One injured in single car crash on Alberta Street
An 18 year old woman was treated and released from Memorial Hospital after a one car collision on Alberta Street. Vani-Tura-Lee Smith of 1919 Iowa Street was hospitalized briefly after her car slid on a slick spot, crossed a railroad crossing and struck a utility pole around 12 50 a m. Police report no other injuries in three separate Monday accidents including a Cypress Street backing collision involving Iva Wadley and Blanche Patty, a Jefferson Wyoming street intersection crash between Robin Harris and John Oates, and a Park Washington street impact between Lily Cowan and Judy McKinney.
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Memorial Hospital
Alberta Street
Vani-Tura-Lee Smith
Iowa St
Cypress Street
Iva Wadley
Casey's Fried Chicken to Open in Pecos May 31
Casey's plans a tentative May 31 opening for a new Pecos restaurant at 502 S Cedar St next to Central Drug. The Midland owner J C Casey Prichett notes the store will employ six locals, offer chicken as the main dish with the full trimmings, dine in or take out, and emphasize fast service and affordable price.
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Pecos
Casey's Fried Chicken
Central Drug
S. Cedar St
Midland
J.C. “Casey
Prichett
Destructive Coyanosa Storm Destroys Homes and Vehicles
Hail balls the size of baseballs and winds near 70 mph battered Coyanosa for over an hour and a half. Residents took shelter beneath mattresses as windows shattered and roofs blew off. Electricity and phone service were out for more than nine hours. Mobile homes suffered severe damage with dozens of window panes lost. No warning was reported from radio or TV before the storm struck.
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Cayanosa
Cal Wilson
John Pitts
Coyanosa
Coynosa
Ing
Dan Massingill
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
National Weather Service
National
Mounds View
Minn
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Wild weather brings tornado sightings over Pecos area
A pair of tornado sightings near Pecos and Wic kett were reported Monday as a severe weather system swept Texas. No ground touches were confirmed, but watches remained in effect into the night amid high winds, hail, and heavy rainfall. Nearby towns reported gusts up to 80 mph, with damage to roofs, crops, and property.
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Pecos
Wickett
National Weather Service
San Angelo
Texas
San Marcos
Associated Press
Sabinas
Bandera
Seguin
Austin
Angus Valley
Oklahoma
Fort Stockton
Texas Panhandle
Childress
Wichita Falls
del Rio
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Aroun
Corpus Christi
Kingsville
Cotulla
Laredo
Clarence Stephan
Stephan
Virgil
Dan Massingill
A.B. Foster
Mike Burkholder
Glen Ellis
Charles
Foster
Coronosa
Police recover 70 percent of April stolen property
Pecos police report April recovered 8425 dollars of 11928 stolen property, a 70 percent rate. Fifty one property offenses were logged including 11 burglaries 12 thefts over 50 dollars eight thefts over five dollars 16 vandalism three arson and one passing worthless checks. Eight crimes cleared 43 pending. No person crimes narcotics firearms or sex offenses.
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Pecos
Corporation Court
Pathet Lao seize Savannakhet amid Laotian upheaval
Pathet Lao troops overran the southern Laos city of Savannakhet amid weeks of political turmoil as rightist forces ceded power. Westerners, including 12 Americans, were placed under loose arrest but reported safe by a U.S. aid official. Cambodian naval actions linked to the Mayaguez rescue sparked competing accounts, while Bangkok and Washington weighed the fate of U.S. aid in the region.
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Associated Press
Pathet Lao
Laos
Savannakhet
Pakse
Mekong River
Sanford Stone
U.S
USS
Vientiane
Bangkok
Washington
Thailand
Mayaguez
Agency For International Development
Cambodia
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Jefferson and
Wyoming Streets
Lily Cowan
S. Elm St
Judy McKinney
Jefferson St
Park and
Washington Streets
Casey
Coyonosa Area
Alexandria
Minnesota
Southern Plains
Great Lakes
Montana
Stone
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