Nixon to Cut U.S. Troops in Vietnam to 40,000 by July
Secretary Laird arrives in Saigon amid talk of a 40 000 troop residual force by July 1 1969 and a shift toward Vietnamization. Reports note weekly American deaths at their lowest since 1965 with Abrams modernizing South Vietnamese forces and U S aid to Saigon shaping the drawdown plan.
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Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
U.S
Laird
Vietnam
Crighton W. Abrams
Abrams
Army
Frederick C. Weyand
William C, Westmoreland
Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Local Pecos events highlight school and community activities
Pecos High School hosts a mothers tea at 1 15 p m and a 2 15 p m pep rally Thursday for football families. A WWII veterans film, Boy Scouts banquet, Mexican dinner, Catholic War Veterans meeting, rifle raffle, and a Pecos Rifle and Pistol Club rimfire shoot are planned. Now Hear It Again musical at First Baptist Friday after TAG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos High School
Sandhills
Buffalo Trail Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Kermit High School
Catholic War Veterans
Larry Fuller
First Baptist Church
George Young
Pecos
Young
Election results hint at 1972 political clues across cities
Frank L. Rizzo’s tough cop image helped Philadelphia mayor win re election while Wendell Ford surged toward Kentucky governor’s mansion. In Cleveland Ralph Perk’s victory reshaped Democrats, and in Virginia a populist Democrat ran as an independent to claim lieutenant governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank L. Rizzo
Philadelphia
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
National Party
Cleveland
Ralph J. Perk
Virginia
South
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Pittsburgh
John Heinz
William Waller
Mississippi
Charles Evers
Democratic National Committee
New Jersey
Senate
Water rights talk leads Third Annual Interstate Compact meet
Speakers at the Third Annual Texas Interstate Compact Commissioners Conference in Pecos discussed Pecos River adjudication. William G. Krause of the Texas Water Rights Commission explained adjudication steps and the impact of the Pecos River Compact on water deliveries from New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.E. Snelson
R. B. McGowen Jr
Willian
GY Xrause
Texas
Snelson
McGowen
Pecos
Texas Interstate Compact Commissioners
William G. Krause
Texas Water Rights Commission
Krause
Pecos River
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Devils River
Postmen Not Required to Stop at All Mail Addresses
Pecos Postmaster Paul Morrison says mail carriers only collect outgoing mail at addresses that receive mail. He notes 15 to 20 collection boxes exist for outgoing mail and about 5,000 possible stops, with an estimated 3,000 not receiving mail, which would slow delivery if stopped at every address. Also, USDA Pecos classing office reports 5,660 bales classed for the week ending Oct 29, totaling 11,545 for the season, with Strict Low Middling the dominant grade at 53 percent of closings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Pecos
Paul Morrison
Enterprise
Morrison
USDA
L. L. Wells
Police raid nine adult theaters in Dallas crackdown
Dallas police and sheriff deputies raided nine adult theaters and seven adult bookstores, arresting twenty two people on obscene material charges and seizing films. Officials said porn operations in Dallas show organized crime traits and cited 13 year old dancers found at a theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Justices of the Peace
Frank Dyson
Jaycees
Special Investigation Bureau
Dyson
Odessa man reported dead at Pecos rodeo grounds now alive
Raymond Carrasco a 27 year old of Odessa was initially listed as died after a gunshot wound from a Sunday fight at the Pecos rodeo grounds but a Monahans radio broadcast corrected the report Carrasco is in critical condition at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa with the status updated to alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Carrasco
Odessa
Pecos Rodeo Grounds
Monahans
Carrasco
Medical Center Hospital
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United States
U.S. Command
Defense Secretary
Ellsworth Bunker
VEW Movies
Reeves County
V.F.W
Richard Brisco
American Legion Post
Scout Diner
First United Methodist Church
W. 4Th St
David O, McKay
Ocala
Fla
East Lansing
Mich
Kalamazoo
Lawrence F. O’brien
Red Bluff
Pecos Valley
Cedar Street
Town of
Iudie Theaters
Kenneth Hanna
Atlanta
Hanna
Charles E. Mitchell
Wyoming St
L. J. Talley
Eugene Waits
Moore St
Waits
Moore
Mitchell
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