Israelis and Syrians clash in renewed Middle East war
The Associated Press reports Israelis claim Syrians retreated from the Golan Heights toward Damascus while Syria says it repulsed Israeli advances. Egypt reports deepening Sinai advances with bridges destroyed and air strikes hitting Israeli defenses. U.S. President Nixon seeks U.N. support for a proposed Middle East stance as both sides exchange heavy fighting over strategic fronts. Maj. Gen. Haim Herzog and Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Hofi speak on the battlefield status and possible shifts as women and children are allowed to return to Golan settlements.
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Pecos man wins Permie award for local history work
Alton Hughes of Plainview Street Pecos receives a Permian Historical Society Permie certificate for his Just Musin column on Reeves County history begun September 13 1972. The ceremony in Midland features speakers Col Wilson E Speir and remarks on local law enforcement history.
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Crane News
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Loving County
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John Ben Shepperd
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Alton Hughes
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Permian Basin Historical Society
Pecos couple charged with murder in infant death
Lee Ralph Davis and Teresa Davis face murder charges with malice aforethought after a 22 month old boy Quincey Smith died from a head injury. Police say an autopsy by Dr Ralph Storey found the cause, with Davis alleged to have assaulted a patrolman during questioning and both spouses jailed awaiting bond.
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Lee Ralph Davis
Teresa Davis
Odessa
Ralph Storey
Quincey Smith
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Cliff Preslar
Preslar
Gene Martin
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Charles Smith
Smith
Texas Highways Approves I 10 Extension in Reeves County
The Texas Highway Commission today approved a new 10.8 mile section of Interstate 10 in Reeves County from US 290 two miles west of SH 17 to six miles west of the Pecos County line. The project includes grading and surfacing for an expressway at an estimated cost of 8.6 million dollars.
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Advertising committee hones Pecos Bill identity
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce advertising committee met last week to plan promotion ideas for Pecos. They discussed brochures billboards welcome badges and an adventure map and chose to finalize a Pecos Bill character with local artists Genera Prewht and Janella Poitevint assisting. Art Terry was elected vice chairman. other members include Otis Mawhiney Anita Baeza Oma Falls John Rediger Bill Hubbs and Terry Burns.
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West Texas Chamber
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Janella Poitevint
Art Terry
Otis Mawhiney
Anita Baeza
Oma Fallis
John Rediger
Bill Hubbs
Terry Burns
Court tables budget request for jail funds increase
County commissioners in regular session today tabled a request from Sheriff A. B. Nail for higher prison food allowance. Nail wrote a letter citing increased costs for prisoner meals in the county jail.
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Pecos Weather Shows Warm Weekend With Clear Skies
Pecos recorded a high near 98 degrees with a 57 degree low over the weekend and .10 inches of rain. Forecasters expect more warm days ahead until a cool front moves in Tuesday. Temperatures ranged from 57 at Dalhart to about 80 at Galveston with most readings in the 70s. San Antonio, Lubbock, and Abilene reported clouds.
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Weekend theft at Rovinson Chevrolet Buick
Thieves accessed the lot during the weekend climbing a fence and forcing a back door lock. Inside they pried open a cigarette machine and a candy machine but only change from the cigarette machine is missing. The office was entered and prowled with no other items reported taken.
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Rovinson Chevrolet Buick
Britain in Britain First commercial radio hits air waves
Britain's first legal commercial radio station London Broadcasting began 24 hour all news broadcasting at dawn challenging the BBC monopoly. The new station drew on former BBC staff including many women and faced a test during the Middle East war.
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Nixon seeks international action to halt Middle East fighting
President Nixon says the United States will propose an approach in the United Nations Security Council aimed at stopping the Arab Israeli fighting. He spoke after private exchanges with Soviet leader Brezhnev via the Moscow embassy and Washington, with Kissinger coordinating contacts with Egypt and Israel. Ziegler noted the aim is a broad international effort and a diplomatic push, while plans to dedicate a dam in Carthage, Tennessee were canceled.
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Pistol Packing Papa Placed in Pecos Jail
Dolores Chavez address unknown was charged with carrying a prohibited weapon after police arrested him Friday in a Pecos bar. Patrolman Ruben Gonzales responding to reports of a man waving a pistol found Chavez intoxicated and with a .22 caliber pistol strapped to his side. Lt. Jim Wilson joined in filing the weapons charge.
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