Senior Day Set Tomorrow At Pecos High School
Pecos High School prepares for Senior Day at 2 pm with opening address by Class President John Curcurato. A skit Our Class, student songs, farewell by Charlie Wein, and multiple annual awards including Dramatics Speech All Sports Citizenship and memorial scholarships will be announced. The event closes with Alma Mater.
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Pecos High School
John Curcurato
Kerry Armistead
Tom Segalia
Marilyn Eisenwine
Monte Kesey
Nikki Evans
Jane Hamilton
Steve Beck
Carol Cowart
Ronald Cravey
Cathy Davis
Gary Dillion
Debora Hanson
Ruth James
Robert Kent
Cindy McCormick
Warren Morgan
Mary Oglesby
Janet Owens
Gail Slack
Debra Smith
Dickie Jones
Jimmy Elliott
Charlie Wein
Bill
Injunction Denied In Blue Law Case In Odessa
An injunction to stop sale of restricted items at Cook's Discount Store was denied by Dist. Judge C J Milburn. The suit by Ector County Attorney Bill McCoy claims Sundaco Inc operates Cook's on Sundays to evade the Sunday closing law. A Sundaco stockholder says a contract lets Cook's sell inventory to Sundaco for 24 hours with Sundaco paying 75 percent of gross and other costs.
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Odessa
Tex
Cook’s
Dist
C.J. Milburn
Ector County Atty
Bill McCoy
Sundaco Inc
Milburn
Sundaco
J.S. Fichtner
Cook
Today in History May 19 highlights across centuries
This record notes events on May 19 from 1536 beheading of Henry VII’s wife in London to 1970s and earlier milestones. It lists Johns Hopkins birth in 1795, 1876 Philadelphia exposition, 1941 Ethiopian campaign surrender, Churchill’s 1943 pledge in Congress, 1945 Tokyo bombings, 1964 Soviet embassy microphones, spaceflight issue, a Welsh mine disaster, and Leary marijuana case reversal last year.
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Associated Press
England
Henry VII
London
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Anne Arundel County
Philadelphia
Ethiopia
Winston Churchill
Japan
U.S
Tokyo
Moscow
Wales
U.S. Supreme Court
Harvard
Timothy F. Leary
Volunteer Firemen To Take Over Ambulances
The Pecos Volunteer Fire Department will assume ambulance duties as quickly as properly trained. The decision came from a joint City Council Reeves County Commissioners Court meeting last night after approval was given last Thursday. The move follows a threat of criminal action against Bill Calloway Mike Harrison and the Pecos Funeral Home.
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Pecos
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Fire Dept
Bill Calloway
Mike Harrison
Texas Dept. of Health
Calloway
Clem Crowley
Wendell Faulkner
J.T. Prewit
and Calloway
Red Cross
Schmidt
State Dept. of Health
Matthews Resigns to Join KIU and City Roles
Garland Matthews, Pecos Junior High principal, resigns to become assistant manager at KIUN Radio and join Hubbs and Hawkins Enterprises. He will assume duties after the term, continuing his 10 years as principal, with a history in coaching, civic work, and military service.
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Garland Matthews
Pecos
Hubbs
Hillsboro High
North Texas State
Sul Ross
WTCC Backs Postal Reform With Open Rule Push
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce backs postal reform if compulsory unionism is removed and seeks an open rule on the House floor to allow amendments. WTCC also notes Right to Work protections in Texas and warns the bill could nationalize union membership.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Jack G. Springer
Wtcc
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Springer
John Young
Texas
House Rules Committee
Mrs. Lahoma Roberts Rites Pending in Pecos
Funeral services for Mrs. Lahoma Lee Roberts, 48, are pending at Pecos Funeral Home after her death at Memorial Hospital at 7 this morning. A Pecos resident since 1941, she was a Baptist. Survived by parents H. C. Norwood of Pecos and wife, two sons Royce and James, four daughters Joceal Ashing Janet Smith Harriet Blakney Wyona Blakney, thirteen grandchildren, four brothers James Norwood Oakville CA Jack Norwood Fairfield CA George Norwood Lubbock Hugh Jack Norwood Abernathy and four sisters Betty Joe Taylor Ft. Stockton Billie Faye Hardaway Lovington NM Perm a Barnes Houston Ann Woodruff Caldwell.
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Pecos
Lahoma Lee Roberts
Memorial Hospital
Roberts
The
Baptist Church
H. C. Norwood
Royce H. Roberts
James T. Roberts
Joceal Ashing
Janet Smith
Harriet Blakney
Wyona Blakney
James Norwood
Oakville
Calif
Jack Norwood
Fairfield
George Norwood
Lubbock
Hugh Jack Norwood
Abernathy
Betty Joe Taylor
Ft. Stockton
Billie Faye Hardaway
Lovington
N. M
Perma Barnes
Houston
Ann Woodruff
Caldwell
Woman Wins Sex Equality On Job Suit
A $16 875 judgement against Phillips Petroleum Co was granted by U S Dist Judge Ernest Guinn in El Paso ruling Pauline Danner of Odessa was discharged solely because of her sex.
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EL Paso
Phillips Petroleum Co
U.S
Indictments Returned By Grand Jury Monday
The Grand Jury returned seventeen indictments in 143rd District Court yesterday morning. Most defendants are in custody or out on bond. Warrants were issued for three indicted individuals on auto theft and forgery charges and arrests are expected soon. Porfirio Vitela Ontiveros indicted for theft over $50 involving a $65 Bonneville Pontiac owned by Edward Henn. Lewis H. Queen aka Ernest Ray Pinion indicted on two counts of fraudulent checks to Pecos Men’s Shop for $74.28 and Fonville Jewelry for $167.77.
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143Rd District Court
Edward Henn
Porfirio Vitela Ontiveros
Lewis H. Queen
Ernest Ray Pinion
Pecos Men’s Shop
Fonville Jewelery
Mitchell To Receive Degree At Evangel College Commencement
Mitchell Carroll Gean Mitchell of 101 E 9th is among 150 seniors slated to receive bachelor degrees at Evangel College on May 21, earning a Bachelor of Science with a major in elementary education. Commencement speaker is Dr. Cordus C. Burnett, president of Bethany Bible College. Also noted are several indictments for burglary and theft in March and April involving multiple individuals.
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Carroll Gean Mitchell
E. 9Th
Evangel College
Plainview High School
Robert Mitchell
Mitchell
Evangel
Student National Education Association
Cordus C. Burnett
Bethany Bible College
Santa Cruz
Calif
Thurman Faison
Chicago
Ill
Assemblies of God
Missed paper delivery guaranteed by 6 45 call
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Awards To Be Given By CAP
Civil Air Patrol members completing Phase One will receive awards at a Thursday 8 pm ceremony in the CAP building located behind Community Public Service on Stafford Blvd. Parents and others interested in CAP are urged to attend. The CAP building is in a former Trans-Pecos Cotton Association structure.
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Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Community Public Service
Stafford Blvd
Trans - Pecos Cotton Association
Hospital officials urged to heed consumer complaints
At the Texas Hospital Association meeting in Houston, Robert M. Cunningham warned hospital leaders they risk losing control if they ignore patient concerns. He linked rising costs, staffing pressures, and the demand for comprehensive care to potential government controls and even national health insurance. Funds are being raised for Ralph Bradley’s Memorial Hospital illness.
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Houston, Tex
Robert M. Cunningham
Cunningham
National Health Insurance
The
Texas Hospital Association
Ralph Bradley
Memorial Hospital
1604
South Eddy
Peac ock Cadets to Graduate from Pecos Area
Two Pecos area boys will graduate from Peacock Military Academy in San Antonio on May 29 and receive diplomas at the commencement. John Graham Hoefs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoefs, served as Cadet Captain, junior class president, football letterman, rifle team captain. James Ernest Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rice Jr., Balmoreha, was Cadet Captain in the Corps of Cadets, class vice president, Student Council member, and Zouaves Crack Drill Team member.
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Pecos
Peacock Military Academy
San Antonio
John Graham Hoefs
Richard Hoefs
James Ernest Rice
J. B. Rice
Balmorhea
Hoefs
Military Department
Academy
Rice
Corps of Cadets
Zouaves
CAP Aids Red Cross in Lubbock Tornado Response
Pecos Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol under Charles Gann set up a radio link to Red Cross Headquarters in St Louis after a tornado wrecked Lubbock. They provided one and a half days of emergency service to assist salvage operations and aid the Red Cross efforts.
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Pecos
Civil Air Patrol
Lubbock
St. Louis
Red Cross
Charles Gann
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Lynn Dearing
B. D. Dearing
Crisco
Miss Dearing
Frank Kelley
Fichtner
Sand Hills
Buffalo Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
First National Bank
Mary Gordon
Joe Gordon
Progressive Lions Club
Library Club
Eagle Echo
Eagle-etts
Future Homemakers of America
Future Teachers of America
Matthews
KIU
Pecos Funeral Home
Pecos Fire Dept
J.J. Maxey
Pec
Mrs. Roberts
Lorne Earl Spargue
Gladys J. Schmucker
Joseph Finn
Luis Franco Rodriguez
Texas Dept. of Corrections
Francisco Gomez Garcia
Farnum’s
Charlie J. Peterson
James Harold Thompson
James Murphy
Wayne B. Mattox
William J. Rogers
Powell and Son
Balmorhea Hwy
Orville
John Drassen
Frank Grier
Drassen
Santa Fe
Severo Fuentes
Bob Burkholder
John Pierce
John Bradin
F. T. Levins
Bradley Fund
Graham Hoefs
James Rice
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