Terlingua Chili Cookoff Heats Up Amid California Rivalry
John Paul Pitts explodes rumors around the Terlingua Chili Cookoff. He debunks a California move led by C V Wood to start a World Chili Championship, predicts a clash with Hollywood judges, and defends beans-free Terlingua chili as the true standard. Pitts covers the event for the Associated Press and seeks a room near Terlingua.
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California
C.V. Wood
Frank X. Tolbert
Frank Tolbert
Dallas Morning News
Wood
Tampico
Rosamond
Calif
Hollywood
Joey Bishop
Peter Marshall
Robert Mitchum
Dale Robertson
Willie Shoemaker
Terlingua
Chili World
Odessa
Alligani Jani
Associated Press
Queens Parade in Cars for Homecoming Night
Homecoming queen candidates and princesses will ride atop new cars loaned by Grogan Motors Pecos Motors and Robinson Chevrolet during a halftime parade around the football field. The Eagle band will lead a downtown parade at 5 30 p m and a spaghetti supper fundraiser runs 5 30 to 8 p m.
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David Dutchover
Grogan Motors
Valley
Randy Reynolds
Oscar Varela
Joni Ferguson
Kim Allen
Dutchover
Pecos
Pecos High School bomb hoax prompts rapid evacuation
A male caller threatened a bomb at Pecos High School prompting a swift evacuation of all students. Authorities searched the building and found no bomb after a 30 minute pause. An expelled student is being questioned. threats by juveniles may be referred to the Texas Youth Council. Adults face up to one year in jail and a $2000 fine.
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Pecos High School
Louis Wood
Reeves County Sheriff's Office
Pecos
Department of Public Safety
The
Pecos Volunteer Fire Department
Texas Youth Council
Briscoe urges no on proposed Texas constitution
Gov Dolph Briscoe urged Texans to vote no on the proposed new constitution saying the current document has served the state well and all eight propositions should be rejected. He warned that parts of the measure could raise spending and taxes and remove checks on government. He left open campaigning against the proposal and suggested the plan could bring lengthy court challenges and confusion.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
Capital
Burns
Taylor Burton remarry in Botswana by Tswana commissioner
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were remarried in northern Botswana last Friday afternoon by a district commissioner from the Tswana tribe. They toasted with champagne on a river bank as two hippos watched. Commissioner Ambrose Masalila said the couple chose Chobe for its charm. Taylor, 43, and Burton, 49, were reconciled in Switzerland in August.
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Chobe
Botswana
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Ambrose Masalila
Burtons
Miss Taylor
Burton
Switzerland
Rotary to hear Korean nurse Miss Young Sook Park
Pecos Rotary Club regular noon meeting at the Holiday Inn will feature Miss Young Sook Park a Korean nurse at Reeves Memorial Hospital and accomplished musician who will sing and play her Korean guitar Thursday.
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Young Sook Park
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Pecos Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Fall Fair earns $2,700 on final balance
Pecos Chamber of Commerce board met at the Holiday Inn to review the Fall Fair results. Harvey Ramsey reported a net of about 2700 after 109 starting balance, with 1575 from ads and booths, 1339 barbecue, 500 livestock show, 1440 carnival, and 550 dance. Improvements to the fair barn include new booths and potential air conditioning.
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Pecos
Ramely
Ramsey
Chamber
Paul Randolph
Interstate 20
Terry Burns
The
Gulf Sign Co
Burns
More takers sought for phone courtesy course
Continental Telephone of Texas supervisor Ron Ethridge calls for more merchants to enroll in a free three day course on telephone courtesy set for October 21 to 23 in city hall council chambers. The one hour sessions allow multiple employees per firm and feature the film How to Lose Your Best Customer Without Really Trying.
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City Hall
Continental Telephone of Texas
Ron Ethridge
Ethridge
Firefighters Respond To Canal Well Service Truck Fire
Firemen were summoned to a Canal Well Service truck blaze ten miles north of town shortly after 11 a.m. today. Details on the cause and extent of damage were not available at presstime.
Reeves Memorial Hospital Board Meeting Tonight
The Reeves Memorial Hospital board will meet at 7 30 p m today in the hospital dining room to discuss insurance coverage for hospital employees.
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Reeves Memorial Hospital Board
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