World News in a Fragmented Snapshot from 1973 AP Digest
A roundup of international items: Thailand pauses troop withdrawals amid Indochina turmoil. J Paul Getty III pleads for ransom payment to his captors. Chile Cuba clash at UN with walkout over alleged war crimes. Chiang Kai-shek misses anniversary rally. IBM damages case in Tulsa. Priscilla Presley divorced with 725000 cash and 720000 remaining in installments. Episcopal Church budgets boost black empowerment. Agnew calls housing reform. Rebozo linked to payments. Senate limits on presidential war powers. hardening mining rules. Jordan and Soviet concerns in Middle East. Israeli women on front lines in the war.
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Tel Aviv
Middle East
Israali
Balmorhea Bears to Meet Iraan in Friday District Clash
Balmorhea Bears travel to Iraan Friday at 7 30 p m for their second district game after winning the first four preliminaries and opening with Marfa last week to sit atop District 6A. The pep squad and band travel with the team and will debut new uniforms at the Iraan game.
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Balmorhea Bears
Iraan
Marfa
Key to Survival talk on energy crisis by Sun Oil official
Granville Dutton of Sun Oil Co will speak at the Trans Pecos SPE meeting in Crane about causes and solutions to the energy crisis. His talk titled Key to Survival will cover government role and engineers duties, domestic exploration needs, and collaboration with media and officials.
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Granville Dutton
Sun Oil Co
Dallas
Society of Peetroleum Engineers
AIME
Trans-Pecos
SPE
Sirloin House
Crane
Dutton
U.S
Federal Power Commission
State appeals court rules against gross resentencing
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the resentencing provision of the new marijuana law unconstitutional. The court said allowing judges to reduce sentences usurps the governor's clemency power and noted that Paul DeMolli faces a 25 year term that could have been reduced under the new law.
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State Appeals Court
Austin
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas
Austin Dist. Atty
Bob Smith
Smith
Tom Blackwell
Frank DeMolli
DeMolli
Supreme Court takes on cable TV and welfare cases
The Supreme Court will review if cable systems fall under copyright laws and if strikers qualify for welfare benefits in its new term. The docket includes Telepromoter versus CBS over program fees and CATV imports, and a welfare-for-strikers dispute involving Teamsters local and New Jersey.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Telepromoter Corp
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc
CBS
CATV
Coplaintiffs
Pecos Enterprise notices and contact details
Pecos Enterprise provides local news coverage for Reeves County. The paper lists staff roles including Peggy McCracken as Managing Editor Laura Teal as Advertising Gary Singleton as Circulation Manager Emily Galindo as Composition Supervisor Carlos Nichols as Pressroom Foreman Joyce Miller as Office Manager. Delivery complaints close at 6 p.m.
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Peggy McCracken
Laura Teal Voces
Gary Singleton
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Joyce Miller
Deaths Services for Bacilio Garcia Renteria
Death notices list Bacilio Garcia Renteria 69 with 10 am Thursday services at Barstow Catholic Church and burial at Barstow Cemetery. He died Monday at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit, born June 14, 1904 in Mexico, long-time Pecos Barstow area resident. Survivors include widow Gavina, sons Pablo and Isaias, daughters Maria Diaz and Martina, brother Pedro, sister Dorthea, 20 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Also noted is Rosa Leona Chapman 78 with 2 pm services at Davis Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Brownwood and burial at Bangs Cemetery. she was mother of Earl Chapman of Pecos, died Tuesday in a Sweetwater hospital, born June 29, 1895 in Brownwood. Survivors include six sons, two daughters, a brother, two sisters, 29 grandchildren, 44 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Bacilio Garcia Renteria
Barstow Catholic Church
Barstow
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Kermit
Mexico
Pecos-Barstow
Gavina Renteria
Pablo Renteria
Isaias Renteria
Pecos
Maria Diaz
Martina
Calif
Pedro Renteria
Dorthea
Roswell
James W
Rosa Leona) Chapman
Davis Morris Funeral Home
Brownwood
Bangs
Earl Chapman
Sweetwater
Bert
Clifford Chapman
John Chapman
Big Lake
D.W. Chapman
Auto Theft Near Pecos Involving Blytheville Duo
Jim Hillis reported his car stolen while staying at a Pecos coal motel on Tuesday after picking up two companions in Blytheville Ark. The vehicle was recovered near El Paso by Texas Highway Patrol. Carl Hubbs and Teresa Hubbs were arrested near El Paso and charged with auto theft. Russell Smith of Smith Brothers reported a broken plate glass window at his business, with police linking the act to similar damage at Dozier Tractor and Implement Company over the weekend.
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Jim Hillis
el Paso
Texas Highway Patrol
Hillis
Pecos
Blytheville
Ark
Russell Smith
Smith Brothers
W. Third St
Smith
Dozier Tractor and Implement Company
Calendar of Coming Events in Pecos Area
Calendar of upcoming happenings in Pecos and surrounding area outlines community gatherings, club meetings, and local entertainment. Highlights include fairs, parades, concerts, religious services, and civic events with dates and venues listed for residents and visitors.
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Pecos
Community calendar highlights and events schedule
City Council meets at 7 30 a m in city hall followed by Pecos Rotary Club at noon and Barstow Bridge Club at 2 p m in City events continue with a 4 p m train depot gathering and a 5 30 p m school board session at 1302 S Park Ad ministration. Fall Fair Beta Sigma Phi cake walk and Friday DAR meet at Rama da Inn noted. Pecos Eagles play Ector in Odessa and Optimist bus departs for a 5 p m game from courthouse east side. Saturday ARD meeting at 8 a m Saint Catherine s Parish hall, 9 p m Country Music show at Sheriff s posse barn and Jamboree at Fair Grounds. Sunday Scout meeting 2 p m at Community Center. Lions Club 7 30 p m at American Motor Inn. Tuesday free tuberculin skin test 9 a m 7 p m at TB control office 114 E Second St. TOPS Club 6 30 p m at drivers license bureau Eagle Booster Club 7 30 p m at school cafeteria Evening Optimist Club 7 30 p m at Saragosa Hall Sixth and Peach. Wednesday Downtown Lions Club noon.
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City Hall
Pecos
DAR
Ramada Inn
Pecos Eagles
Ector
Odessa
Courthouse
Saint Catherine's Parish
Sheriff's Posse Barn
Fair Grounds
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
E. Second St
Old Bank
Tops Club
Eagle Booster Club
Saragosa Hall
Sixth
Peach
Drift Iceberg Volumes Across Years Noted
A drifting iceberg now near Newfoundland and Atlantic lanes has a volume of 5.0 million cubic feet and weighs 150 thousand tons, vs 50 million cubic feet and 1.5 million tons when glacier born three years prior.
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Newfoundland
Atlantic
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Chiang
Chiang Cing-kuo
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Tulsa. Okla
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Presley
Santa Monica
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New York
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Study Butte
New Mexico
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N. M
B.L. Pruett
Boy Scouts
Sun
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Supreme Court Malls
Telepromoter
Teamsters
New Jersey
Super Tire Engineering Co
Pecos Enterprise
Buckner News Alliance
Cedar St
P. O. Box
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Associated Press
Pecos Teras
Roadrunner Cleaning
Bacilio Renteria
Rosa Chapman
Sion
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Elliott Printing
Cetbar Street
Pecos Savings
5Th
Cypress
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