Book revives 1964 claim Yarborough took Estes bribe
A new Texas politics book by Jimmy Banks reasserts the 1964 claim that Senator Yarborough received $50,000 from Billie Sol Estes. Yarborough calls the charge a vicious falsehood and implicates John Connally. The work, Money Marbles and Chalk, arrives as Yarborough contemplates a governor race after defeating Bush in 1964.
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U.S. Senate
Banks
Texas Publishing Co
Austin
Shannon Ratliff
Texas
Ratliff
U.S
Joe Kilgore
Lyndon Johnson
Yarborough
Texas Star
Connally
Dallas News
Estes
FBI
U.S. Justice Department
Department of Public Safety
Pecos Chamber launches 9am Membership Roundup
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce begins a one day Membership Roundup at 9 a.m. Wednesday with telephoned outreach from members and directors. Mayor Schmidt proclaims Wednesday Chamber Round-Up Day.
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Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Mike Burkholder
Burkholder
Pecos
E. W. Schmidt
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
West Texas Telephone Company
Harold Meyer
State employees to receive 6.8 percent pay raise
State Comptroller Robert S. Calvert says the 1971 legislature authorized a 6.8 percent raise for state employees. The Nixon administration unfroze the form but funds miss Nov payroll. a supplemental payroll will cover period from Nov 14 to Nov 30. Raises may be paid up to Jan 1, with ongoing payments contingent on Pay Board approval and contracts dated before Nov 14. Governor Smith and Attorney General Martin seek retroactive pay and broader approval.
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Austin
Robert S. Calvert
Nixon
Calvert
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Bon Phinney
Phinney
Val
Preston Smith
Crawford Martin
Smith
Martin
Texas
Jim Stewart
The
Texas Public Employer Association
Pony League Park committee meets at 5 30
Evening Lions Club Pony League Park Committee convenes at 5 30 at the park with President Dan Schaefer reporting. Delegates who attended the Texas State Teachers Convention in El Paso will present tonight as Pecos Teachers Association meets at 7 30 at Pecos Junior High School.
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Pony League
Ball Park
Evening Lions Club
Dan Schaefer
el Paso
Pecos
Evening Lions to aid Pecos hearing clinic
Pecos Evening Lions Club votes to host a one day hearing clinic next spring offering free diagnosis and assistance for children with possible hearing defects. The plan supports the local hearing aid program led by Mrs. Mary Cravens of Pecos school system.
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Pecos
Dan Schaefer
Fred Dominguez
Marcelus Rudder
Larry Bufkin
Roddy Villescas
John West
Paul Yeager
George Houston
Earnest Teague
Bufkin
Jimmie Gentry
Don Ward
Walt Criswall
West
Bob Griggs
Steve May
Roy Carley
Wally Gonzales
Griggs
John Mazee
Fred Lindsey
Lions
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Gordon McLendon
Fice
DN. Humphreys Jr
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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
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Humphreys
W.A. Cowan
Cowan
Billie Sol Estes
Keeton
Fonville
George Bush
United Nations
Senate
Bentsen
Bush
Carlsbad Caverns
Guadalupe Mountains
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Carlsbad
Paso
Holiday Inn
Gateway West
Fei Paso
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
U. S
Alvin E. Lawrence
Lawrence
Wayne Truex
Adams St
J. T. Prewit
Steve
S. Palm St
Lions Club
Tommy Beauchamp
Pony Committee
Elm Street
Rotary Club
Amistead Lions Club
Las Palmas
Al-Anon Family Group
Bois D’ Arc
Twentieth Century Club
Federated Parlor
David Northcutt
First Presbyterian Church
John Dennison
Erwin Lafser
Associated Press
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