Egyptians press strong Suez attack as truce tenuous
The Israeli military says Egyptian air and armored forces struck the Suez front to shield Cairo from encirclement as U.N. observers head to enforce a second Middle East cease-fire. Dayan says the cease-fire is in effect and “working properly” though Cairo has yet to respond. The clash wounded the fragile truce near Suez city at the southern canal end.
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Scouts Benefit From United Way Campaign In Pecos
United Way campaign details show donations allocated to local groups. A $20 gift funds Boy Scouts $4.08 and Girl Scouts $2.45, Red Cross $1.22, Salvation Army $2.86, Pecos Day Nursery $4.08, March of Dimes $1.22, Planned Parenthood $1.22, Girls Softball $0.29, Colt League $0.41, Little League $0.61, Pony League $0.61, Pee Wee League $0.29, and Boys Club $0.66. goal is $24,500 with $5,000 from Pecos residents if met.
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Red Cross
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March of Dimes
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Pecos
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Barstow Elementary Halloween Carnival Planned at Community Center
Barstow Elementary School schedules its annual Halloween carnival at the community center on Saturday featuring a cake walk bingo coin toss and multiple booths by each class. The sixth grade will host a spook house while other grades run games and booths to raise funds for school equipment. Proceeds last year surpassed $900 and organizers hope to equal or exceed that total.
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Barstow
Nixon cancels national address amid Watergate turmoil
President Nixon cancels a televised nationwide talk citing Middle East developments as House impeachment hearings proceed. The day sees calls for a new independent prosecutor after Cox’s firing, with a 9 p.m. Thursday conference scheduled. The president spends the night at Camp David as tapes capitulation dominates the day.
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White House
Middle East
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American Bar Association
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Pecos Barstow schools release first honor rolls
The Pecos Barstow schools released the first six weeks honor rolls across grades with multiple levels of high honors and honors listed for 12th, 9th, 7th, 8th, 6th, 5th, and 4th grades. Names include Cecelia Bates, Cynthia Cook, Danny Gallo, Kay Youngblood, Genevieve Meraz, Nancy Melendez, and many others. The list covers Pecos Junior High, North Pecos Elementary, and Bessie Haynes Elementary among others.
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Pecos-Barstow
Cecelia Bates
Cynthia Cook
Danny Gallo
Jimmy Ann Hagar
Russel Lewis
Mary Ella Meek
Mary Margaret Moore
Kay Youngblood
Byron Calderon
Sandra Dutehover
Anna Fuentes
Alice Drier
Creta Chandler
Earnest Galvan
Fred Hernandez
Michael McLain
David Sydow
Elaine Ruthledge
Tracy Hanzelka
Cynthia Heath
Jeffery Lindermann
Jayne Rhodes
Dawn Grable
Michael Seawright
Robert Stepp
Diamantina Villalobos
Lena Levario
Julia Battens
Stephanie Douglas
Angie Shoemaker
Doug King
Darlene Whitehurst
North Pecos
Pecos Bill and Slue Foot Sue Tale of a Wedding Ride
Pecos Bill encounters Slue Foot Sue riding a giant catfish. She ropes and shoots with the best, agrees to marry him, but insists on riding Widowmaker first. Sue’s daring ride ends in a spectacular dunking, leaving her to streak back in a cloud of dust and legend.
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Bill
Slue
Sue
Pecos Reschedules Halloween to Wednesday
Pecos will observe Halloween on a Wednesday, delaying the usual Saturday event. City officials had previously avoided moving the date to prevent kids from receiving visits on both the regulated night and Halloween itself. The change follows prior practice of deferring the holiday to fit school-night concerns.
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Pecos
City Council to Open Bids for Three Trucks Thursday
The city council will meet at 7:30 a.m. in the city hall council room to review the first quarter budget for 1973 74 and consider items in the session. Bids will be opened for the purchase of three city trucks during the routine meeting held on the second and fourth Thursday each month.
Merchants President Tours Pecos Facilities
The president of Merchants Fast Motor Lines Richard Bacon visited Pecos yesterday with vice president Ernie Ledford on an inspection tour. They met Chamber of Commerce leaders to discuss local problems while noting Pecos relies on Merchants as the sole regional freight service. The firm employs 16 locals with a $300,000 payroll and maintains a busy 24 hour inbound driver flow to Pecos, plus an air conditioned terminal dormitory.
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Pecos
Richard Bacon
Ernie Ledford
Chamber of Commerce
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Burns
Merchants
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Reeves County incomes rise as wages lift many above 5K
A Sales Management report shows Reeves County households increasingly inhabit higher income brackets. About 9.6 percent earned 5 000 or more after taxes, with 22.1 percent in 5 000 to 8 000, 12.2 percent in 8 000 to 10 000, and 25.3 percent at 10 000 or more. remaining households earn under 5 000.
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