Marines airlift ordered to Thailand over Mayaguez seizure
The United States planned a Marine airlift to Thailand aligning with President Ford's demand for the Mayaguez return from Cambodia. Bangkok opposed using Thai bases for action, while Pentagon notes signaled scaled deployment and possible later moves from Okinawa as White House weighed military options.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
United States
Thailand
Ford
U.S
Cambodia
Pentagon
Bangkok
Kukrit Pramoj
U.S. Naval Base
Subic Bay
Philippines
Utapo
Okinawa
Kikrit
Kukrit
National Security Council
Mayaguez
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Nelsen
Vietnam
State Department
Poulo Wai
Bear Stroud cooks Texas style for dignitaries
The column notes Bear Stroud's growing fame as a barbecue cook after preparing a Texas style menu for Audubon Society directors in Big Bend. Attendees included Ed and Houston Harte, Bob Armstrong, and several congressmen, prompting two more offers elsewhere. The piece also announces a Yard of the Month contest by the Chamber of Commerce and teases a new columnist slot titled Blowing With the Wind.
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Bear Stroud
Bear
Big Bend
Audubon Society
Billsbury
DuPont
Houston Harte
Harte-Hanks Group
Bob Armstrong
Jerry Matta
Massachusetts
Chamber of Commerce
Jane Fletcher
Chamber
Stolen checks on 'wanted' list in Pecos area
Banks and businesses in Pecos and area towns alerted to watch for nine company checks stolen from a local seismograph office. Geophysical Service Inc Pecos officials reported nine checks stolen Monday numbered 15-1474 through 15-1483. Any person presented with such checks urged to notify law enforcement at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Geophysical Service Inc
Industrial site chosen for Reeves County hospital
Reeves County commissioners select a 15 acre site in the Pecos Industrial Foundation for a new 60 bed county hospital. The site near Stafford Boulevard and Texas Street will be connected to major highways with planned THD improvements. Architects Turner Rome Cotten will design the project funded by 2.9 million in hospital bonds, though voters previously approved 3.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Webb
Pecos
Stafford Boulevard
Texas Street
Stafford
Texas Highway Department
THD
Country Club Drive
Turner, Rome, Cotten and Associates, Inc
Corpus Christi
Hospital Board
Joel Daniel
Reeves County
City of
Second
Alamo
Genaro B. Abila
Pecos High Band Takes Fourth in Arlington Contest
Pecos High School band, about 180 students in two groups, placed fourth in a Friday competition in Arlington. Band director Bill Carrico called judging very tough as some strong bands placed third and fourth. The students traveled on four Continental Trailways buses and spent spare time at Six Flags Over Texas.
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Pecos
Arlington
Bill Carrico
Continental Trailways
Six Flags
Texas
Cold front brings flooding threat to Panhandle region
A new cold front moved into the Texas Panhandle with forecasters warning of potential flooding rains in the north central part of the state by evening. Storms and tornadoes rattled Northwest Texas overnight and into morning with no reports of injuries or major damage. Reeves County issued a severe weather watch after hitting 99 degrees, a morning low of 56, and chilly conditions prevailed. Tornadoes touched down north of Channing while watches extended across 46 West to North Central Texas, including Big Spring to Gage, Okla. The weather service issued a flash flood watch for North Central Texas north of Temple to Bonham as turbulence waned.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Reeves County
Amarillo
Hereford
Panhandle
Channing
Big Spring
Gage
Oklo
National Weather Service
Temple
Bonham
Crockett junior high concert planned for tonight
Crockett junior high presents a concert at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The symphonic band will perform U N March La Nuit Michelle Close to You Chant and Jubile Rock Slide along with pieces by the sixth grade band and junior high choir. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crockett
U.N
la Nuit
Michelle
Vandalism Damages School Bus Windshield and Mirror
Police investigated damage to a school bus after the windshield was shot four times and the rear view mirror twice with air rifle pellets. Bus driver Joe Waters reported the vandalism occurred over the weekend while the bus was parked at his Tra-Park residence, noticed Monday morning.
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Joe Waters
Tra-Park
Waters
House Debates 609 Million for School Finance Equalization
In Austin the House examined Speaker Clayton’s $609 million plan to equalize school funding based on 22 dollars per pupil. It would raise teacher pay and adjust aid for districts, with debates over value measurements and two year timing. The House also advanced a medical school bill and a damages claim for mental anguish.
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House
Associated Press
Austin
R. B. McAlister
D-Lubbock
Carlos Truan
Dcorpus Christi
Senate
Fort Worth
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents
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Gulf of Thailand
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Pecos High
Frank Kelley
Kelley
É Que
Paso
Sam Pendergrast
San Angelo Standard Times
New County Hospital
Abila
Archie B. Scott
United States Savings
Eagle
New Cold Front
Dalhart
XIT Ranch
South Plains
Post
Claude and Groom
Skellytown
Crockett Junior High
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