Mother Goose Parade Opens Pecos Fall Fair Weekend
The Annual Mother Goose Parade kicks off Pecos Fall Fair activities today at 4 30 p m on Oak Street with judging for costumed children at the railroad depot. Entries for foods crafts and exhibits due by 6 p m today. shows run through Saturday with art prizes and a barbecued beef cookoff plus a dance Saturday night.
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Pecos
Oak Street
Oak St
First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
S. Cedar
Rebekah Lodge
The
Pecos Art Association
Sheriff's Posse
Leon Ashley
Margie Singleton
Richard San Roman
Sidney Sadler
Ron Ethridge
Charles Stanford
Journeymen
Posse Barn
Nashville
George Riddle
Randy Charles
Pope John Paul II joins 19000 students in city songsfest
Pope John Paul II began a busy day in New York with an early morning prayer service at St. Patrick's Cathedral then joined 19,000 Catholic school students at Madison Square Garden for a songfest. He urged love, service, and reconciliation, praising Christ as the source of true love and life.
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George Cornell
New York
Pope John Paul II
Pope
United States
Madison Square Garden
Garden
John Paul
Terence Cooke
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Christ
Philadelphia
U.S
Broadway
Battery Park
Manhattan
St. Patrick's
Fifth Avenue
Yankee Stadium
Nixon did not take Eisenhower hint on 1956 ticket
Carnegie Mellon professor Johns F. Crecine cites Eisenhower private papers showing the president suggested Nixon step aside without firing him and discussed offering a cabinet post. The transcript reveals Hall advising gentle persuasion and Nixon’s later disdain for Nixon’s abroad behavior.
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Marianne McGowan
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Carnegie-Mellon University
Eisenhower
Nixon
John F. Crecine
CMU
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Crecine
Abilene
Kan
Len Hall
Bob Anderson
Hall
John F. Kennedy
White House
Talmadge probe ethics panel cites possible federal violations
The Senate Ethics Committee reports eight possible federal law violations in its 14 month probe of Sen Herman Talmadge D Ga The committee will pursue further action if DOJ indicts or convicts any Senate member officer or employee Talmadge must decide whether to accept the panel's denouncement for reprehensible financial conduct or fight its conclusions on the Senate floor Gordon Roberts said there would be no immediate comment on the report up to now Byrd has not indicated timing for a Senate floor action
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Herman FE. Talmadge
D-Ga
Department of Justice
Senate
Talmadge
Senate Agriculture
Gordon Roberts
Robert Byrd
Mexican oil spill payments eyed in talks
Texas Attorney General Mark White said Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo opened a possible path to negotiations over paying for damage from a massive oil spill. He noted that Lopez Portillo linked any settlement to salinity issues in the Colorado River, but warned chances of a settlement remain remote.
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Austin, Texas
Texas
Jose Lopez- Portillo
Lopez-Portillo
Mexico
United States
U.S
Mark White
Colorado River
White
Counties differ on DPS troopers in Texas
In Atascosa County officials seek removal of DPS troopers amid a crackdown on drunken driving that led to the arrest of two politicians' sons, while Kaufman County complains of too few troopers to meet enforcement needs. County Commissioner Smith Tausch led the push to evict troopers from the county owned building.
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Kaufman, Texas
Atascosa
Kaufman
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Atascosa County
Kaufman County
Smith Tausch
Weather and regional briefing with Texas weather and local DPS concerns
Partly cloudy skies and wind with blowing dust possible in Pecos today, then clearing Thursday with cooler temperatures. Tuesday's high was 97 and low 57. In West Texas, cooler, windy, and dusty conditions give way to fair weather tonight and Thursday. Highs reach from the low 70s Panhandle to the upper 90s Big Bend. lows range from the low 40s north and mountains to near 60 Big Bend. Kaufman County faces limited DPS coverage after resignations. Sheriff Brockaway appeals for troopers, offering to trade with Atascosa. Three spill related suits seek 3535 million against Pemex and partners. White seeks delay amid negotiations with Mexico. South Padre Island residents blame the U S government for slow action amid the oil spill and discuss concerns over Mexican oil dependence.
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Pecos
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Pemex
Permargo
SEDCO
White
State Department
Mexico
South Padre Island
Washington
Glen McGehee
Sticken
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Reeves County Sheriff's Possee
Pecos Fair
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Roy Brockaway
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Mix Business
Neend Llay
Rome
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