Texas fire and home insurance rates urged for sharp cuts
Sam Winters of Austin spoke for the Texas Insurance Advisory Association at a mass hearing before the Texas Insurance Board. He backed a 7.7 percent statewide fire insurance cut and large home insurance reductions for all parts of Texas except the Gulf Coast, amid concerns agents fear commissions could fall under new rating formulas. The association includes about 265 companies, writing about 93 percent of fire, extended coverage and home policies.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Gulf Coast
Sam Winters
Texas Insurance Advisory Association
Ance Board
Winters? Association
Fire damages Baptist Chapel in East Eighth Street blaze
The East Eighth Street Baptist Chapel suffered heavy smoke damage after the central heating unit burst into flames around 6 45 p m Tuesday. Rev Romeo Reyes said his wife was inside when the fire started and flames singed her hair. Fire crews battled the blaze for about 1 hour 33 minutes with Assistant Fire Chief Dick Pattillo noting the attic was affected and water damage minimized by duct routes. No early damage estimate was given though the church is insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy McCracken
East Eighth Street Baptist Chapel
Romeo Reyes
Miss Pearl Spikes
Reyes
Dick Pattillo
Extinct Street Baptist Chapel
East
Roo
Texas homeowners insurance rate changes eyed across territories
The Texas association released recommended average rate changes for fire and extended coverage with notable territorial differences. North Northwest and Central Inland would see reductions ranging from about 7.9 to 15.7 percent, Seacoast faces increases up to 17.5 percent, while overall homeowners premiums show mixed declines and a Seacoast rise. The board will not set changes this year as it reviews the rating process.
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Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
el Paso
Seacoast
Houston
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Northe- Northwest
Central
Winters
North Northwest
Central Inland Territories
Seacoast Territory
Panies
North- Northwest Territories
Bormann Alleged to Have Lived as Priest in Bolivia
Daily Express reports based on Ladislas Farago that Martin Bormann, Hitler’s wartime deputy, fled Argentina in 1955, posed as a Bolivian priest named Eliezer Goldstein, later Augustin von der Lange Lerrbach, and built an economic empire from Chile. The tale links his moves to Peron’s ouster, Eichmann’s capture, and a timber monopoly across northern Argentina and southern Paraguay.
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London
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Daily Express
the Express
Ladislas Farago
Farago
Bormann
Juan D. Peron
Brazil
Eliezer Goldstein
Italy
Augustin von der Lange Lerrbach
Goethe
Bolvia
Arolf Eichmann
Israel
Europe
Paraguay
Yule Home Decorating Contest Seeks Pecos Entries
The Young Homemakers of Texas invite Pecos homeowners and businesses to join a Christmas lighting contest. Entries due December 18 with judging December 20 in categories Door novelty religious or business. Local chamber and merchants fund cash prizes.
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Texas
Pecos
Lucy Crisler
YH Representatiive
Scouts Set Big Hot Dog Feast in Pecos
The Boy Scout Association plans a big hot dog feast for all sixth grade boys in Pecos. The gathering takes place Thursday night at the park behind Bessie Haynes Elementary School to explain the Scouting program and recruit new troops. Eating, singing, and fun are included.
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Boy Scout Association
Pecos
Bessie Haynes
Freeman pleads guilty to DWI and minor molestation
Freeman entered a guilty plea in the 143rd District Court. Judge J H Starley sentenced him to four years for driving while intoxicated second offense and six years for sexually molesting a minor, both suspended. He was represented by Bill Alexander. A separate note reports $60 missing from Cowtown Western Wear’s cash drawer, with no clear memory of the incident by Dorothy Eubanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Ray Freeman
143Rd District Court
J.H. Starley
Freeman
Bill Alexander
Dorothy Eubanks
Cowtown
Wafer Wins Dunlop Woods From Local Golf Dinner
A. J. Wafer received a set of Dunlop woods donated by the Pecos Women’s Golf Association. They presented the prize at a Mexican pot luck dinner to raise funds for the association. A bingo game followed the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Wafer
Peecos Women’s Golf Association
Woods
Wafer
Women’s Golf Association
Cattle Pens Fill Fast As Area Feeds Surge
Four Pecos area feed pens are at capacity with extra pens added. Davidson Feed Pens holds 20 000 head and grows daily. J and J Feed Pens has 23 000 head with divisions. Pecos Feed Yard at 12 000 turned away cattle. Reeves Co Feeders over 9 500. Local farmers run small lots. price drop spurs beef purchases for slaughter.
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Pecos
Davidson Feed Pens
J&j Feed Pens
Pecos Feed Yard
Reeves Co
Severe Texas Panhandle Snowstorm Impacts Plains Travel
A huge snow storm moves from New Mexico into Texas Panhandle and South Plains, with three inches by 9 a.m. and up to three more expected. Hazardous driving, icy bridges, and low visibility cover Big Bend and surrounding counties as officials warn of continue snow and cold.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
Wyoming
Rockies
New England
Texas
New Mexico
Seminole
Snyder
Brownwood
Throckmorton County
Panhandle
National Weather Service
Taylor
Stonewall
Haskell
Throcksmorton
Scurry
Fisher
Jones
Shackelford
Mitchell
Nolan
Callahan
Colemar
Brown
Brownfield
Big Bend
Midland-Odessa
Ivy invited to chamber conference in Wichita Falls
West Texas Chamber of Commerce leader Claude W Brown announced that Governor Elect Dolph Briscoe and Lieutenant Governor Elect William P Hobby will speak at a Pre Legislative Conference in Wichita Falls December 1 2. The two day event is sponsored by the chamber and the Wichita Falls board of commerce and industry. Over 200 members and their guests plus West Texas senators and legislators are expected to attend. Woody Ivy from Pecos and other West Texas chamber members are invited. The conference aims to discuss proposed Texas legislature items and let West Texans meet the incoming and incumbent lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude W. Brown
McCamey
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Dolph Briscoe
William P. Hobby
Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls Board of Commerce and Industry
West Texas
Woody Ivy
Pecos
Texas
Pecos Cotton Samples Peak as Harvest Progresses
The Pecos USDA classing office reports peak sample intake for the week ending Nov. 24 totaling 7552 upland samples, lifting the season total to 36124. Strict Low Middling remains dominant at 42 percent. Pima classings reach 877 for the week and 4381 for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
USDA
L.L. Weiss
Mike
Nixon to Tell Saigon No Compromise Ahead of Cease Fire
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger prepared to tell South Vietnam no further concessions are possible on the Paris cease-fire. Thieu envoy Nguyen Phu Duc seeks face to face talks with Nixon as Viet Nam peace prospects loom amid stalled negotiations and ongoing secret talks in Paris.
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Washington
Nixon
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Nga van Thieu
Nguyen Phu Duc
Saigon
Duc
Thieu
Vietnam
Camp David
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Tran Kim Phuong
U. S
le Duc Tho
Pecos High School Def Drivin Course Now Full
First driving session for Class I of the defensive driving course in Room 11 at Pecos High School is filled with a 25 student limit. Class II scheduled for Dec 14 15 21 22 has five enrolled and can take 20 more. Call 445 4640 to enroll. Tuition is 10 and a driver’s handbook will be issued from the Department of Public Safety at Fifth and Cedar.
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Pecos High School
Department of Public Safety
Fifth and
Cedar Streets
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Leslie Smith
First Baptist
Pattillo
West Park Baptist Church
North- Northwest Territory
Yule Home Decorating Contest
Davidson’s
Odessa
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Gene Garrison
Texas Highway Department
Amarillo
Lubbock
Big Spring
Wheeler
Dickens
Donley
Motley
Briscoe
Werihermen
Ivy
S.vietnam
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