Post Office Begins Selling Food Stamp Books in Reeves County
Reeves County residents began using the new food stamp program as the Post Office in Pecos started selling authorized coupons to qualified individuals. The state welfare agency now administers the program, replacing the old commodity system, with eligibility based on family size and income. About 200 families are expected to be served, similar to the prior program, with details available through the State Welfare Office.
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Reeves County
State Welfare Department
Paul Morrison
Pecos
United States Department of Agriculture
State Welfare Agency
Louis Tellez
Popular Thriftway
State Welfare Office
W. Fourt St
Everett Woods
Milk price hike slated across 13 states
Milk prices rise eight to ten cents a gallon for households in 13 Midwest and Southern states served by Mid-America Dairymen. Processors were notified of the effective Monday increase as feed costs doubled, pushing dairy margins toward tight levels.
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Springfield
Midwest
Mid- America Dairymen, Inc
Jim Reeves
Mid- America
Topeka
Wichetta
Kan
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
Louisiana
Texas
Mid-America
Reeves
Pecos joins Texas InfoBord travel promotion program
Pecos will be featured on four InfoBord panels as part of a state highway department effort to reach 44.5 million travelers annually. The boards near Fort Stockton Toyah Monahans and the Davis Mountain intersection will showcase Pecos attractions, following the Discover America Award win by the department. State highway engineer Luther DeBerry touted the initiative as a flexible travel information approach replacing roadside billboards and highlighting local scenic and historic features.
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Pecos
Texas Highway Department
Fort Stockton
Toyah
Monahans
Davis Mountain Station
Terry Burns
DAA
Lake Placid
New York
Highway Department
Ramsey Pollard
Resort Management Magazine
DATO
Pollard
Texas
Charles E. Simons
Luther Deberry
DeBerry
Dato, National Travel Trade Association
Nixon cites Europe trip in two to three months
President Nixon told curious Italian tourists he plans to visit Western Europe in about two or three months. He emerged from a downtown restaurant after meetings with European leaders and a drive through Northern Virginia. The trip’s timing remains uncertain as Mideast and transatlantic negotiations continue.
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Washington
Nixon
Europe
Virginia
European Common Market
Trader Vic's
Guiseppe DiMarco
Temperatures Rise to 98 in Pecos and Across Texas
Mercury peaks at 98 in Pecos with a 52 degree low and mild afternoon ahead. Forecasters expect clear to partly cloudy skies after scattered showers and funnel cloud reports along the Texas coast. Low clouds formed in the Hill Country near San Antonio and Austin while other areas stayed mostly clear. dawn readings ranged from 51 in Dalhart to 80 in Galveston.
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Peecos
Associated Press
Texas
San Antonio
Austin
Dalehart
The
Panhandle
Galveston
Child Struck by Car Escapes Serious Injury
Three year old Tina Quintel la 1725 W Fifth St was struck by a car in front of a residence at about 840 p.m. Monday. Police report says driver M C Dixon 1617 Johnson St was driving west circumstances under investigation.
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Tina Quintella
Fifth St
M.C. Dixon
Johnson St
Goodman rites on Wednesday
Services for James L. Goodman 63 will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial at 3 p.m. in Hico Cemetery. He died 10:20 a.m. Monday on arrival at Reeves County Memorial Hospital of an apparent heart attack. He was born July 2, 1910 in Seminole Oklahoma and resided in Pecos for 24 years after moving from Hico. He owned Airlawn Cleaners. Survived by his widow Eugenia and one daughter Gay Goodman in Richmond Virginia. An auto accident injured the daughter. police said the crash was unavoidable.
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James L. Goodman
Pecos Funeral
Eugenia
Gay Goodman
Richmond
Virginia
Billfold with cash and cards stolen from shopper
Debbie Hart, 407 S. Eddy St., reported a theft at a local store Monday evening. A billfold containing $80 in cash four credit cards and other papers was taken from under her arm as she shopped. police have no description of the thief. Also, Josie Antillon, 1926 Scott St., reported damage to a back car window, saying the glass was broken while the vehicle was parked in front of her house.
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Debbie Hart
S. Eddy St
Josie Antillon
Scott St
Charles Smith
One-Vehicle Crash Injures Lonnie Young Near Pecos
Lonnie Lee Young, 2001 Adams Sr., suffered severe lacerations and contusions and was held for observation at Pecos Memorial Hospital after a one vehicle crash eight miles south of Pecos at about 2 23 a m. Investigating officers traced two prior incidents at Third and Cedar, including a right of way violation by Virginia L. Tewell and a collision involving Virginia J. Salgado. The second crash involved Monice Smith and Enrique L. Ortega with a cited improper right turn. Debris from Young s Mobil Pipeline pickup scattered along the shoulder after it left the road and rolled six times. Young was transported by private vehicle.
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Lonnie Lee Young
Adams Sr
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Young
Third
Cedar Streets
Virginia L. Tewell
Edinburg
Texas
Virginia J. Salgado
S. Sycamore St
Robert Diaz
Tewell
Cedar Street
Salgado
U.S. 285
Glenn Wood
DPS
Wood
Mobil Pipeline
Joe Flynn
Fort Stockton
Firestone Tire Test Fleet
Meir flies to Austria to press Kreisky on transit camp
Prime Minister Golda Meir arrived in Vienna to urge Chancellor Bruno Kreisky to abandon his pledge to close a transit camp for emigrating Soviet Jews. Kreisky, a Jew himself, said he would meet Meir and listen but would not reverse the promise.
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Vienna
Austria
Golda Meir
Bruno Kreisky
Stanek sextuplets seek normal life after hospital stay
Edna and Eugene Stanek pursue privacy and a return to routine with five surviving sextuplets born Sept. 16 in Colorado. They face space and cost challenges, plan to move only when needed, and lean on aid from friends. Nurse Strain notes feeding and logistics will dominate as the babies grow.
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Lakewood
Colo
Edna
Eugene Stanek
Stanke
Colorado General Hospital
James Strain
Staneks
Stanek
Strain
Gene
Gregory
Alma Arbuckle
Colorado General
Paula Kenning
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Archie B. Scott
Highway Infolbords
Francois-Xavier Ortoli
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Julie
David Eisenhower
Robert
Cynthia Millighan
Eisenhowers
Nixons
Ibraham Al-Sowayel
Alexander Haig Jr
Gerald L. Warren
Oval Office
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Mercury
Goodman
Fifth Street
Meir
John Starsheim
Starsheims
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John
Jeffrey
Steven
Nathan
Catherine
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