Olivas Completes Training at Fort Ord and Prepares Move
Patricio D. Olivas Jr. has finished basic training at Fort Ord California and is on a 15 day leave. He departs Friday for Fort Gordon Georgia to continue Radio Relay and Carrier training. Olivas a 1969 Pecos High School graduate is son of Mr and Mrs Pat Olivas Sr residing on the W W Hill farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricio D. Olivas, Jr
Ft. Ord
Calif
Ft. Gordon
Olivas
Pecos High School
Pat Olivas Sr
W. W. Hill Farm
Posse To Hold Dance In Reeves County Saturday Night
The Reeves County Sheriff's Posse sponsors a Saturday night dance from 9 to 1 for the Fair Dance. Billy Thompson will provide the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posse
Reeves County Sheriff's Posse
Billy Thompson
Senior Cotillion Meets Monday Pecos Club Hosts Debut
In Pecos the Senior Cotillion opened its first evening with sixty five students at the Pecos Valley Country Club. Instructors Tito Montilla of Odessa led the event sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary with Mrs. Tommy Mayfield presiding. Junior instructors Jim Beard and Karen Turner from Odessa College taught latest dance steps while fruit punch and cookies were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Pecos Valley
Bill Pigman
Jim Beard
Karen Turner
Odessa College
Boyd Rites In Longview
Funeral services for Willie Thomas Boyd age 65 are set for 10 a m Friday at Welch Funeral Home chapel in Longview with Rev. Ronnie Starr officiating. He will be buried at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery. He died Tuesday at his White Oak home after a brief illness. Survivors include wife Lottie and three daughters Mrs Hanson Mrs Leo Fanning Sr of Atlanta Ga and Mrs Royce Smith of White Oak plus three grandchildren and six siblings. Mrs Hanson traveled after hearing the news. He was a former Fort Sam Houston post engineer and a member of Emanuel Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Thomas Boyd
Chapel of
Welch Funeral Home
Longview
Lakeview Memorial Cemetery
Ronnie Starr
Boyd
R. B. Hanson
Pecos
White Oak
Emanuel Baptist Church
Fort Sam Houston
Hanson
Lottie Boyd
Leo Fanning Sr
Atlanta
Georgia
Royce Smith
Deborah Hanson
Ernest Boyd
Santa Anna
California
Earl Boyd
Piermont
Claude Boyd
Los Angeles
Anne Kanatzak
Monahans Pecos Football Tickets On Sale Friday Night
Tickets for the Monahans versus Pecos game to be played Friday night in Monahans are available at Pecos High School Business Office. Both student and reserve adult tickets are on hand.
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Monahans
Permian Basin Oil Report Finds Multiple Wildcat Drills
Oil records list several drilling prospects across the Permian Basin. Wells include Superior Oil No. 1 Kirk in Sand Lake 16 210 feet deep, Ward-Wright & Hinshaw No. 1 University near Wickett, and Cregory Jr. No. 1 J.G. Davis in Van Roeder West. Additional wells cover Coke Whiteside near Robert Lee, Dickens Croton Creek East, States Oil Co. in Spur area, Martin Union California re entry near Stanton, North Central Breedlove near Patricia, and Pecos Gulf Oil No. 2 Tyler near Imperial.
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J.G. Davis
van Roeder
West Field
H& TC Sruvey
Gail
Coke - J
Lee Youngblood
H&tb Sruvey
Robert Lee
Dickens
States Oil Co
M.M. Edwards
Croton Creek
H&gn Survey
Spur
States Oil Co. No
Ball, Wildcat
H&gn
California
T&p
Stanton
North Central Oil Corp
T.S. Applegate
Breedlove Field
Kent Psl
Patricia
Pecos
Gulf Oil Corp
Tyler
Wildcat
Missed Paper Delivery Guaranteed by 6 45 PM
If you do not receive the paper by 5 30 p m call Circulation Dept by 6 45 p m and delivery will be guaranteed The number to call is 445 5475
Reeves County 4-H Week Highlights Local Leaders
County Agent Paul Tapp cites 46 active 4-H members in Reeves County with volunteer leaders serving as subject matter mentors and judging team coaches. He urges more adults to join the 4-H effort at the County Extension Service office in the County Court House annex.
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Paul Tapp
Reeves County
Tapp
4-H
County Extension Service
County Court House
Attorneys Start Questioning Mitchells Court Martial
Attorneys begin questioning prospective members of a court martial panel for S. Sgt. David Mitchell, the first defendant to reach trial in the My Lai massacre. The defense seeks a fair trial and objects to two panels and certain officer appointments. Mitchell, 30, is charged with assault and attempting murder for an attack on 30 South Vietnamese civilians at My Lai on March 16, 1968.
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Ft, Hood
Tex
David Mitchell
My Lai
1St Armored Division
Mitchell
William Desobry
1St Armored
George R. Robinson
Erwin R. Brigham
Richard G. Trefry
Edward Lassiter
Army
Charges Filed After Sheriff Attacked
Harry Blake Christian already held for murder and robbery will face assault to commit murder charges after allegedly attacking Sheriff Woody Blanton with a sharpened wire in a Grayson County jail cell last Friday. He is also charged in the July 20, 1968 beating death of J. C. Edwards. Clifton Lee Cannon and Nelson Henry Mask Jr. are charged in that case, with Mask at large. Christian was part of the Aug. 11 jail escape and later recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman, Tex
Harry Blake Christian
Woody Blanton
Grayson County
Justice of the Peace
A. L. McGuire
Christian
J. C. Edwards
Clifton Lee Cannon
Nelson Henry Mask Jr
Sherman
Mask
Arco selects drill site for No 118 Caprito in Ward County
Atlantic Richfield Co stakes No 118 Caprito at a half mile south-southwest offset to a three-well R O C field in central Ward County. The drillsite for the project, planned to 17,500 feet, lies 1,320 feet from the north and 2,640 feet from the west lines of section 81, block F, G and M B and A survey, three miles north of Pytoe townsite.
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Atlantic Richfield Co
Ward
Pytoe
Chavez Rites Held Today for Mrs Pilar Chavez
Final rites were held for Mrs. Pilar B. Chavez 68 at 4 p m at Toyah Catholic Church with interment in Toyah Cemetery. She died in Kermit hospital Monday at 7 20 p m born Oct 12 1901 in Toyah and lived in Pecos 31 years at 721 South Walnut. Survivors include three sons three daughters 26 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Pilar B. Chavez
Toyah Catholic Church
Toyah
Help Needed At BH Booth
The Bessie Haynes PTA seeks volunteers to run the Fall Fair food booth. Contact Llita Wright at 45-5126 or Juanita Granada at 445-2234 to help. Proceeds fund school landscaping efforts.
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Bessie Haynes
PeeWee Football League Sets Opening Saturday Games
The new PeeWee Football League schedules two games at Rotary Field this Saturday for boys under 85 pounds. First game at 5 p.m. followed by a 6 p.m. kickoff. Eddie Ferguson Sr. seeks donated equipment to help the young players learn and enjoy football.
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Rotary Field
Eddie Ferguson
City Court Finances in September Net $1197.50
Corporation Court reports a September total of 1197.50 in fines with 452.50 from jail penalties. Drunk in car offenses lead at 300, traffic offenses total 745, license violations 165, and speed over limit 105. Judge W. O. Pigman presides. Only Pennsylvania is named for the founder's family.
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Corporation Court
W. O. Pigman
Republicans Spending More On Bush's Campaign
In Washington the campaign spending by Republicans for U S Senate in Texas is debated as Lloyd Bentsen and George Bush defend Nixon and face off at a Paris dinner. Senator Tower says funds favor Bush though exact totals await the campaign committee report due before the November election.
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Associated Press
Texas
U. S
Washington
Lloyd Bentsen
George Bush
Nixon
Bush
Bentsen
Paris
John Tower
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Edward Brooks
Massachusetts
Hatfield
Brooks
Houston
Charles E
Goodell
New York
Tower
House of Representatives
GOP
Spiro T. Agnew
Lamar County
School Menu for Thursday October 8
Tuna a la king served with buttered hominy and stuffed celery. Ginger bread, biscuits, butter and milk offered as sides and beverages.
Mother Goose Parade and Pecos Fall Fair Detail
The 26th annual Pecos Fall Fair opens tomorrow at 1 p.m. with divisions for livestock and exhibits through Saturday. Events include the Mother Goose Parade at 5 p.m. on Thursday on the First National Bank lot, judging starts Saturday, and prizes cover livestock, farm and school exhibits, art, and odd booths with sponsors such as Pecos Rodeo and Fair Association.
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Pecos Rodeo and Fair Association
Buck Jackson
Garland Matthews
Reeves County
Pecos
Bailey Wheeles
Mike Martinson
Balmorhea
Fannie Camp
Rebekah Lodge
David Dutchover
Jim Hefner
Jesse Stephens
Curtis Carlson
Texas
V. D. Moreland
Matthews
First National Bank
Pecos Enterprise
T&p
Dean McCreery
Humpty- Dumpty
Mother Goose
Jack Schleich
Pink Panther
E. L. Teal
Kindergarsten
FFA
New Mexico
Lions Club
PTA
Beta Sigma Phi
Dee Young Music Company
Moorman Feeds
CPS
Southern Union Gas Company
Pecos Art Club
Mechanical Harvest Acceleration Urges Immediate Stalk Destruction
County Agent Paul Tapp urges immediate stalk destruction after mechanical cotton picking to prevent insect food sources and overwintering sites. He notes shredders with horizontal shaft flails outperform vertical shaft models, and stresses sharp knives and adequate tractor power for best results. Delays shift burden to seed bed prep and may worsen next spring pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tapp
Texas A&m University
Census in 75 Proposed as New Regular Count
Dallas AP reports George H. Brown director of the Census Bureau says a 1975 census and future five year counts are likely. He notes the agency has asked the Justice Department to prosecute hundreds who refused 1970 census forms to test constitutional authority.
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Dallas
George H. Brown
Census Bureau
Brown
Justice Department
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J. L. Willliams
Frederic Wagner
Williams
Thomas Willingham
Wagner
Willingham
Austin
the Railroad Commission
Sr. Cotillion
Patricio D, Olivas JR
Permian Basin Oil Report
Reeves
Chavez
City Court
State
Pennsylvania
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