East Pecos Junior High awards top students
East Pecos Junior High held graduation exercises with awards for top students. Sylvia Ortega led with a 94.28 grade and served as outgoing Hornet editor alongside Dennis Ramos as outgoing student council president. Seventh grade honors went to Cynthia Sadler for scholastic average and Gloria Brooks and Bobby Leyva for Best All Around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Pecos Jr. High
Sylvia Ortega
Dennis Rayos
Conrad Saldana
Armando Ortega
Ismael Tercero
Francis Millan
Mary Helen Ramirez
Tina
Yolanda Herrera
Sylvia Matta
Amy Tercero
Cynthia Sadler
Patricia Villalobos
Elva Hernandez
Kathy Herod
Mary Jane Lopez
East Pecos council orders center maintenance and park rules
The council authorized maintenance to the Community Center doors, added an unmetered street light, and posted signs restricting park use after 10 30 p.m. They also sold Lots 23 and 24 to Hal S Pratt for 400 and approved stop signs at Walthall Street. Tricia Nixon voiced TV tour job interest but did not commit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
East Pecos Community Center
Bessie Haynes
East Pecos
East Side Civic League
Rev
R.M. Montgomery
Lon Bailey
Oy, McCarty
Eddie Ferguson
Les Joiner
Park
Jack Browder
Hal S. Pratt
Walthall Street
Little League Park
Walthall St
J.P. Stubblefield
Rotary Celebrates 42nd Anniversary in Pecos Luncheon
The Pecos Rotary Club marked its 42nd anniversary at the regular noon meeting. Charter dating to May 24, 1928 with 24 initial members, with Keith Camp and Charley Manahan leading the program and guests including Judge Billy Kerr and past presidents.
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Pecos
E. W. Beauchamp
Wendell Faulkner
Charlie Daniel
First Club
L. W. Anderson
Red Bill D. W. Bozeman, Sr
O. J. Bryan
Jim Camp
Keith Camp
T.Y. Casey
W. W. Dean
Victor Hennifent
Harry Hinkle
J. T. Jolly
Frank Joplin
Bill Kerr
Dr. C. J. Magee
Charlie Manahan
Bob Middleton
J. W. Moore
John Oglesby
Herbert Prickett
George Ross
Ralph Sparks
R. L.toll
Roy Wilcox
J. C. Wilson
Probable sequence of events caused Apollo 13 explosion
A sequence traced the Apollo 13 blast to oxygen tank issues during prelaunch draining tests. Thermostats failed after heaters heated liquid oxygen to high temps, melting insulation and exposing wiring to arcing. An electrical fire and pressure buildup followed, blowing the tank and crippling the mission.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Edgar M. Cartwright
Beech Aircraft Co
Boulder
Colo
Bond Sales Hit 10 606 in Reeves County April purchases
Reeves County reports April sales of Series E and United States Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares totaling 10606.00, with January-April sales at 46715.00. Texas monthly sales reached 15725617. and year to date purchases 62584024 with 34.7 percent of the 1970 goal. Bond committee urges gifts of Savings Bonds for graduations and weddings and notes banks offer gift envelopes.
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United States Savings
Freedom
Reeves County
Archie Scott
Reeves County Savings Bonds Committee
Texas
United States
Scott
Woman Suffers Broken Nose In Street Collision
Myra Teague Lawrance suffered a broken and lacerated nose when her 1965 Chevrolet, eastbound on West 5th, collided with Ethel Mayo Patterson driving a 1964 Buick at a southeast Hickory corner stop sign. The Chevrolet sustained 1000 dollars in damage and the Buick 900. Patterson was cited for failure to grant right of way. Lawrance was taken to Memorial Hospital.
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Myra Teague Lawrance
Chevrolet
Ethel Mayo Patterson
W. Sth
Buick
Hickory
Patterson
Longview Calls for Census Recount After Low Gain
The Longview Daily News urged city officials to request a census recount after a population rise of 4,347 fell far short of expectations. Officials had anticipated about 52,000 residents, but unofficial estimates put the figure at 44,397, prompting the paper to vow a bold response.
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Longview
Tex
Fire crews quell blaze at makeshift wooden platform flames
Pecos volunteer firemen answered a call last night at 7 55 to a site across Highway 80 from Bell Motel where wooden platforms made of 2 by 4s about five feet square were burning. They returned to Central Fire Station in 15 minutes.
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Pecos
Hwy. 80
Bell Motel
Central Fire Station
Memorial Day Services Slated At Fort Bliss
Memorial Day events at Fort Bliss National Cemetery will begin at 11 am with taps at noon. Air Defense Center officers, local veterans and Gold Star Mothers will attend a 21 gun salute and national anthem. Brigadier General Phillip H. Bethune will give the keynote, with wreath-laying by Connie Guillen. Local clergy will officiate and Army MPs direct traffic. Fort Bliss transportation will shuttle spectators from El Paso.
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Fort Blis
Tex
Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Air Defense Center
el Paso Area
William Y. McCachern
Fort Bliss
Richard T. Cassidy
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
Marines
1St Marine Divison
Joseph Mosko
American Legion Post 408
Richard L. Combs
Arthur F. Starr
Gerard A. McDonald
Bert Goodloe
Marine Corps League
Army
Samuel T. LeClerc
Echo
Gary R. Leffel
62Nd Army Band
el Paso
Mesa
Main Streets
National Cemetery
Larry R. Grell
62Nd Artillery
15Th Artillery Group
Charles F. Sughrue
1St
Guns Stolen From Gibson's Discount Center
Lawmen investigate a night break-in at Gibson's Discount Center where about twelve pistols and jewelry were taken. Entry via the roof. a vent and ceiling fittings damaged. Don Doan and staff found the scene. Sheriff deputies and city police led the investigation with several named officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
James Titus
Gibson’s
Discount Center
Gibson’s Discount Center
Don Doan
A. B. Nail
Raul Florez
John Lewis
Tony Ur
Soldier’s suicide attempt halted by chaplain and police
In San Antonio officers and a Ft. Sam Houston chaplain stopped a 22 year old soldier from taking his life. The chaplain said the man telephoned him his intent and the two hour counseling preceded police arrival. Police found gas odor in the apartment upon entry.
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SAN Antoni
Ft. Sam Houston
Tailwater Recovery System Offers Valuable Conservation Benefits
Irrigation tailwater recovery systems gain value as a conservation practice. A Soil Conservation Service note by Mike Boat outlines design sequence with graded surface irrigation, proper return system bypass, and farm specific analyses. It cites sediment risks, erosion control, and a recent cost finding of about 50 cents per acre inch pumped from a return system.
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Mike Boatright
Soil Conservation Service
The
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Grady Harding
Dixieland
Sul Ross State University
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Sul Ross
L. B. Coleman
Jim Wilson
Lewis Woodard
John Eugene Walker
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