Nixon to reshuffle Cabinet names defense health posts
President Nixon announced Elliot Richardson will be the new secretary of Defense and Caspar Weinberger to lead the Office of Management and Budget with Ash to head HEW. Melvin Laird resigns as Defense chief. Ash, 54, Weinberger, 55, Richardson, 52, all require Senate confirmation.
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Pentagon
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziseler
Richardson
HEW
Weinberger
OMB
Ash
Advisory Council On
Office of Management and Budget
Ziegler
Senate
White House
Defense
Cold Texas spares few areas as Panhandle records snow
A cold front left Dalhart with three inches of snow and Perryton at five inches as temps plunged to eight below. Amarillo 15 and Lubbock 23 marked the chill while reports showed 60 in McAllen. Forecasters predict a slow warmup with lingering cold into Wednesday and a chance of light rain later. City sanitation chief Alfred Gomez says over 560 warning notices issued for noncompliant trash cans and will proceed with citations if needed.
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Texas
Dalhart
Perryton
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Plainview
Lubbock
Childress
Wichita Falls
Abilene
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
South Central
Alfred Gomez
Gomez
Men Questioned in Texaco Station Robbery
Police questioned suspects in a Texaco service station robbery at IS 20 and U S 285 that happened at 9 10 p m Friday. William C Williams of 616 W Eighth St described three men who entered the station demanded change and grabbed the register keys after the owner was forced to lie down. A customer nearby heard a cry for help and alerted Enco station staff who called police. The thieves fled in a car with $83 taken from the till.
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Texaco
IS 20
U.S. 285
William Charles Williams
Eighth St
Williams
Enco
Ruben Gonzales
Jim Wilson
U S trade deficit narrows sharply in October
The Commerce Department reports the October trade deficit at 415 million dollars, down from September and January lows. Exports rise 5 percent to 4.364 billion while imports grow 2.3 percent to 4.779 billion, with gains in chemicals transportation equipment and other manufactured goods.
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Washington
U. S
Commerce Department
Department
America
United States
Oil firms back Texas offshore superport against FAA plan
Houston officials say a Texas offshore superport to dock huge tankers will be built despite a Federal Maritime Administration study recommending Gulf ports only off Louisiana and Delaware. Shell and Humble oil groups say progress continues and ports will be developed on both Gulf coasts with completion in roughly three months.
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Houston
Texas
Federal Maritime Administration
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Washington
Delaware
Robert H. Chitwood
Texas Superset
Gulf States
Shell Oil Co
Humble Oil
Civilians die in accidental U S bombing near Da Nang
Saigon AP reports that six American planes aiding South Vietnamese troops dropped several 500 pound bombs on a populated area near Hoi An, killing 19 civilians and wounding 29. About 10 bombs fell two and a half miles west of Hoi An and 15 miles south of Da Nang. cause unknown, investigation started.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Hoi An
Harold Meyer elected to chamber post
Harold Meyer of Pecos and Harold Meyer of Odessa were elected to top and vice presidential roles in the Permian Basin Chambers of Commerce Managers Association at a recent Odessa meeting. Meyer will take office January 1 1973, succeeding Joe Corby. The organization covers southeastern New Mexico and parts of Texas.
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Lloyd Longley
Andrews County Chamber of Commerce
Permian Basin Chambers of Commerce Managers Association
Odessa
Joe Corby
Menahans Chamber of Commerce
Harold Meyer
Pecos
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Jane Tindall
Pbccma
New Mexico
Colorado City
Fort Stockton
Seminole
Salvation Army Kettle Stolen From Macy’s Sidewalk
Salvation Army officials report a 300 pound red iron kettle, a 20 year Christmas fixture outside Macy’s on 34th Street, vanished last Friday night or early Saturday. Brigadier Frank Gibson says it would take several men to lift the pot which is five feet wide and three and a half feet tall. The department hopes a prank or theft is reversed with its return. A separate report notes Pecos Volunteer Fire Department responding to a brush fire east of A Street, out by noon.
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New York
Salvation Army
Macy’s
34Th Street
Frank Gibson
Army
Japanese DC8 Jet Crashes on Takeoff from Moscow Airport
Bulletin reports a Japan Air Lines DC8 flight crashed on takeoff from Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow killing nearly 80 people aboard. Japanese Embassy officials confirmed the casualty toll.
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Moscow
Japan Air Lines
Sheremetyevo
Defense secretary outlines under 10,000 draft calls
Secretary Melvin Laird announced fewer than 10,000 men would be drafted in the next six months as Selective Service ends on June 30. Inductions would be sparse in January and spread from February through June 30, with a shift to an all volunteer Army.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
National Guard
Guard
Congress
Pentagon
Guard of Reserves
Three men indicted in jet hijacking odyssey
Three men Melvin Cale Henry Jackson Jr and Louis Moore were indicted on aircraft piracy kidnapping and interference charges for the 23 hour jet hijacking of Southern Flight 49. They were held in Cuba after stops including Jackson Miss Cleveland Ohio Toronto Lexington Ky Chattanooga Tenn and Havana. FBI shooting wounded copilot Billy Johnson as the suspects demanded 10 million and threatened Oak Ridge nuclear facility.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Airways
Melvin Charles Cale
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Henry DeWilliam Jackson Jr
Louis Douglas Moore
Detroit
Mich
Cuba
Southern Flight 49
Jackson
Miss
Cleveland
Ohio
Toronto
Texas Trial Lawyers Meet in Houston December
The Texas Trial Lawyers Association will hold its quarterly Board of Directors and committee meetings in Houston at the Galleria Houston Oaks Hotel Friday and Saturday December 1 2. Pecos attorney Roddy L Harrison and about 100 lawyers are expected to attend with J D Lee Madison Lee Madisonville Tenn Leonard King Chicago and Bob Cartwright San Francisco as association leaders.
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Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Houston
Galleria Houston Oaks
Pecos
Roddy L. Harrson
J. D. Lee
Madison Lee
Madisonville
Tenn
Leonard King
Chicago
Bob Cartwright
San Francisco
American Trial Lawyers Association
District Court Jury to Convene for Freeman Case
A 148th District Court jury will report at 9 a m Wednesday to hear State versus Bobby Ray Freeman. Bessie Ruth Thomas pleaded guilty to a reduced theft over $50 charge in the July Holiday Inn armed robbery and was sentenced to two years with jail credit since arrest in July.
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District Court
State
Bobby Ray Freeman
Bessie Ruth Thomas
Thomas
Holiday Inn
Pecos Barstow ISD Calls Special Board Meeting
The Pecos Barstow ISD will hold a called board meeting at 5 30 p m Thursday November 30 to review the 1971 72 audit report. Meeting venue is the administration offices 1302 S Park St.
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Pecos-Barstow
ISD School Board
Park St
Blood needed for Jim Gunn at Odessa hospital
Fifteen to twenty pints of blood are requested for Jim Gunn at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa following a feed grinder accident at Pecos Feed Yard. Gunn remains in satisfactory condition in the intensive care unit. Eligible donors aged 21 to 55 may donate at Medical Center Lab on Mon Wed Fri 16 a.m. to 3 p.m. or Tue Thu 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The blood bank is closed weekends. Pecos has no local facility except via the El Paso mobile unit. Parental consent allows donations from younger donors. attempts to arrange donor equipment in Pecos are underway.
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Jim Gunn
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Enterprise
Gunn
Pecos
Medical Center
Medical Center Lab
el Paso
Christmas Lights Return Across Downtown and Airlawn
Christmas decorations and lighted trees were switched on the day after Thanksgiving and will burn each night through the season. A few bulbs are dark due to replacements pending. merchants earlier bought lights to replace worn strands. Ten new trees were added at the Airlawn Shopping Center.
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Airlawn
Nixon to Meet Thieu Emissary Over Vietnam Cease Fire
President Nixon planned a meeting with Thieu’s special representative Nguyen Phu Duc in Washington while Kissinger and Le Duc Tho prepared to resume Paris talks on Monday Thieu seeks direct talks with the North Vietnamese and Hoang Duc Nha was sent to Paris to participate in the next round.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
Nguyen Phu Duc
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Thieu
Saigon
U. S
Ellsworth Bunker
Kissinger
Ziegler
Duc
Camp David
Hoang Duc Nha
Nha
Tho
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
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Harold C. Passer
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United Methodist Church
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South Vietnam
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