Graduation Exercises Slated at Pecos Junior Highs
Pecos Junior High and East Pecos Junior High plan graduation for 328 eighth graders tomorrow. Ceremonies begin at 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. with diplomas presented by Supt. Ray Whitley and trustees Charles Mitchell and James Toone, plus Principal Garland Matthews.
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Pecos
Pecos Junior High
East Pecos Juniior High
Carol Moorman
J. O. Strother
Lynn Webb
Ray Whitley
Charles Mitchell
James Toone
Board of Trustee
Garland Matthews
East Pecos Junior High
East Pecos
Screwworm Eradication Expands Mexican Herds andlands
Mexican ranchers credit the screwworm eradication program, started in 1963, with larger herds and more cleared pasture. Imports rose from 500000 to about 1 million head, while losses fell from about 350 million pesos yearly. The program budget is 56 million with shared peso incentives, and a barrier aims at the U S border.
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Gary Garrison
Associated Press
Cildad Victoria
Mexico
T. A. Kincaid
The
Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation
Bud Fisher
Agriculture Department
Monterrey
U. S
Ashley Taylor
USDA
Ciudad Victoria
S. C. Gartman
Southwest
Mission
Tex
M. E. Cotton Meadows
Taylor
Fisher
Kincaid
Texas
Tamaulipas
San Luis Potosi
Gartman
Eloy Uribe Garcia
Tamaulipas Cattlemen’s Association
Uribe
Nuevo Laredo
Cattlemen’s Association
Nazario Pineda
Mexican Animal Health Department
Valles
la Esperanza Ranch
Mexico City
Mission Laboratory
United States
Randle Butler Named To High Methodist Post
Pecos citizen Randle Butler is elected Lay Leader of the New Mexico Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He becomes the senior church member for over 90 thousand Methodists across 143 churches in New Mexico and west Texas. Butler will chair the Lay Board, directing leadership training and stewardship education across the conference. He has previously led regional church boards, served as a delegate to conferences, and is active in the First Methodist Church in Pecos and the Rotary Club.
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Betsey Blaydes
Shelby H. Blaydes
Ft. Stockton
American Legion Auxiliary
Order of Rainbow
Pecos County
Sheriff's Posse
Pecos
United Methodist Church
Randle Butler
New Mexico
Butler
United
Carlsbad
First Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Cargo Carriers Given Permits
Four Texas airlines received intrastate cargo routes from the Texas Aeronautics Commission. Lubbock-Amarillo Armored Service Inc serves Abilene Amarillo Austin Big Spring El Paso Lubbock Midland Odessa San Angelo Wichita Falls. American Courier Corp serves Austin Beaumont Brownsville Harlingen Corpus Christi Marshall Texarkana Tyler Waco. Aztec Airways Inc serves Abilene Eastland Mineral Wells San Angelo Stephenville. Tricon International Airlines serves Austin Gainesville Longview Temple Tyler and Waco. Hallmark Aviation Inc was denied a passenger-service permit pending city refinements.
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Austin
Texas Airlines
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Lubbock
Texarkana
Tyler
Waco
Aztec Airways Inc
Abilene
Eastland
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Stephenville
Tricon International Airlines
Gainesville
Longview
Temple
TAC
Hallmark Aviation Inc
Hallmark
Texas
Wanted Men Apprehended in Reeves County Case
Two men indicted by the last Grand Jury have been captured and will be returned to Reeves County for trial if extradition is waived. William Paul Hampton was seized in Lordsburg New Mexico for auto theft after renting a car from Valley Motors and not returning it. E M Bell is held in Florida for passing a $800 worthless check to buy a pickup.
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Reeves County
Lordsburg
N. M
William Paul Hampton
Valley Motors
Florida
E. M. Bell
Thunderstorms and heavy rain sweep across Texas today
The Associated Press reports storms roamed the northern half of Texas with showers from Borger and Pampa to Lufkin and into Louisiana. Thundershowers stretched from Throckmorton to Gainesville and Paris, with other cells near Corsicana Mount Pleasant and Shreveport. San Antonio saw 3.27 inches of rain in 24 hours, while Austin 1.65 and Houston 1.35 inches.
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Associated Press
Texas
Borger
Pampa
Lufkin
Louisiana
Throckmorton
Gainesville
Paris
Cor Sicana
Mount Pleasant
Shreveport
San Antonio
Austin
Houston
Laredo
Victoria
Dwigans Named Assistant to U.S. Customs Regional Chief
Raymond Dwigans 62 of El Paso is appointed assistant to Cleburne Maier U S Customs Regional Commissioner in Houston. Dwigans previously served as El Paso customs collector in 1961 and district director in 1
Paper Delivery Guarantee and Hotline for Missing Issue
Readers missing their daily paper are urged to call the Circulation Dept by 6 45 p m for delivery assurance. The toll free line 445 5475 provides the errand contact and service commitment.
Former Sheriff Wright Found Dead in Fort Worth Motel
The body of 59 year old former Tarrant County Sheriff Harlon Wright was found Tuesday at the Clayton House Motor Inn in Fort Worth. Medical examiner says death appears natural but autopsy to follow. Wright had been missing since Monday and had diabetes and a heart condition.
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Fort Worth
Summer Registration Opens June 1 At Sul Ross State
Registration for the first summer session at Sul Ross State University begins Monday June 1 at 9 a.m. New students report to the Registrar for admission. Returning students with registration permits proceed to advisors with transcripts or admission letters. Social security numbers required. Registration divided by last name with staggered times and afternoon slots. Classes begin June 2 and end July 10 with finals.
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Sul Ross State University
Sul Ross
Bryan Wildenthal
VFW Urges Support For Nixon On Cambodia Policy
Commander J A Shoemake of VFW Post 6437 urged support for President Nixon’s Cambodian policy to save American lives. He warned that amendments like the Cooper Church Amendment would abandon troops fighting a cruel enemy at Southeast Asia’s front.
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Nixon
J. A. Shoemake
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Shoemake
Cambodia
Congress
Cooper Church
Southeast Asia
Judy Fuentes Receives Diploma At Loretto Academy
Judy Fuentes earned her diploma at Loretto Academy El Paso Texas during graduation exercises conducted by Bishop Sidney M Metzger One hundred fourteen seniors were awarded diplomas Judy plans to attend the University of Texas at El Paso next fall She was active in Future Homemakers Spanish Club and Junior Achievement during her senior year The ceremony followed a Baccalaureate Mass and related events.
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Judy Fuentes
Loretto Academy
el Paso
Texas
Liberty Hall
Judy
Eulalio R. Fuentes
Willow St
Sidney M. Metzger
John Tickle
Hilton- Young
Peru
Venezuela
Costa Rica
West Indies
Mexico
Reader's Digest Salutes Texas With Article and Austin Lunch
Reader's Digest features Texas in a June issue, with an eight page article by James Stewart-Gordon and a Texas luncheon May 25 in Austin honoring Governor Preston Smith. Attendees included John Allen and John R. McCarty, with a Texas themed menu from the Agriculture Department and Texas wildflower table decor.
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Reader’s Digest
Texas
Austin
America
Lone Star State
Preston Smith
Commodore Perry Hotel
James Stewart-Gordon
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
United States
Rio Grande
Hemisphere
Digest
Smith
John M. Allen
John R. McCarty
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Texas Agriculture Department
State Chamber of Commerce
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Gulf
Governor Smith
Otte
Baptists Delay Action on Baylor's School Of Dentistry
The Baptist General Convention of Texas executive board voted 35 to 34 to postpone divesting Baylor University School of Dentistry in Dallas. The group also passed a stand on President Nixon and urged equal religious representation on a nonpublic education panel. A separate vote sent the dentistry school matter back to the Christian Education Commission for possible severance from convention control.
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Dallas, Tex
Baptist General Convention of Texas’ Executive Board
Baylor University Dentistry School
Dallas
Nixon
Christian Life Com
Mission
Texas U. S
Texas Baptist Christian Education Commission
59 900 Loan Approved For MVWSC Conrey Bryson
Congress Richard C White announced a Farmers Home Administration loan of 59 900 dollars to the Madera Valley Water Supply Corp in Reeves County. Funds will upgrade water facilities for 347 users with new storage at three locations and parallel lines. A standby well is planned. repayment spans 38 years at 5 percent. Since 1961 the agency approved 113 241 900 for 843 rural water and sewer projects in Texas.
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Conrey Bryson
Cong
Richard C. White
Farmers Home Administration
Madera Valley Water Supply Corp
Reeves Co
Cong. White
U. S. Department of Agri
Texas
Flag Violator Demands Federal Trial
Gary Allen Deeds charged with burning an American flag seeks a federal court trial claiming the state court violated his civil rights. He says his acts express his ideas and that state law punishes expression rather than words, arguing constitutional limits on free speech.
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Dallas
Tex
Gary Allen Deeds
Deeds
Court of
U. S. Dist
William M. Taylor Jr
U. S
Fair Sued For Stolen Emerald
Tyler man files $200000 damage suit against State Fair of Texas over the October theft of his 126 carat emerald ring. He says the display security was inadequate and the gem could have fetched about $100000. the emerald originated in Colombia and was salvaged from a Spanish galleon bound for Spain.
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Dallas
Tyler
State Fair of Texas
Fair
Women’s Division
Tom C. Patten
Patten
Columbia
Spain
Ralph Bradley Death Rites Pending in Pecos
Ralph Bradley 47 died after a long illness this morning at 8 45 in Memorial Hospital. Services are pending at Pecos Funeral Home. He was born October 22 1922 in Hatchel Texas and moved to Pecos in 1948. He lived with his wife Hilda and had two sons David and Donald at home. He worked for Duval Corp before illness. Survivors include his widow two sons his father H G Bradley of Ballinger one brother Harvey Joe Midland and three sisters Rena Evans Odessa Sylvia Carley San Angelo and Rosemary Burks Ballinger.
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Ralph Bradley
Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Mr. Bradley
Hatchell
Texas
Church of Christ
Duval Corp
Hilda
David
Donald
Wingate
H. G. Bradley
Ballinger
Harvey Joe
Midland
Rena Evans
Odessa
Sylvia Carley
San Angelo
Rosemary Burks
Neil Porter to Receive Divinity Degree in Kansas City
L Neil Porter son of Mr and Mrs J R Porter received the Master of Divinity degree May 9 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Kansas City Missouri He serves as pastor of Tracy Baptist Chapel Tracy Missouri He and his wife Mary Ellen Barker of Pampa are the parents of six children.
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L. Neil Porter
J. R. Porter
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City
Missouri
Porter
Tracy Baptist Chapel
Tracy
Mary Ellen Barker
Pampa
Adult Cooking Classes Offered at Local High School
Mrs. S. B. Hunt leads a June 1 to June 6 program in commodity foods at the high school homemaking department. Sign up through the Community Council at 445-3166. transportation provided for attendees lacking
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S. B. Hunt
Community Council
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David Dutchover
Whitley
Paul Williams
Charles Weinacht
William and
Weinacht
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Ninfa Montoya
Merce Rayos
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Jose Villareal Caballero
Loma Prieta
Eloisa Bustamantes
Texas Ranger
Robert Diaz
Jesus Hinojos
Armando
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Butler Smith
Rita Villalon
Pine
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Johnson
James Titus
Asst
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Washington
Defense Department
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Espiro T. Adame
San Gabriel St
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Ft. Worth
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
University of Texas
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