Reeves County townsites and early road plans history
Reeves County records trace early townsite removals from delinquent rolls in 1915 and note water needs in Pecos with a 1916 50 year water rights franchise. The 1920s mark state highway planning for Bankhead Highway US 86, with grants and contracts from 1921 and 1922, plus a 1923 scrap over local road projects.
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Reeves County
Commissioners Court
Arno
Orla
Dixieland
Termandale
Sarget
San Martino
Mt. Davis
Angeles
Riverton
Pecos
H. LaSalle
Barstow
Ward County
Ward
Jeff Davis
W. E. Hamilton
Commissioners
Pecos Highway Route Debated Then Settled Along Third Street
Local groups clashed over routing the highway through Pecos with two proposals via Second and Third streets. The Highway Department ultimately chose a route entering Pecos from the east on Third Street and proceeding westward. The reporter notes old county commissioners minutes exist in courthouse records and will be moved to a museum for public access. future installments will cover more records.
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Highway Department
Pecos
Second Street
Cedar Street
Third Street
Cypress Street
County Commissioners
Editorial: Campaign Lengths and Global Comparisons
The piece argues campaigns are lengthy costly and divisive yet voters accept results. It notes Nixon’s foreign trips and Vietnam quieting influence, criticizes party slogans, and compares Japan three week campaigns with West Germany and Brandt pursuing normalizing links with neighbors and easing Berlin Wall tensions.
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George McGovern
Nixon
Moscow
Peking
America
George Wallace
Japan
West Germany
Willie Brandt
Brandt
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Uneasy peace for Vietnam
An in place cease fire looms as talks fracture and双方 tensions rise. Hanoi pressures ahead of an accord while Saigon accelerates arm buildup with U S aid. a neutral force may enforce a fragile truce and a free vote may not end the conflict.
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Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
U. S
Nixon
Hanoi
Saigon
Poland
Hungary
Canada
Indonesia
South Vietnam
America
North
South
United States
Romney resigns from HUD to form outside reform group
George Romney, 65, will step from government to influence urban policy as a private citizen. He plans a "truth seekers and communicators" group to push reforms, arguing built in government limits hinder fundamental change and urging issues beyond urban poverty and corporate power.
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Washington
George Romney
Romney
Nixon
American Motors
Michigan
George McGovern
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for Readers
The notice explains submission rules for letters to the editor including required signature and address, withholding option, a maximum length of 500 words, general interest content, and prohibition of letters in poor taste. It outlines criteria for consideration and printing.
Diverse factlets from Boyle column mix science and trivia
The column surveys energy scale storms and solar output, global product cycles, language reach, and Chinese inventions. It notes Benz as a lesser known inventor, recalls ancient surgical ants, Finnish drunk driving penalties, and quotes Don Marquis on optimism from an era past.
Quick quiz answers on science and military facts
A brief Q and A confirms helium is odorless and tasteless. It notes Vatican Guards are Swiss by nationality, established in the 16th century, and a U S Naval Academy graduate earns a Bachelor of Science. He is commissioned as an ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
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Africa
Europe
Finland
Don Marquis
Vatican
U.S. Naval Academy
Navy
Marine Corps
Repairman vs Homeowner Lessons in Business Visitor Duty
A public service feature explains how homeowners must exercise care for repair workers and how workers share responsibility. It cites cases where homeowners were ordered to pay for injuries from ladders and falling plaster and where workers assumed risks or misused premises. Written by Will Bernard for bar associations.
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American Bar Association
Texas State Bar Association
Will Bernard
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on holiday dining and wit
A humorous column notes how compliments can feel forced at lunch and a tidy desk signals overwork. It jokes about holiday dinners and temperance drinks at an unnamed tavern. It mocks political independents as those who endure both major party spiels in Miami Beach. The piece ends with a remark about payroll timing and confusing figures.
Texas paddling policy upheld despite suit
The U S Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to Texas law allowing moderate corporal punishment in schools. Dallas officials defended the policy as lawful though not ideal, while critics argued it harms students and teachers.
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Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Bosh
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Dallas
W. M. Taylor
Taylor
Nolan Estes
Policeman’s Syndome and Campus Crime Highlight Tense Era
A San Francisco psychiatrist describes a new illness among police tied to social tension, with officers experiencing stress symptoms as their role shifts. At Pace College, college security directors report rising mugging and assault, prompting calls for stronger campus police presence.
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San Francisco
Martin G. Blinder
Aeids
John W. Powell
International Association of College and University Security Directors
Pace College
Notable events dated November 29 in history
On this date in 1760 Detroit fell to the English after the French and Indian War. Other milestones include 1825 first Italian opera in the United States, 1890 first Japanese Diet convened, and 1961 a chimp flown in orbit. Births include Jona Rooney and James Rosenquist. radio birth of broadcasting cited.
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Associated Press
Detroit
United States
New York
Switzerland
France
Brazil
Soviet Union
Finland
Britain
Aden
South Arabia
South Yemen
White House
KDKA
Pittsburgh
World Almanac
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By Alton Hughes
Pecos Enterprise
O’ferrall
Pauly
Joe Bradley
Pat Purvis
South Cedar Street
Press Association
WAST
Nixon Administration
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
HUD
Boyle
China
Thomas A. Edison
Kurl Benz
Benz
Suse Noir Lawyer
BY Phil Pastoret
Miami Beach
By Gill Fox
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