Russell family cited for West Texas cultural arts honor
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce awarded the Henry G. Russell family of Pecos the 1973 cultural achievement honor, one of five regional recognitions, for contributing to the arts. The family, including Marion W. Russell, James Gordon Russell, Jeanne Russell, and their mother Marion Moore Russell, were celebrated for enduring, widespread influence across galleries, banks, and private collections in Texas and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Henry G. Russell
Pecos
Marion W. Russell
James Gordon Russell
Jeanne Russell
Marion Moore Russell
Midland
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
San Angelo
Kerrville
Inn of the Hills
Russells
George Tabell
Max Kreutz
Laula Grace Erdman
West Texas State University
Canyon
Raymond E. Carver
Angelo State University
Ben R. Low
First National Bank of
West Texas
Thomas H. Barnett, Jr
Fort Worth
Neiman-Marcus Company
WICC
Russell
Barnett
Marion W
Federated Women's Club
Austin
Marion
Texas
Lubbock
Taos
Odessa
United States
Mexico
England
Nixon to name Agnew’s successor in TV address
President Nixon decided on a nominee to succeed Spiro Agnew as vice president and will announce it at an 8 p.m. CDT television address. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott said the nominee is not immediately obvious but should fare well in Congress. Names such as John Connally and Gerald Ford were discussed, but no decision announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Spire T. Agnew
White House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Congress
Scott
Ronald L. Ziegler
Agnew
Ziegler
Camp David
Sen
Rep
Gerald Ford
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Friends
John B. Connally
Texas
Connally
Houston
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ford
Pizza Hut Tops City Building Permits This Month
Building permits totalled 40695 for the month, with Pizza Hut issuing a 38000 permit for a brick and brick veneer new facility at Sixth and Cedar, to Herbert Blankenship of Odessa. Other permits covered home additions by Gregorio Jacquez Noel Jack Rhodes Herbert Carter and Enrique Rubio with modest costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pizza Hut
Sixth and
Cedar Streets
Bulding
Herbert Blankenship
Odessa
Gregorio Jacquez
St. Pecan St
Herbert Carter
Record floods in Enid Oklahoma leave thousands homeless
Enid and several North Central Oklahoma communities faced widespread flooding after record rains up to 16 inches. Four deaths were confirmed in Enid, with thousands unaccounted as relief workers and National Guardsmen assisted rescue efforts and disaster assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Towla Schwarzwood
E. V. Donnell
Air Force
Jack Dunn
Lucille Strangland
Dixon
Ill
David Hall
Nixon
Hall
Red Cross
Texas
Rio Grande
del Rio
Associated Press
Houston
Galveston
Mexico
Corpus Christi
Dalhart
Lubbock
Panhandle Plains
Youth Injured When Motorcycle Flips On School Grounds
A 15 year old youth, James Wesley Pegran, was injured when a motorcycle flip on the South Pecos Elementary school grounds threw him over the handlebars. He was taken by ambulance to Odessa Medical Center in guarded condition with undetermined injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
James Wesley Pegran
Jim Wilson
Glenn McNeil
2102
Nebraska
South Pecos
Pegran
Odessa
Board approves 3000 dollar homestead exemption for seniors
Reeves County board grants a 3000 dollar homestead exemption for residents 65 and older after months of debate. Superintendent Ray Whitley warned the move could shrink tax rolls by about 1.983 million, citing census data. The panel also renewed the two year tax roll contract with T Y Pickett for 20000 per year and denied soft drink machines in high school shop buildings and a dance in the old gym. name changes for schools will be reconsidered next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Whitley
Whitley
Reeves County
Ben Meek
T.Y. Pickett
Midland
Elvin Reynolds
Paul Williams
Board Agre
W. Third Street
Agre
North Pecos
East Pecos
VICA Elects New Officers for Club year
Building Trades VICA Club held its first meeting on Oct. 4 and elected officers for the year. Officers are President Tony Ojida Vice-President Jesus Barron Secretary Delia Pagan Treasurer Raul Lara Reporter Patty Fonville Parliamentarian Juan Rodriguez Chaplain Adan Garcia and Sergeant at Arms Bobby Mendoza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Vica Club
Tony Ojida
Jesus Barron
Delia Pagan
Raul Lara
Patty Fonville
Juan Rodriguez
Adan Garcia
Bobby Mendoza
Fire Prevention Week urges safe habits citywide
Fire Chief J T Prewit and Marshal Dick Wadley led a volunteer department during Fire Prevention Week. Firefighters responded to a Rex Laundry dryer blaze, containing damage. The campaign stresses that people cause and prevent most fires and urges home and workplace vigilance to "Never give fire a chance to start."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Prewit
Dick Wadley
Rex Laundry
Precht
Wadley
Also Mentioned on This Page
States of the Union
Jeanne
Jackie Zweiger
Taos, N.M
James
New
Pizza Hut Tops
Jacquez
Carter
Rhodes
Tion
Rubio
St. Mary's Hospital
Wilson
VICA
Enterprise
Pecos Savings
5Th
Cypress
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