Pilots warn cease-fire chatter changes war risk
Amid cease-fire talk in Vietnam, U S pilots say they are playing it safe, pursuing targets while cautious. Cmdr Don Summer notes the North Vietnamese push as Nixon halts bombing above the 20th parallel, and Marines in the Seventh Fleet report rumors of peace affecting nerve and vigilance aboard carriers off Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Vietnam
Cmdr
Don Summer
Houston
Tex
Nixon
Hanoi-Haiphong
China
Summer
J.K. Cochran
Beaufort
N.C
Nixon to Speak on America's Future in TV Blitz
President Nixon will address the nation's future in a live White House broadcast at 7:30 p.m. EST with nationwide TV speeches planned this evening and Monday and campaign trips to six states Oklahoma North Carolina Rhode Island New Mexico California and Illinois. McGovern urged higher moral standards during a New York rally and urged lift of the nation's vision. Agnew criticized hecklers as fascist storm-trooper tactics while Shriver pressed Vietnam peace terms. The Nixon campaign will disclose major contributor names ahead of March 9 under a Common Cause suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McGovern
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Rhode Island
New Mexico
California
Illinois
White House
Nixon
McGovern
New York City
Garment Workers District
Chicago
Ohio
Michigan
Spiro T. Agnew
San Diego
Calif
Sargent Shriver
Vietnam
Deaths Services for Alma Sprague in Balmorhea
Alma Sprague 78 of Balmorhea died early today in Reeves County Memorial Hospital. Services are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Balmorhea Church of Christ. Born October 3, 1894 in Sherwood she lived in Balmorhea 37 years. Survived by son H W Sprague Fort Worth three daughters including Mrs Merle Payne Balmorhea and Mrs Vera Daniels Campbell Calif 15 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren one brother Jerome France Hope NM three sisters Mrs Esther Templeton Mrs Pearl Bales San Angelo and Mrs Jackie Miller Myrtle Creek Ore. Also separate notice for John William Stroud 65 with service at 10 p.m. Saturday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel interment Fairview Cemetery. He died after arrival at Reeves County Memorial Hospital from an apparent heart attack. Born May 10 1907 he lived in the area since 1929. Survived by widow Ellene two sisters Velma Ford Levelland and Jer Dalton Portersville Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma E
Sprague
Balmorhea
Balmorhea Church of Christ
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Sherwood
H.W. Sprague
Fort Worth
Merle Payne
Jackie Miller
Myrtle Creek
Ore
Frances Jones
Jerome France
Hope
N.M
Esther Templeton
Pearl Bales
San Angelo
Vera Daniels
Campbell
Calif
John William Stroud
Pecos Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Hiad
Wrk
Ellene
Velma Ford
Levelland
Jer! Dalton
Portersville
Search for missing Cessna 421 spans Pecos airspace
Seven Civil Air Patrol planes extend contours from Pecos to Guadalupe Pass hunting a Cessna 421 missing since Sunday on a Corpus Christi to Phoenix flight. No clues yet, beacon may last five days, while sensors run to detect signals. CAP plans wider-area search this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Pecos
Corpus Christi
Phoenix
Ariz
Fort Stockton
Guadalupe Pass
Group 16
Charles E. Gann
Gann
CAP
Joe Cromer
Tyler
Cromer
William C. Carson
Scottsdale, Ariz
Reeves County Markers Highlight State History Meeting
History buffs from across Texas noted Reeves County markers at the annual state meeting in Austin on Oct 27 28 The committee earned praise for two markers at Red Bluff Dam and Immigrant Crossing while a third marker went to Bloys Camp Meeting Grounds Fort Davis Over 400 attendees heard Truett Latimer executive director of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee speak on oral history The event featured Dr Ronald Marcello NT State University and Dr Thomas Charlton among presenters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lindley
Frank Haughton
Reeves County Historical Survey Committee
Austin
Reeves County
Tee
Red Bluff Dam
Immigrant’s Crossing
Bloys Camp Meeting Grounds
Fort Davis
Truett Latimer
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Ronald Marcello
North Texas State University
Thomas Charlton
Direc
Baylor University
Marcello
Charlton
William R. Wyatt
Rushmore Research
Rapid City
S. C
Murphy Bennett
Presidio County Historical Survey Committee
Carl Clausen
Warren Skaaren
Texas Film Commission
Your
Deolece Parmellee
Gary Hume
National Register
National Register of Historical Places
Film scene filmed near Barstow for Fox Style
R B McGowen's Presidio Productions shot opening scenes for the movie Fox Style on the Paul Williams property southeast of Barstow. The scene features a 20 year flashback to the oilfields of West Texas with Chuck Daniel as the young man who leaves for New York. Juanita Moon plays his mother and Ne wel Alexander of Baylor University appears in a separate program segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Daniels
Newell Alexander
Fox
Barstow
R. B. McGowen
Presidio Productions, Inc
Paul Williams
McGowen
Dallas
Marshall
West Texas
Chuck Daniel
New York
Juanita Moon
Dual rule allowed by Nov 9 12
Amendment Nos 9 and 12 on your ballot let different people hold extra offices of honor trust or profit. No_salary rules apply to state employees serving on local government governing bodies. The changes arise from a Texas A M professor elected to a Bryan city council needing to resign or forfeit state pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Glover
Soil and Water District
Texas A&m
Bryan
Colorful fall tours planned in Guadalupe Mountains
Acting Supt. Philip Van Cleave announces two fall color travelcades to McKittrick Canyon in Guadalupe Mountains National Park set for Saturday Nov 4 and Saturday Nov 11. Access road gate opens 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. five mile drive to canyon entrance and 2.5 to 3 mile hike. Vehicles out by 4 p.m. Route 62-180 turnoff, 48 miles SW of Carlsbad NM, seven miles north of Pine Springs TX. Peak colors expected during trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip van Cleave
McKittrick Canyon
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Carlsbad
N.M
Pine Springs
Texas
el Paso
van Cleave
Fruit cake orders being taken by Pecos Band Booster Club
Fruit cake orders are now being taken for Pecos Band Booster Club sales. All orders must be in by 3 30 p m Monday at the high school band hall. Those unable to go may call 5 4821 5 8654 or 5 4619 before Monday. Order takers should list cake quantity by size and note it on the order book flap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos-Barstow
Stuents
TSTA
el Paso
Pecos- Andrews
Booster Club
Pecos
Optimists honor Pecos club officers and film shown
The Pecos Optimist Club installed Bill Youngblood as president with Loewen Standley as vice president and Jack Boswell as secretary treasurer. The meal meets at 6:30 AM Thursdays at the American Motor Inn Restaurant. A film of the Pecos football game was shown by outgoing president Jim Tollett. Members discussed fundraisers and urged responses on club goals for the year and invited local men to join the Friend of Youth program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Optimist Club
Bill Youngblood
Loewen Standley
Jack Boswell
Youngblood
American Motor Inn
Kermit Pecos
Jim Tollett
Glover named Chamber of Commerce Director
Darrell Glover County Judge named a director of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce by chamber president Mike Burkholder. Glover will serve as regular director and chair the legislative and public information division to keep officers members and the public informed on legal matters. An employee relations conference is set for Thursday November 9 at the Inn of the Golden West in Odessa with speakers from the Texas Manufacturers Association Phillips Petroleum and the U S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Registration begins 8 30 a m and runs to 2 30 p m with lunch at 11 30 a m. Reservations are 310 per person and Pecos employers may call 445-2406 for reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Glover
Pecos
Chamber
Burkholder
James W. Yancy Jr
Texas Manufacturers Association
Jim Gullie
Phillips Petroleum Company
Tom E. Robles
Albuquerque
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Glover
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Bear
Lasseter
Lake Wales
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Demilitarized Zone
Henry A. Kissinger
J.g. Mary Baldwin
Springfield
Colo
R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Cam
Paign
Citizen’s Lobby, Common Cause
Alma E. Sprague
John W. Stroud
el Paso Natural Gas Co
White Sands Missile Range
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
Tularosa
John McFall
el Paso Natural
Southern Union Gas Co
McFall
Southern Union
Dona Ana
Silver City
Carson
Rk, B, McGowen Jr
Canyon
Swig Cottoneil
Pima
Reeves Upland
Pecos County
Presidio Upland
Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Longview
Lufkin
Dalhart
Amarillo
McAllen
South
Laredo
Mexican
Beau
Tri-K Club
Texaco
Third
Plum St
Barbara Maddux
Chamber of Commerce
Te Inn of the Golden West
Odessa
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