Foreign aid debate as Senate weighs next steps
In Washington the Senate Foreign Relations Committee debates reviving the foreign aid program amid a stalled fight over a $2.9 billion package. President Nixon pushes a temporary extension while drafting a new plan, with supporters urging a short term fix to keep the peace. In Odessa, Reeves County Deputy Raul Florez shot and wounded Reymundo Carrasco after a disturbance at the Pecos rodeo grounds leading to multiple arrests for unlawful assembly.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Senate
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Congress
White House
William Timmons
Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Reeves County
Odessa
Pecos Rodeo Grounds
Reymundo G. Carrasco
Carrasco
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
A.B. Nail
Raul Florez
Florez
Nail
Modesta S. Urquidi
Teresco T. Juarez
Mario A. Diaz
Oscar M. Franco
Gary Ingram
Good Evening column to feature daily Bible thoughts from ministers
The paper invites area ministers to submit several Bible thoughts for daily publication. Thoughts will continue as long as ministers provide material. Mail submissions to Managing Editor Pecos Enterprise P O Box 1131 Pecos Texas. Immunization notices remind parents of shots for kindergarten to grade 12 against measles diphtheria and tetanus as required by new state law.
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Pecos Enterprise
P.O. Box
Pecos
Texas
Pecos - Barstow Independent School
Interstate Compact meeting to hear Pecos water dispute report
Pecos area residents learn at Holiday Inn of a two day Interstate Compact Commissioners session starting tomorrow. R B McGowan will deliver a report on water deliveries due Texas under the Pecos River Compact for the last 20 years and discuss perceived underdelivery. Other officials from Texas and New Mexico will present on Sabine Red Rio Grande and Cannon river compacts as part of the program.
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Texas
New Mexico
Texas Water Rights Commission
George Smith
Austin
Texarkana
Holiday Inn
Richard Slack
Sen
W. E. Snelson
Wedneday
E.W. Schmidt
James A. Luscombe Sr
National Weather Service
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Soil Conservation Service
Southwestern Division of Engineers
New Mexico Bureau of Reclamation
Halloween in Pecos Quiet Except for Booby Trapped Treat
Pecos Police Chief Gene Martin reported a calm Halloween with only one notable incident. Pablo Briones brought a corn ball with a needle to the station after giving it to his child during trick or treat. No vandalism or major damage occurred as water balloons and eggs were largely harmless. Chief Martin commends Pecos youth for a quiet evening.
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Pecos
Gene Martin
Pablo Briones
Martin
Tidal wave devastates Indian villages killing thousands
The government said at least 2,500 people died as a 16 foot tidal wave struck villages along the Bay of Bengal in Orissa state. Unofficial counts suggest well over 5,000 dead with more than a million left homeless as air drops of food are demanded amid flooded transport routes and widespread destruction from cyclonic winds.
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Balasore
Orissa
Calcutta
Times of India
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India
Ganges River
East Pakistan
New China flag rises at United Nations
The flag of the People's Republic of China is raised at UN headquarters for the first time as China gains a UN seat. Acting Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei requested placement under C in the rolls, shifting its General Assembly and flag location between Chile and Colombia. Delegates from Beijing are expected to arrive later this week.
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People’s Republic of China
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People’s Republic of
Peking
General Assembly
Chile
Colombia
P’s
Chiang Kaieshek
Bomb blasts hit London two major buildings
Scotland Yard ordered a full emergency alert and staged patrols after two bomb explosions in London. One blast damaged the Royal Tank Regiment HQ near Parliament, another tore into the Post Office Tower, Britain’s tallest building, with IRA links denied by Dublin authorities and an anonymous call blaming the Angry Brigade.
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Royal Tank Regiment
Post Office
Irish Republican Army
District Lions chief to visit Pecos downtown club
C. R. Connor district 2-T-3 governor will visit Pecos Wednesday for the downtown Lions Club meeting at noon at Holiday Inn. District 2-T-3 covers El Paso to Odessa with 63 clubs. Connor will speak on Lions ism and its purposes during the luncheon. Tommy Beauchamp deputy district governor and Evening Lions Club member attends. Jessie Stephen Downtown Lions president urged attendance.
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C. R
Chet) Connor
Beauchamp
A Memer
Evening Lions Club
Jessie Stephen
Downtown Lions
Texas weekend gunfire tops death toll in state
The Associated Press reports 35 Texans died over the weekend from gunfire, traffic, knives, and accidents. A Temple head on collision killed four, including Michael Day and his family, as rescue crews faced a 45 minute extraction. Multiple shootings, drownings, and crashes across cities like Temple, Pampa, Laredo, Dallas, Houston, and Corpus Christi are noted with numerous victims and ongoing investigations.
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E H. Smith
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Lovie Melton Fry
White Deer
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Laredo
William C. Zachary
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Cresson
Dallas
Pearly Mae Bunyan
Charles Redman
James Fisher
Hallsville
Marshall
Josh Turner
Waight
Joe Marin
San Antonio
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Floresville
Hugh Alexander Leonard
Preston Benkard
Ronald York
Little Bun
Billy Gabriel Surur
Frisco
Marshal C. Curry
Farm Road
Galveston County
Franklin States
McKinney
George Thomas Key
Lorenzo Smith
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