Public reaction to Agnew resignation across area
Morning street interviews reveal mixed feelings on Spiro Agnew stepping down as vice president after pleading no contest to federal tax evasion. Residents praise the rule of law while others worry about the political implications and possible successor prospects like John Connally.
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Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Elba Gibson
Washington
A.D. Woody
Adams
Associated Press
United States
John Connally
Marland
Connally
Texas
Treasury
John F Kennedy
Dallas Times Herald
The
Times Hearth
Conally
Houston
Nixon
Congress
John Tower
R-Tex
Wichita Falls
Ted Agnew
Dolph Briscoe
United Way Advance Drive Kicks Off With Luncheon
The United Way Advance Drive begins at noon Friday with a luncheon for directors officers and committee chairs at the Holiday Inn. Chairman Mike Burkholder aims for significant area contributions as the first step of the campaign benefiting Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Red Cross Salvation Army Pecos Day Nursery March of Dimes Planned Parenthood and various youth leagues and clubs.
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United Way
Holiday Inn
Mike Burkholder
Advance Drive
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Pecos Day Nursery
March of Dimes
Planned Parenthood
False fire alarm case ends in $200 fine in Pecos court
Salvador Contreras, 30, of Pecos, was fined $200 by Judge W O Pigman in corporation court for turning in a false fire alarm at about 2 35 am Friday. He admitted the joke caused a false report about a fire at a residence near Ben's Spanish Inn and face possible stronger charges if a volunteer could have been injured.
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Pecos
W. O. Pigman
Corporation Court
Salvador P. Contreras
Second St
Pigman
Contreras
Wendell Taylor
Dick Wadley
Wadley
Posse Opens Pecos Fall Fair Gates to Three Day Event
The Pecos Fall Fair opens at noon marking the 29th weekend of fun and festivities. Exhibits include farm products art and crafts and livestock judging with 4 H and FFA participation. A concurrent carnival offers rides and games as Pecos Progress Posse opens the gates and promotes the town and museum on High Noon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rodeo and Fair Association
FFA
Pecos Progress Posse
POSSE
Odessa
Pecos
Texas Floods And Cold Front Bring Wide Storm Line
Drenching storms swept across Texas as a slow moving cold front pushed southward from Wichita Falls to San Angelo. Rain fell at over two inches an hour with flash flood warnings in many counties from Del Rio to Abilene, while hail and tornado watches extended across the Panhandle and western Texas. Temperatures swung from 92 to 44 as readings dropped early morning, with sun forecast to return and cooler, clearer weather ahead.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande
Red River
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
del Rio
Mexican
Abilene
Dallas-Fort Worth
Austin
Travis
Hays
Guadalupe
Bandera
Bexar
Comal
Kendall
Williamson
Dalhart
Panehandle Plains
Lubbock
Kansas
Plains States
Richardson reveals White House role in Agnew case
Atty Gen Elliott Richardson said the White House played a key role in arranging Spiro Agnew’s resignation and plea deal for tax evasion. He described Nixon’s approval, defended the non prison outcome, and refused to seek the vice presidency himself citing inappropriateness for the chief accuser.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Richardson
J. Fred
Buzhardt
Nixon
Tueseday
Council fills police vacancies in city force
The city council hired Rodney Eugene Williams and Jimmy Wayne Roundtree as patrolmen and Ar mando Gil as humane officer replacing Williams, with Williams promoted. They accepted the resignation of city secretary William E. Hopper with no replacement named. The panel also discussed tire purchasing policy, health officer duties, cemetery fencing, and a new sewer line ordinance requiring a $200 bond for building moves or demolitions. Margie Ryan was named birth and death registrar. deposits on water bills raised to $20 to curb losses. Regular reports and prior minutes approved.
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Rodney Eugene Williams
Jimmy Wayne Roundtree
Tommy Box
C. D. Jung
Armando Gil
Williams
William E
Bill
Hopper
Goodyear
E. W. Schmidt
Fairview Cemetery
Margie Ryan
J. J. Maxey
Maxey
Dick Wadley
Wadley
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Missouri
Johnnie Phillips
Oria
Danny Marquez
Western Auto
Marquez
Carl Johnson
Wyoming
George Fletcher
United Way Advance
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Terry Burns
Tim Nesbitt
Gary Weers
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Richard San Roman
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