Egyptian missiles poised to strike inside Israel
Anwar Sadat claimed missiles are ready to be launched against Israel as tank and artillery battles surge in the Sinai and Syria. Golda Meir said Israeli forces halted the Egyptian tank charge. Nixon planned talks with four Arab foreign ministers amid oil import concerns.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Israel
Golda Meir
Sinai
Sinai Desert
Syria
Sadat
People’s Assembly
Cairo
Meir
Jerusalem
Washington
Mideast
U.S
White House
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Kuwait
Morocco
Middle
Faisal
United States
Mrs. Meir
Suez Canal
Sinai Penisula
U.N
Middle East
Cameron County judge faces murder conspiracy charge
Cameron County Judge Ray Ramon and two others are charged with conspiring to murder County Commissioner Adolph Thomas Jr. Ramon and Carrasco have bonds set at 5,000 each while Alaniz Nrevine is held on 900,000 bond on the murder conspiracy count. Arraignment set for Oct. 25 at 9:30 a.m. in Judge Hester's courtroom. The article also mentions unrelated international war commentary by Sadat.
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Brownsville, Tex
Cameron County
Ray Ramon
Ramon
Carlos Carrasco
Adolph Thomas Jr
San Benito
Darrell Hester
Carrasco
Alaniz Nrevine
Cotton samples begin light in Pecos Valley region
Cotton receipts in Pecos territory show lighter volume this year with 536 samples classed through Oct 12 versus 7,971 last year. Middling Light Spotted leads at 53 percent, followed by Strict Low Middling and Middling. Staple lengths mainly 34 and 35, mike readings mostly 3.5 to 4.9. fiber strength averaged 87,000 psi. farmers received $116 per ton for cottonseed.
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Pecos
Max Medcalf
45th Southwestern International Livestock Show Dates Set
The 45th Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo will run February 2 to 10, 1974. Chairman C W Mattox and president Jay T Cawley announced the dates, noting the event brings hundreds of thousands of dollars in business and draws families from the Southwest and Midwest to compete in the show's divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.W
Chuck) Mattox
Jay T. Cawley
Southwest
Midwest
Pecos Fall Fair livestock show crowns 28 first place winners
The 29th annual Pecos Fall Fair livestock show ran Thursday through Saturday and produced 28 first place winners. Dr. Dell Davis, Fort Stockton extension livestock specialist, judged the events. Debbie Mitchell and Laurie Mitchell of Marfa won grand and reserve champion steer respectively. Karen Kearney of Marfa won the lamch show.
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Pecos
Dell Davis
Area Livestock
Fort Stockton
Debbie Mitchell
Marfa
Laurie Mitchell
Karen Kearney
Ken Durham
Hampshire
Stan Morgan
Jamie Thornsburg
Jimmy Jones
Hal Holmes
Bryan Tapp
Terry Plumlee
Eddie Alvarez
Balmorhea
Suffolk
Daryl Boatwright
Lamb
Jan Holley
Southdown Lamb
Scott McAnally
Warm Monday in Texas Amid Fronts and Floods
A high of 85 and a 45 degree low marked Texas weather as a cool front pressed south from the Panhandle. Rain and thunderstorms soaked eastern sections while river flooding affected Blanco, Onion Creek, Nueces and other rivers. cooling was forecast across the Panhandle with more showers in South and East Texas.
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Pecos
Texas
Associated Press
Tex- Panhandle
Austin
Dallas-Fort Worth
Blanco River
Nueces
West Nueces
Frio
San Jacinto
Sadad
Lavaca
Middle Red
Sulphur
Angelina
Highway Department
Panhandle
North
Amarillo
Wink
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Dalhart
Brownsville
Fort Worth
Waco
Mississippi Valley
Greenwood
Miss
Tex
Rockies
Michigan
West Virginia
Sirica probes Talmadge remark on Hunt in Watergate hearing
Washington judge John J. Sirica criticized Sen Herman Talmadge for calling it very strange that E Howard Hunt remains jailed while other Watergate plotters are free. He stressed Hunt pleaded guilty and rejected probation while noting postponements for others.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
Sirica
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Hunt
Sidney Sachs
Sachs
Watergate Special Prosecutor
Democratic National Committee
Students sketch Pecos Bill character in school art hunt
Students from first grade to high school join a hunt to imagine Pecos Bill. They describe him as a youthful, happy go lucky figure who could ride a cyclone and tame a wild horse. Ron Killion urges sketches for display at Fabrific on Oak Street while next week decides the hero.
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Old Widowmaker
Rio Grande
Bill
Ron Killion
Chamber Advertising Committee
Pecos
Fabrific
Oak Street
Robbery Suspect Jailed After Early Sunday Arrest
City police officers arrested a robbery suspect early Sunday morning and booked the unnamed subject on charged offenses. The incident occurred in the city limits as officers responded to reports of a criminal act and detained the individual for processing.
Power failures crippled San Antonio causing rescues at Tower of the Americas
Two power outages before dawn cut power to parts of San Antonio leaving radio stations silent and some people stranded atop the Tower of the Americas who were rescued by police with emergency equipment. The outages lasted about ninety minutes amid an armed robbery attempt at Owens Texaco led by Leandrew Tyson of Pecos, arrested at 12:22 p.m. Bond set at $2000.
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San Antonio
The
Americas
Charles Smith
Leandrew Tyson
Pecos
S. Orange St
Tyson
Justice of the Peace Cliff
Winners named in Pecos fall fair art exhibit
Walter Holland, Pecos High School art teacher, judged the children division. Winners: high school Stan Morgan and Kay Youngblood. junior high Kenneth Ford and Matthew Williamson. elementary Janie Hudson, Tammie Hibbins, Glenda Hibbins. Honorable mentions: Becky Hadsway and Angie Shoemake.
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Stan Morgan
Kay Youngblood
Kenneth Ford
Matthew Williamson
Janie Hudson
Tammie Hibbins
Glenda Hibbins
Becky Hadsway
Angie Shoemake
Walter Holland
Pecos High School
Adult education classes enroll tonight at East Pecos Junior High
Registration begins at 7 p m for adults without a high school diploma who wish to advance. Four instructional levels cover grades 0 3 through 9 12, with classes meeting twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for two hours. Enrollment is open to anyone aged 17 and older per assistant superintendent C W Wright.
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East Pecos
C. W. Wright
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Pecos Ffa
Commissioners Court
Pecos Valley
New Jersey
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
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Missouri
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Tracy
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Minot Air Force Base
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Key West, Fla
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Watergate Committee
Owens Texaco
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