Soviet Mars 2 mission heads for red planet to seek life clues
Tass reports unmanned Mars 2 craft launched to study Mars with a 300 million mile voyage expected to end in November. It is unclear if a soft landing will occur as the station advances toward the planet. In Nevada the AEC prepares to test a mass produced peaceful atomic bomb at the Nevada Test Site code named Miniata. The test aims to fracture sandstone and release trapped natural gas to boost U S reserves with possible future production next year.
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Mars
Tass
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Atomic Energy Commission
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AEC
Nevada
Refugees flood Sobroom and Ramgarh on India Pakistan border
On the west bank of the Feni river East Pakistani villages lie destroyed while across the river in India hundreds of thousands seek shelter in improvised camps. Sobroom and Ramgarh, once 5,000 each, now house about 20,000 and near empty respectively as civil war drives displacement.
Sadat Restates Suez Terms for Reopening Canal
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat declared conditions for reopening the Suez Canal. He insisted Egyptian troops must move to the canal east bank and Israel must withdraw first, with a defined timetable, from all territories seized in 1967, while rejecting an open-ended cease-fire while any Israeli soldiers remain on Egyptian land.
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Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
National Assembly
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Sadat
East Bank
Egypt
Mineral Wells Spirit Cited in Saving Helicopter Base
Senator John Tower credits Mineral Wells spirit of cooperation with the Army for reversing the plan to close the helicopter training base. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird notified Tower of the decision, and Tower calls retention of the base as operational status warranted and wise.
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John Tower
R-Tex
Mineral Wells
Army
Texas
Defense
Melvin Laird
Tower
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Soviet panel Deliberates on Nine Lenin Grad Jews Case
A Leningrad city court panel began deliberations on nine Leningrad Jews accused of hijacking an airliner and slandering the Soviet Union. Tass said the defendants confessed and repented after final statements were heard. Trial began May 11 with charges not officially listed by Tass.
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Leningrad
Soviet Union
Tass
Texas Senators Split on Europe War Talks Amendment
In the Senate a 73 24 vote defeated an amendment urging negotiations for troop withdrawals from Western Europe and demanding progress reports from President Nixon. Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen Jr backed the amendment while Texas Republican John Tower opposed it.
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Texas
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Europe
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Lloyd Bentsen Jr
John Tower
Riot Quelled as Kent State Students Riot Again
Kent Ohio police stopped another disturbance in the bar district early today pushing about 300 students back to the campus. Four plate glass windows were smashed in downtown offices on the second straight night of disturbances. No arrests or injuries were reported.
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Kent State University
Eight Foot Woman Dies After Brain Tumor
The body of Delores Pullard Johnson 24 of DeQuinev Louisiana who grew to over eight feet due to a brain tumor was returned to Louisiana from Ben Taub City County Hospital Houston. She died Tuesday with the hospital reporting the death on Wednesday.
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Louisiana
Ben Taub City County Hospital
Delores Pullard Johnson
DeQuinev. la
Trans Pecos Rock & Gem Club Meeting Details
The Trans Pecos Rock & Gem Club will hold its last meeting until fall on Thursday May 20 at 8 00 PM at the West of the Pecos Museum. Members and guests interested in rocks minerals fossils or Indian artifacts are invited. The program features a color film The Fossil Story with refreshments and a door prize.
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A Clean Pecos Campaign Prompts Community Action
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce plans a town wide cleanup starting May 29 with city county and youth groups supporting anti pollution efforts. Citizens of all ages are urged to participate to improve curb appeal and attract newcomers, with available equipment to remove junk and trash.
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Cotton Insect Scout Workshop Slated in Pecos Texas
Paul Tapp reports a cotton insect scout workshop in Pecos on Wednesday May 26 1971 from 9 00 a m to 4 30 p m at the Pecos Community Center Banquet Room. Dr. Travis Pate and Charles Neeb will conduct training on scouting techniques used in the cotton insect management program at Pecos Research Station since 1968. The program has reduced required insecticide applications in the past three years and all scouts and cotton producers in the area are urged to attend.
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Pecos
Travis Pate
Texas A&m Research Station
el Paso
Charles Neeb
Pecos Station
Pecos Texas
Pecos Community Center
Rites Held in Buffalo Gap for Floyd Relative
Graveside rites were conducted today at Buffalo Gap Cemetery for Mrs. Lillie Myrtle Floyd 82 who died in Memorial Hospital. She was born September 23 1888 in Houston County and had lived in Pecos Nursing Home in recent years. Survivors include brothers Horace Hodges Abilene Powell Hodges Fort Stockton a sister Lucille Graham Kerrville seven nieces and four nephews.
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Lillie Myrtle Floyd
Memorial Hospital
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Meleba Toone
Houston County
Pecos
Horace Hodges
Abilene
Powell Hodges
Ft. Stockton
Lucille Graham
Kerrville
Pecos Eagles Place Three on All-District Second Team
Pecos Eagles earn three on the second All-District baseball team and two on the honorable mention list after a 19-9 season and a two way tie for second. MVP is Kermit senior Danny Rivera with a 12-0 pitching mark.
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Kermit Yellowjackets
Eagles
Ricky Chavez
Rene Galindo
Ernie Calanchi
Chris Spray
Tommy Hooker
Pecos
Kermit
Danny Rivera
Bill Dillingham
Andrews
Randy Willey
Steve Swarb
Mona
Chamber Sets Friday Breakfast Board Meeting
A called breakfast meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is scheduled for Friday May 21 at 7 30 a m at Foster's Restaurant per Chamber President Wm R Bob Bickley. All directors and officers are urged to attend. district met yesterday to make selections.
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Nathan Poer Transferred to Lea General Hospital Hobbs NM
Nathan Poer has been transferred to Lea General Hospital in Hobbs New Mexico. His condition is described as very serious.
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Nathan Poer
Lea General Hospital
Hobbs
New Mexico
Hargrove Earns Degree At Tarleton Commencement
Two hundred twenty three seniors graduated from Tarleton State College on Sunday May 16 in the new Men's Gym. Ronald G. Hargrove of Pecos received the Bachelor of Science in General Agriculture, son of Mr and Mrs Bill Hargrove of 616 Eddy Pecos.
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Ronald G. Hargrove
Pecos
Hargrove
Bill Hargrove
Eddy, Pecos
Pecos High School Elects Class Officers Ahead of Year End
Pecos High School prepares for the final days of the academic year with elections and activities. Senior officers elected include President Mike Precit and Treasurer Linda Golden. Junior officers list Chris Spray and Becky Rogers. Sophomores name Wade McLain and Don Herod. The annual Spring concert and Sweetheart presentation are slated for tomorrow night.
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Pecos High School
Nancy Carpenter
Anne Slack
Darlene Reagan
Mary Ella Meek
Kim Blackwell
Jimmy Ann Hagar
Susan Wadley
Carol Casimir
Becky Rogers
D’anndira Davis
Linda Golden
Joni Jackson
Bessie Haynes
Pecos Valley Country Club
Mike Precit
Anthony Villalobez
Vicki Jonietz
Chris Spray
Frank Rodriguez
Wade McLain
Dennis Rayes
Shameen Frazier
Don Herod
Oil Producer Dies In Dallas
Verner W. Laird 60, independent oil producer from Kilgore, East Texas and the Permian Basin, died in Dallas Wednesday. Born in Jacksonville, he had lived in Kilgore 40 years. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Friday at Houston and Broadway Church of Christ, Kilgore Cemetery burial.
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Pecos High Class of 1921 Plans Reunion
The 1921 Pecos High School graduating class plans a 7 30 P M reunion at the Holiday Inn. Nine members still live in Pecos with several out of town guests expected. Deceased include Hazel Biggs Fisher and Lawson Goodrich. Attendees will share school annuals and recall when the first Pecos High annual was published.
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Pecos High School
Hazel Biggs Fisher
Lawson Goodrich
Pecos
Holiday Inn
Ruby Mae Beauchamp Daniel
Cornelia Biggs Roberson
Jessie Heard Richburg
Anna M. Boles Goodrich
Zorene Todd Thompson
Rela Kiser
Police report multiple thefts and vehicle damage in local area
John Stickles reported the theft of a boy s gold spider bike from Pecos Junior High between 3 30 and 4 30 pm yesterday. Carol Treadway said a black bell weighing 10 to 12 pounds was stolen from a post in her front yard valued at 35 dollars. Bill Calloway reported about 30 tapes stolen from his car. Mrs M D Bratton said her car was parked at a grocery store lot and had a broken left front vent window with no items missing. Harvey Schoen reported 21 gallons of gasoline stolen from an overhead tank at Gulf Warehouse near N 1st. Matthew Portillo reported a bike theft.
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John Stickles
South Eddy
Pecos
Carol Treadway
S. Hickory
Bill Calloway
M. D. Bratton
Morris
Harvey Schoen
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Gulf
Matthew Portillo
Hollen Publishes Research in Science Education Magazine
Dr. Theodore T. Hollen Jr former Pecos cotton farmer and policeman is senior author of a computer based research article for the 1971 fall issue of Science Education He is associate professor at Sul Ross State University Alpine The work done in 1967 at the University of Texas Austin Lab for Computer assisted Instruction lists J L Dunham and C Victor Bunderson as junior authors Hollen farmed cotton 1953 1963 and served as a policeman 1961 62 in Pecos He earned a 1970 Ph D in educational psychology UT Austin an M Ed 1966 Sul Ross and a BA 1937 biochemistry from UC Berkeley He taught chemistry at Sul Ross 1963 66 before pursuing his doctorate He is Yakima Wash native married to Cheta from Marfa and they have four children Ted El Paso attorney William El Paso contractor Patricia a Southwest Texas State University student and Nancy Alpine High School student The two sons attended Sul Ross
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Pecos
Sul Ross State University
Alpine
University of Texas-Austin
J.L. Dunham
C. Victor Bunderson
Hollen
UT - Austin
Sul Ross
University of California At Berkeley
Yakima
Wash
Cheta
Marfa
Ted
el Paso
William
Patricia
Southwest Texas State University
Nancy
Alpine High School
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