Toyah School Annexation Reversed by Texas Supreme Court
Texas Supreme Court upholds Reeves County consolidation of Toyah schools into Pecos Barstow, denying reversible error and denying a writ to overturn the annexation. The ruling ends months of appeals from Toyah, with a remaining 15 days to pursue further action while the district faces consolidation.
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Toyah
Pecos-Barstow
Texas Supreme Court
Reeves County School Board
Tovah
Pecos
Torah Schools
J.H. Starley
143Rd District Court
T.J. Cargill
John Dorr
Starley
Don Weinacht
Starly
Eighth Court of Civil Appeals
el Paso
Weinacht
A.R. Archer Jr
Monahans
State Supreme Court
Naylor
Supreme Court
Ray Whitley
Elvin Reynolds
Archer
Suez Canal battle turns decisive as clashes erupt
The Associated Press reports furious tank battles between Egyptian and Israeli forces at the Suez Canal, described as potentially decisive. Syria claims tanks repelled an Israeli probe on the Golan Heights front while Egypt reports continued fighting at Suez.
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Associated Press
Suez
Canal
Syria
Golan Heights
Egypt
Middle East
Beirut
Lebanon
Europe
Sinai
Suez Canal
Pecos Bill legends stir cattle lore and rodeo roots
In a colorful retelling, Pecos Bill invents rope lassoing and branding, sparking the world’s first rodeo in 1883 near Reeves County. The tale blends frontier myth with local history while noting later, broader Middle East conflict reports and a Texas school board dispute.
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Bill
Reeves County
Israeli Jets Clash With MIGs Over Cairo Sky
Washington reports brief dog fight south of Cairo between Israeli fighters and Soviet MIGs flown by North Koreans loaned to Egypt. No losses on either side. pilots exchanged shots in a short encounter amid ongoing Arab-Israeli hostilities.
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Bitter Lakes
Canal
Cairo Radio
Israel
Sinai
Washington
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Cairo
New York Times
Middle East
Egypt
Pentagon
William Beecher
North Korea
Iraeli
Beecher
Weather calm with cool mornings and warm afternoons
A mostly clear weather picture across Texas shows cool mornings and warm afternoons with high temperatures reaching 81 and lows around 43. Readings varied from the 40s in Wink and Dalhart to mid 60s in Brownsville and McAllen, while Victoria and El Paso posted 80s. Optimist International held a Pecos meeting with Dr. Larrie Mason as featured speaker, including district board sessions and social events.
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Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Associated Press
Wink
Dalhart
Midland
San Angelo
McAllen
Brownsville
Victoria
el Paso
Longview
Tearkana
Larrie Mason
Belen
N. M
New Mexico-West Texas
Optimist International
Larrie
Holiday Inn
Don Bell
Fred H. Martin Jr
Pecos
United States
Canada
Mason
Optimist
Boise
Idaho
New Mexico- West Texas
Wives of Optimists
Ramada Inn
Saragosa Hall
UT Austin Conservator At London Underwater Congress
Don Hamilton of TARL presented a paper at Oceans 200 in London, joining 60 scientists and figures like the Cousteaus and Arthur C. Clarke. He described TARL’s electrolytic preservation methods for 16th century shipwreck artifacts off Padre Island, detailing steps to replicate the process and TARL’s role in recovering and identifying artifacts. Hamilton, a PhD archaeology student at UT Austin, is the son of W. E. Hamilton.
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Austin
Texas
Spl
Antiquities Conservation Facility of Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory
TARL
London
England
Don Hamilton
University of Texas Laboratory
Balcones Research Center
Grosvenor House
Park Lane
Confederation Mondiale Des Activities Subaquatiques
Society For Underwater Technology
Russia
America
Japan
South Africa
Europe
Hamilton
the Cousteaus
Arthur C. Clarke
Duke of Edinburg
UT Austin Conservator
Congress
Dee Ann Story
Texas Laboratory
Texas Antiquities Committee
University of Texas
TARS
UT Marine Science Institute
Port Aransas
UT Austin Anthropology Department
Marine Biomedical Institute
Galveston Medical Branch
Padre Island
UT Austin
W. E. Hamilton
Country Club Drive
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Reeves Upland
Presidio Upland
High
A. L. Gibson
Tom Cargill
James Cloud Bowman
Algeria
Yemen
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Royal Palace
Riyadh Radio
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Movement
Toyah School
Sherman Cooper
County School Board
Richard Naylor
Gulf
Optimist Board
London Underwater Congress
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