exhibition for all participants is set for July 6 at the high school auditorium with no admission charge.
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Pecos
Pecos High School
Frances Malik
Corpus Christi
Pecos Eagle Band Earns First Division At Southwest Festival
The Pecos Eagle Band, in its third year, won first division in AAA at the Greater Southwest Music Festival in Amarillo among 165 bands from six states. Judges included William Revell, Frederic Ebbs, and William Swor. Canyon High School also won first division and Outstanding Band. The Eagle Band performed Kalinnikov G Minor Symphony Finale with a five week rehearsal. Next, they perform May 14 at the Band Sweetheart Concert with the Eagle Choir and Stage Band.
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Pecos Eagle Band
Amarillo
Bill Carrico
Pecos High School
Civic Center Auditorium
William Revell
University of Michigan
Frederic Ebbs
Indiana University
William Swor
Loui
Siaa State University
Eagle Band
Kal Iamkove
Carrie
AAA
Canyon High School
Canyon
Texas
Fagle
Post Wins Pulitzer for Watergate
The Washington Post earned the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service for its Watergate reporting by Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Howard Simons praised the reporters for their bold disclosures of White House involvement in the 1972 campaign espionage.
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New York
Washington Post
Robert Woodward
Post
Howard Simons
Woodward
Carl Bernstein
White House
David Broder
The
Burglary Reported at Odessa Vacant Home
Alfonso J. Canas of Odessa reported his vacant house at 102 St. Park St was burglarized Thursday April 26. A screwdriver appeared to have unlocked the front door. Stolen items included two rifles a sawed off shotgun ammunition an ammo belt and a portable typewriter.
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Alfonso J. Canas
Odessa
St. Park St
Ruben Gonzales
Dogs Bite Two Boys In City Incidents
Two boys were bitten by dogs on Monday in separate incidents. Hugo Mora, 5, of 2214 Limpia Road, was bitten around 7 30 p m, and Jerry Wayne Jolly, of 2028 Jackson Boulevard, was bitten about an hour later. Police report a recent rise in dog bite calls as a pack of wild dogs roams the city and the dog catcher struggles to catch them.
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Hugo Mora
Limpia Rd
Jerry Wayne Jolly
Jackson Blvd
Texas Medical Association names Schmidt as president elect
Pecos physician and mayor Ed Schmidt M D has been elected by the Texas Medical Association to serve as president elect at the 106th annual meeting. The 11 500 member organization announced Schmidt will lead the physicians group in the coming term.
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Pecos
Ed Schmidt
Ber Texas Medical Association
TMA
Dallas
Houston
Schmidt
AMA
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Premier resigns as fighting rages in Beirut
Beirut reports say Premier Amin Hafez resigned after night fighting shattered a cease-fire between the Lebanese army and Palestinian guerrillas. Jets attacked positions near the Beirut airport as the government imposed a state of emergency and curfew. Three soldiers were wounded and seven others injured by rocket and mortar fire. refugees were targeted around Bourj el Barajneh and Shatila camps.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Amin Hafez
Suleiman Franjieh
Bir Hassan
Army Combat
Bourj el Barajneh
Shatila
Ervin Committee to Open Watergate Hearings May 17
Sen Sam J. Ervin said the special Watergate committee will begin hearings May 17 and will subpoena John W Dean III. Immunity may be granted for Dean to testify about high level White House involvement, with testimony not usable against him in future prosecutions. Dean reportedly told investigators Nixon congratulated him for helping cover up aides’ roles. Dean has practiced medicine in Pecos since 1949 and lives with wife Mary at 2120 Country Club Dr with two children Shane and Joanne.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Watergate Investigating Committee
White House
John W. Dean III
Ervin
Dean
Nixon
Pecos
Mary
Country Club Dr
Shane
Joanne
Two Minor Vehicle Collisions Reported. No Injuries
Two separate crashes occurred with no injuries. Vada Louise Gray 55 and Curtis Erwin Carlson 58 collided near the post office. Gray cited for improper backing. In a second incident at Third and Willow at 11:58 p.m., Eva Perez 20 and James Fletcher 64 collided. Perez cited for following too closely.
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Vada Louise Gray
Box
Curtis Erwin Carlson
Willow St
Eva Sandada Perez
Saragosa
James Williams Fletcher
Monahans
Perez
Smith
Architects to discuss new school buildings
Pecos Barstow ISD school board meets at 5 30 p m Thursday to hear bids on steel poles for football field lights. Architects will be on hand to discuss plans for the new building program and related items.
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Pecos-Barstow
Teachers hold final meeting of the school year
The Classroom Teacher's Association plans a 6:36 dinner tonight at Bessie Haynes for the last meeting of the year followed by a 7:30 p.m. regular session. The American Association of Retired Persons seeks an audience on the homestead tax exemption as 1973 74 bus routes are to be approved and a tentative budget discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Haynes
American Association of Retired Persons
Ray Whitley
Boy Hurt Seriously From Fall In Pecos
A nine year old Pecos boy, Ruben Salgado, is in serious condition at Odessa Medical Center after a head injury from a fall off a horse on Monday. He remains unconscious in intensive care. The boy, son of Luciano and Mrs Salgado of 609 Mulberry St, was transported by Samuel Urias to Pecos fire station then by ambulance to Memorial Hospital and on to Odessa. Salgado works at South Pecos Elementary School.
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Pecos
Odessa Medical Center
Ruben Salgado
Luciano Salgado
Mulberry St
Ruben
Samuel Urias
Felix Urias
S. Locust St
Memorial Hospital
Odessa
Salgado
South Pecos
Militants end 70-day occupation at Wounded Knee
In Wounded Knee South Dakota Indian militants lay down arms signaling end to a 70 day occupation. About 40 Indians gathered by a church with two facing federal charges and to be arraigned in Rapid City. The rest would leave the reservation.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Asst
U. S
Kent Frizzell
Frizzel
City
Burglars Fail in Airlawn Center Attempts
Police describe two attempted burglaries at Airlawn shopping center including Dairy Queen at 1226 S Eddy St and Terrazas Drive-in at 1300 S Eddy. Entry came via drive-in window and pry marks matched those at Gibson's warehouse. No money taken though money box cigarette machine and juke box were targeted.
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Airlawn
Dairy Queen
Eddy St
Terrazas Drive-in
Eddy
Charles Smith
Gibson’s
Pioneer award honors Hubbs Kerr McKnight and local residents
Four Permian Basin citizens receive the Permian Pioneer award from the Permian Historical Society for fifty years of service to the region. The event coincides with the opening of UTPB South Campus and a West of the Pecos Museum exhibit tracing railroads, oil, ranching, and regional history.
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Pecos
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
University
Barney Hubbs
Hickory St
William L. Kerr
Midland
Tom McKnight
Odessa
Permian Historical Society
Texas and Pacific
UTPB
Hubbs
Sterling County
Reeves County
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Franjieh
Ilkhander Ghanem
Israel
E.W. Schmidt
Permain Basin
John Dunagan
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