Balmorhea News Bits Highlights Local Goings On
Balmorhea residents appear in El Paso for a district meeting and a hospital check up. Candace McNeil is crowned Halloween Queen at Balmorhea High School with Melanie Alvarez as princess. Dr. Rev Johnnie Kahl of Alpine visits and leads Holy Communion service at the Balmorhea Methodist Church. Eastern Star plans Friendship Night with a covered dish supper at the Masonic Temple.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Candace McNeil
Melanie Alvarez
Jack Hoffman
Johnnie Kahl
Janet
Judy
Bryan
Alpine
Balmorhea
Kahn
Methodist Church
Harca Bro
Louise Adams
Balmorhea Bears Edge Clint Lions In District Clash
Balmorhea defeats Clint 20 to 2 in Friday night District 6A football action. Key plays include Ru ben Gomez one yard TD and a 52-yard run, with a safety by Clint and a 19-yard reception from Robert Gomez. Balmorhea improves to 5-3 overall and 2-2 in conference.
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Balmorhea High School
South Main
Clint
Balmorhea Bears
Clint Lions
Bears
Balmorhea
Ruben Gomez
Juan Casias
Gomez
Lions
Robert Gomez
Sanderson
Rankin
Marfa
FBI offices open late for complaints on election day
United States Attorney William S Sessions announced that his office and FBI field offices in the Western District will stay open on election day November 7 from 6 a.m. to after polls close to handle possible violations of federal election laws. He stressed federal enforcement against vote buying intimidation ineligible voting and fraudulent ballots. Reports can be made to Midland FBI offices or the El Paso office if needed.
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United States
William S. Sessions
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sessions
Department of Justice
FBI
Western Judicial District
Midland
el Paso
Da Nang Rice Scandal Exposed During Moon Festival
Refugees from Quang Tri were fed chicken feed rough rice mixed with dirt and debris purchased with U S aid dollars. Vietnamese officials profited, American advisers blew the whistle, exposing the Da Nang rice scandal. Estimates vary on rice and money involved. James Ready cites about 2000 tons of rice.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Quang Tri
U.S
James Ready
U.S. War Victims Advisory Office
Soviet Military Parade Marks 55th Bolshevik Anniversary
Soviet troops, tanks and missiles paraded before the Kremlin as Andrei Grechko opened a six minute address. Brezhnev and other leaders attended the display on Red Square. The parade celebrated the Bolshevik Revolution with a message of peaceful coexistence and aid to allied movements.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Red Square
Andrei A. Grechko
Soviet Union
Grechko
Lenin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
Four indicted in hijacking
A federal grand jury indicted Charles A. Tuller and three co‑conspirators Bryce Tuller Jonathan Ross and William White Graham all of Alexandria Virginia on air piracy kidnapping and interfering with commerce in the Oct. 28 skyjacking to Cuba of an Eastern Airlines jet A ticket agent Stanley Hubbard was killed and a maintenance man wounded during the incident Bonds were set at 1 million each Cuban officials later identified the four in Cuba and said they are under arrest in Havana through the Swiss embassy after the United States sought extradition.
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Houston
Cuba
Eastern Airlines
Charles A. Tuller
Department of Commerce
Bryce
Jonathan Ross
William White Graham
Alexandria
Tuller
Arlington
Graham
U. S. District Court
John V. Singleton
FBI
Tullers
Stanley Earl Hubbard
New Orleans
Miami
Fla
State Department
Hanoi says Americans decide war or peace
North Vietnam via Saigon notes the U S presidential election as a choice between continued war and pursuit of peace. Nhan Dan labels Nixon a representative of agressive forces and urges Americans to select the way to end the war and build a just peace in line with a shifting world balance.
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Hanoi
Saigon
North Vietnam
Nhan Dan
Nixon
U. S
Slim bets $30,000 on Idaho raft trip
Ama rillo Slim, poker champion, plans a 65 mile winter raft run on Idaho's Salmon River between November 15 and December 15. He pledged $25,000 plus side bets with partner Jerry Chapman of Boise, aiming to complete the trip with one fellow rafter aboard.
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Los Angeles
Amarillo Slim
Las Vegas
Idaho
River of No Return
Slim Thomas Austin Preston Jr
Salmon River
Helen Elizabeth
Slim
Jerry Chapman
Boise
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Mrs
Jay Oates
Tulsa
Oklo
McNeil
Frank Hourigan
Frank
Loyal Humphries
Garland Rowe
Old Mexico
Garland
Rio Concho
Boquillas
Nelson Lethco
Martie
Greg Germany
Lbj Lake
Eric Martin
Pecos
Ona Graef
Tissie Ann Elliott
Jeanne McNeil
Linda Herring
Melanie Alvarez Halloween Princess
Pat Shook
Teresa Rodriguez
Andrea Vana
Bertha Matta
Mira Gomez
Sister Masters
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England
Cape Cod
Mass
New England
Maggie Scripps
Victoria Matta
Alidia Alvarez
Virginia Fuentez
Balbita
Dorina Scripps
Delia Martinez
Soviets
Asia
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Nguyen Ngoc Khoi
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