Tornadoes Roll Across Nine States During Memorial Weekend
Memorial Day weekend storms slammed from Oklahoma to Florida with tornadoes heavy rain and strong winds. Leeland Jackson Cook 21 of Kingsville died in a one car crash 11.3 miles west of Toyah. Richard Lee Meades 20 of Hallandale Florida had minor injuries. James Elven Cox ? of Birmingham Alabama escaped serious injury after his truck rolled down a 40 foot embankment three miles east of Cherry Creek Canyon.
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Memorial Hospital
Toyah
Leeland Jackson Cook
Kingsville
Richard Lee Meades
Halandale
Fla
Cook
Department of Public Safety
Russell Hill
Hugh Lillie
Pecos
DPS
Jerry Bryne
Cherry Creek Canyon
James Elven Cox
Cox
Birmingham
Ala
Culkerson County Hospital
Nurses study cardiac care at regional workshop
Reeves County Memorial Hospital nurses Virginia Reed and Her sha Dodson attended a two day cardiac emergency care workshop in San Angelo sponsored by the American Heart Association. They plan a Pecos training session when newly purchased cardiac equipment arrives, per hospital administrator Pauline Drew.
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Reeves County Memorial Hospital
San Angelo
Virginia Reed
LVN
Hersha Dodson
American Heart Association
Pecos
Pauline Drew
Marfa Pair Injured In Davis Mountains Auto Crash
Two Marfa men Jose Cordova and Daniel Morales remained in Memorial Hospital in good and fair condition after their auto failed to negotiate a curve in the Davis Mountains. They were brought to Pecos by ambulance and held for observation with contusions and lacerations reported.
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Memorial Hospital
Balmorhea
Jose Cordova
Daniel Morales
Davis Mountains
Pecos
Cordova
Morales
Pauline Drew
Pecos High School names top scholars for 1973 graduation
David Stephens of Pecos High School is valedictorian with a 95.48 average and Cynthia Lukins is salutatorian with 94.50. Graduation is Tuesday at Rotary Field with Dr. Lloyd D. Vincent of Angelo State University delivering the keynote.
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David Stephens
Pecos High School
Frank Kelly
Cynthia Lukins
Stephens
Jesse Stephens
Sixth St
Lukins
Richard Lukins
Aneida Baker
Rotary Field
George Young
First Baptist Church
Lloyd D. Vincent
Angelo State University
Vincent
Violent deaths mount during weekend count
The AP tally for Memorial Day weekend in Texas tallies 33 deaths by late today including 22 in traffic, four in shootings, four drownings and two electrocutions. High winds and rain slick roads raised hazards as travelers headed home.
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Texas
Associated Press
Taiwan surgeon to open general practice in Pecos
Dr. Jen-Mann Chuong a 34 year old Taiwan native arrives from Chicago June 4 to begin a general practice in Pecos Texas. He trained in Taiwan and Chicago and will work at Reeves County Memorial Hospital staff during a visit before joining the Eddy and Daggett streets professional building. His family includes a wife and a two month old baby. His arrival raises Pecos physicians to five.
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Pecos
Jen-Mann Chuong
Taiwan
Chicago
Chuong
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Eddy and
Daggett Streets
Eagles Offer Bus Trip To Regional Playoff In Lamesa
Fans may ride a Continental Trailways bus from Pecos to Lamesa for a regional playoff game. Reservations are first come, first served at the Pecos office, with round trip tickets at 8.50 per person paid at booking. Bus departs by 1 30 p m Thursday for a 5 p m game and returns after. If needed the Eagles play a second and third game in Pecos Saturday.
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Dumas Demons
Dumas
Lamesa
Pecos
Eagles
Demons
Mike Sadler
Don Walker
Rene Galindo
David Maddux
Galindo
Maddux
Danny Bilbrey
Larry Austin
Mendoza
Matt Vollert
Jay Miller
Ledgerwood
Charles Pattillo
Ernie Calanchi
Continental Trailways
Pecos Enterprise
Tornado Hits Jonesboro Arkansas Killing Three
Severe weather struck Jonesboro and surrounding counties late Saturday night and early Sunday. The killer tornado killed three people and injured over 200 as it damaged property across multiple counties in Arkansas.
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Pecos
Associated Press
Jonesboro
Ark
Benton
Crawford
Pulaski
Crittenden
Poinsett
Jackson
Floyd Johnson
Craighead County
Orwell
Johnson
Guy Cobb
Gertha Oden
J.F. Guilmner
Otwell
Crawford County
Arkansas
Newport
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Nation marks Memorial Day with parades and MIAs focus
Across the country Memorial Day honors all war dead with parades and wreath ceremonies. Michigan families distributed posters seeking missing in action soldiers tied to Indochina tensions. New York observes multiple local observances culminated by aBrooklyn veteran wreathing and a Manhattan parade. Graves at Ft Snelling honored by students. The holiday honors Civil War dead origins, with Congress moving the date to the last Monday in May for a three day weekend.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Michigan
Indochina
Jaycees
New York City
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn
United War Veterans
Riverside Drive
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Manhattan
Ers
Hudson River
Ft. Snelling
Minneapolis
George Kaercher
South
Columbus
Miss
John Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Veterans Organization
Congress
Weekend traffic crashes clog Pecos police logs
Six weekend wrecks across Pecos produced no injuries. Citations issued for failure to yield, no license, speeding and improper starts. Vehicles involved include drivers from Pecos Sioux City and College Station with multiple intersections and parked-car incidents.
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Pecos
Butler Smith
Anthony Leigh Priborsky
Sioux City
Iowa
Third Street
Cedar
Robert McNeal
McNeal
Third
Priborsky
Smith
Juanita Jasso Herrera
Socorro Lopez Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Ben Montanez
Julia Luckett
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