Pecos Eagles 1939 Bi district and regional champions
The 1939 Pecos football team won the district title after Wink was ruled ineligible, then beat Brady 7-6 in a tense bi district game. They topped Olton 45-21 in the regional, with Medanich passing to Precit and Griffin scoring, as coach Clayton Hopkins guided a compact, tough squad.
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Pecos Eagles
Pecos
Wink
TIL
Brady
Connie Woollard
Frank Medanich
J.T. Precit
Medanich
Olton
Dallas Cowboys
R. Henry Blackwell
Clayton Hopkins
Girvice Archer
Hopkins
Archer
Comfort
Texas
Precht
Ken Griffin
Elliott
Odessa
Bill
Skeeter
Orion
A Fantastic Solution to Gasoline Use
Editorial notes that raising the national average riders per car by one could save 30 million gallons daily and reduce pollution and congestion. Van pooling, led by General Mills in Minneapolis and Conoco in Houston, shows vans replacing dozens of personal vehicles, with dozens of riders per van and substantial yearly gasoline savings.
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General Mills
Minneapolis
Continental Oil Co
Houston
Conoco
Taxing trend boosts gas taxes across states in 1975
Commerce Clearing House reports gasoline tax hikes spread across eight states since January. Massachusetts South Dakota Oregon and Wyoming raised one cent a gallon. Minnesota Rhode Island two cents. Montana 2.5 cents. Hawaii 3.5 cents. Oregon’s increase suspended by referendum, Wyoming to take effect March 1. Only eight states did not raise taxes from 1965 to 1975.
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Commerce Clearing House
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Oregon
Wyoming
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Montana
Hawaii
Cch
Alabama
Alaska
Iowa
Nevada
Ohio
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Young Tigers Challenge Older Corporate Leaders
AP analysis notes a clash between ambitious young managers aged 30 to 35 and an immobile upper layer amid slower 1970s growth. Eugene Jennings of Michigan State says the rising generation seeks upward mobility to cope with rising expenses, inflation, and tightened opportunities.
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John Cunniff
New York
Eugene Jennings
Michigan State University
Tigers
Jennings
Today in History November 12 1975 highlights
On this date in 1941 Russian troops halted German invaders near Moscow. In 1927 Stalin became dictator as Trotsky expelled. The Vestris sank in 1928 with 110 dead. 1937 Japan moved into Shanghai. 1948 Tojo and others sentenced to death. 1964 Luxembourg abdication. UN urged Rhodesia nonrecognition. Vietnam low action. US recession hint.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Communist Party
Vestris
Virginia
Shanghai
China
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Charlotte of
Luxembourg
U.N. Security Council
Rhodesia
Britain
Vietnam
White House
United States
Know your Lawmakers REPRESENTATIVES
Senators John Tower and Lloyd Bentsen Jr. are listed with Washington DC addresses. Representatives Richard C. White and Bob Kruger are named with district details including El Paso Odessa offices and New Braunfels mailing address. The record lists district numbers 16th and 21st and the associated office locations in Texas and Washington DC.
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Washington
John Tower
Senate
Free Postage for Voter Materials Proposed in Voting Rights Act
Cong Richard C White urges free mailing for voter registration and nonpartisan information to ease costs for 35 states under the Voting Rights Act. He notes 1965 act, 1975 amendments, and new coverage extending to 22 more states. He plans to reintroduce as a full House bill after floor setback.
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House
Congress
Texas waits on Bentsen highway plan and budget
Sen Lloyd Bentsen outlines a new highway bill after a comprehensive two week hearing. The plan aims to spend 7 billion dollars next year on national roads, with over 300 million allotted to Texas for crucial construction and maintenance while cutting overall spending and consolidating programs to reduce fat and frills.
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Senate Transportation Subcommittee
Senate
Texas
Barbs eee by Phil Pastoret
A humorous column by Phil Pastoret titled Barbs eee uses quick one liners and wordplay. It riffs on a finance friend nicknamed the Loan Ranger and contrasts satire about sandwiches costs with notes on recession optimism and a homely neighbor. The piece blends social quips with everyday observations.
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Musin
By Alton Hughes
Eagles
Hedges
J.T. Prewit
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Austin
W.E
Pete’ Snelson
Capital Building
Dick Slack
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.C. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
11Th St
Ben R. Howell
el Paso
Cong
Richard C. White
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
Phil Pastoret
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