Pecos Teacher Attends Social Studies Institute
Thirty seven social studies teachers from New Mexico and Texas will join a Rocky Mountain Regional Institute on Comparative World Politics in Carlsbad New Mexico November 6 to 8. Roger A Russell from Pecos High School attends.
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New Mexico
Texas
Rocky Mountain
Carlsbad
N.M
University of Denver
Pecos
Roger A. Russell
Grand Junction
Maurice A. East
GSIS
Tish Busselle
Fay Metcalf
DU Center
East
VFW State Commander to Visit Pecos Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars State Commander Clifford T. Teer will visit Pecos Texas to meet the local post at 709 W. 2nd St. Monday November 9. Post Commander Harold Meyer says all members should attend if possible with refreshments to follow after the 8 p.m. meeting.
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Texas Department
Clifford T. Teer
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pecos
W. 2Nd St
Harold Meyer
WWI Vets To Meet Tonight
All World War I veterans from Pecos and surrounding area are asked to gather at 701 South Oak at 7 30 this evening for a veterans meeting.
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WWI
Pecos
South Oak
FFA Proxy To Attend Meet In Pecos
Falmer Barham state Future Farmers of America president will speak at the Pecos FFA district meeting in Pecos High School auditorium at 1 p.m. Saturday Nov 7. Special guest Jim Beard national FFA vice president from Oklahoma will attend the noon banquet in the school cafeteria. Chapter sweetheart Melanie Foster, a senior, was recently elected.
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Falmer Barham
State
Future Farmers of America
Pecos Ffa
Pecos High School
Jim Beard
National Ffa
Oklahoma
Jim
Melanie Foster
Sul Ross Homecoming Queen Contest Sets Time For Us Theme
Becky Tersero vies for the 1970 Sul Ross Homecoming Queen as Alpine hosts festivities November 6 and 7 centered on A Time For Us. The parade and float judging offer cash prizes, coronation precedes the 2 p.m. game, and Ex-Students President Joe Hayter presides.
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Rebecca Tersero
Sul Ross
Becky Tersero
Sul Ross Homecoming
Sul Ross State University
East Texas State
Pecos
Wildenthal Memorial Library
Alpine
Bill Spurgin
SRSU
Dean Spurgin
Jackson Field
Students’ Association
Spurgin
Joe Hayter
Fort Stockton
Dora Cuellar
del Rio
Elida Mesa
Monahans
Olga Ramirez
Odessa
Miss Tersero
Robette Williams
Midland
David Baker
Student Association
Srsu Lobo
ETSU
Theriot
Sal Ross
Grandfalls
van Horn
Wink
Balmorhea
Imperial
Sanderson
San Felipe
Tom Connor
Paul
Red) Pierce
Health and Physical Education Department
CPS Named Third in Nation for Safe Driver Performance
Community Public Service Company won third place in the 39th National Fleet Safety Contest for safe driver performance in the public utility division. The period July 1969 to June 1970 saw 317 vehicles and 320 drivers covering 4 950 147 miles with 3.63 accidents per million miles. Awards were given October 29 in Chicago at a General Motors luncheon.
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Community Public Service Company
National Safety Council
Community
National Fleet Safety Contest Committee
General Motors Corporation
LaSalle Hotel
Chicago
Womack Goes To Trial In Federal Conspiracy Case
Testimony was to begin in U S District Court in the case of Marshall Womack charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud four counts of submitting false appraisal reports and one count of embezzlement of savings bond funds. Three co defendants were tried in 1969 with Kenneth Musgrave Jack Bryant and Homer E Koon. Jurors were to be selected as the trial was set to start around 10 a m.
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U. S. District Court
Marshall Womack
Kenneth Musgrave
Dallas
Jack Bryant
Abilene
Homer E. Koon
Gainesville
Cotton classing figures show drop in weekly receipts at USDA office
At the USDA Cotton Classing Office in Pecos L L Wells notes a sharp rise in samples to 5600 for the week ending October 30 from 1900 the prior week. This season totals 10 900 versus 24 200 a year ago. Strict Low Middling and higher remain the leading grade at 63 percent. Staple lengths center on 1 3 32 inches and miked fiber strength averages 89 000 psi with most samples in the 3 5 to 4 9 premium range.
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U.S.D.A
White Blasts Postal Service Delays In Texas Report
Congressman White reacts to a forthcoming House Post Office inquiry into the Managed Mail Processing program. Investigators found reduced processing, weekend gaps, and longer delivery times from San Francisco and Phoenix to El Paso and Dallas Region delays. He urges action to restore prompt service nationwide and cites overtime spikes during the Texas review.
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Texas
Richard C. White
Thaddeus J. Dulski
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
White
Post Office Department
Post Office
MMP
Congressman White
West Texas
San Francisco
Fort Worth
el Paso
Victor C. Smboldo
Albert C. Briggs
Phoenix
Tucson
Houston
Los Angeles
Buffalo
New York
Wichita Falls
Graham Purcell
Dallas
Paso
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Kermit
Alpine
One Bank
Chicago
Dulski
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Congress
Reeves County Ballot Reveals Democratic Solidarity and Mixed Amendments
Reeves County backed the Democrats in the general election unofficial returns and supported most amendments except Amendment 2 liquor by the drink. Lloyd Bentsen led U S Senator race 1515 to 807 over Bush, with multiple county races showing strong Democratic margins. Amendment tallies show varying support with Amendments 1 3 4 5 6 7 passing and Amendment 2 failing. Local officials listed include County Judge F H Ryan and County Clerk Estelle Clinton with varied vote totals.
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Reeves County
Reeves
Lloyd Bentsen
U. S
George Bush
Bush
Preston Smith
Paul Eggers
Ben Barnes
Byron Fullerton
Crawford Martin
Edward M. Sturr
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Robert S. Calvert
S. L. Abbott
Jesse James
Robert F. Kiennecke
Bob Armstrong
Harry Trippet
General Land Office
John C. White
Daniel C. Heath
Ben Ramsey
Jack Pope
Supreme Court
Ruel C. Walker
James Denton
John F
Jack) Onion, Jr
Court of Criminal Appeals
Truman Roberts
F. H. Ryan
Jane Ross
Estelle Clinton
Eva R. Grammer
Fred Armstrong
Cecil Cothrun
Wendell Faulkner
J. F. Hightower
Coy Perkins
Clayton Stallings
John Kuhn
Cliff Preslar
Navy Seaman Hall Aboard USS Park County
Navy Seaman Dennis T. Hall, son of Mr and Mrs Paul G. Corder of Pecos, is serving aboard the amphibious ship USS Park County in the Western Pacific. The Park County is due to return to the United States next year for inactivation.
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Navy
Dennis T. Hall
Paul G. Corder
Drawer 272
Pecos
Park County
Pacific
United States
Basketball League Organizes meeting in Pecos
An organizational meeting for the Pecos Independent Basketball League is set tomorrow at 7 30 in the Reddy Room of the CPS Division office on Stafford Blvd. All men interested in playing or sponsoring a team are urged to attend. Officers will be elected and last year's teams are expected to return or grow.
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Reddy
CPS Division
Stafford Blvd
Pecos
Toyah Superintendent Fired Report Sparks Board Clarification
A reliable source reports John Henry Smith, Toyah Schools superintendent, was relieved of duties by the Toyah Independent School District Board of Trustees last night. Board chairman Tom Cargill says there is no official information to release at this time.
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John Henry Smith
Toyah
Toyah Independent School District Board of Trustees
Tom Cargill
Enterprise
Pecos United Fund Reaches 64 Percent of Goal
The Pecos United Fund reports 64 percent of its goal with $16,000,606 raised as of Friday November 6. President Roy Precit urges workers to complete calls and turn in cards and donations to the Pecos Insurance Company office at 112 West 2nd Street.
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Pecos United Fund
Roy Precit
Precit
Secretary of Pecos Insurance Company
West 2Nd St
Republicans Facing Bleak Texas Outlook
Texas Republicans faced a bleak political future as analysts and party members questioned their prospects. The Associated Press report notes mounting challenges and uncertain momentum for the party headed into upcoming elections.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Texas
Texas Votes on Constitutional Amendments Early Returns
The Associated Press reports Texas election results from 247 of 254 counties showing tallies for seven constitutional amendments. Judges retirement 822300 for and 334900 against. liquor by the drink 652903 for 634371 against. farm assessments 530398 for 673184 against. building commission 514069 for 553298 against. road bonds 563841 for 542083 against. homestead exemptions 704951 for 446194 against. consolidating offices 548107 for 545541 against.
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Associated Press
Texas Election Bureau
Building Commission
GOP losses and uncertain futures loom after polls
An article notes Liberal Democrats gain a state Senate minority and Republicans face huge campaign bills and uncertain futures after defeats. It cites Bush and Eggers twice defeated for governor, possible Nixon cabinet plans, and Tower Barnes and Bentsen political prospects through 1976, with reorganization battles ahead in Texas GOP.
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George Bush
Senate
Democratic Party
Bush
Paul Eggers
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Lloyd Bentsen
Nixon
Eggers
Wichita Falls
John Tower
R-Tex
Preston Smith
Washington
Tower
Ben Barnes
Lyndon Johnson
John Connally
Bentsen
Johnson
Connally
Republican Party
GOP
Bill Steger
Tyler
Dallas
Houston
Chamber seeks 10000 square foot industrial buildings in Pecos
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce calls for information on available industrial buildings of 10,000 square feet or more. Owners may pick up a questionnaire at the Chamber Office, then return it to the Chamber for forwarding to the Texas Industrial Commission in Austin for presentation to potential clients.
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Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Industrial Commission
Chamber
Austin
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