Record of thefts fines and a fire incident in Pecos area
Mary Cranfill reported a purse theft at the State theatre with $3 and a driver’s license taken from the floor near her seat. Superior Oil Co. reported a 1965 Underwood adding machine stolen from the change house five miles north of Barstow since Oct 1, in a gray case serial 617926. JP COURT sentences include Ethel Gallardo wrong side offense fine $12.50 plus costs, and other motorists fined for speeding red lights no license and related violations. Pecos firemen responded to a truck tractor fire 40 miles west on SH 20. tractor destroyed, trailer undamaged.
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Mary Cranfill
State Theatre
Superior Oil Co
Barstow
Ethel Gallardo
Bruce Kyle Griffith
Pascual Leon Regaldo
S. F. Florez
Martha McCarty Price
Jose V. Alraldano
Mary Frances
Ernest E. Lonadier
Pecos
Deaths Mrs Armstrong Carober Snyder Armstrong
Mrs Armstrong and her late husband C M were pioneer ranchers on the WT ranch near Orla. Funeral services will be held Saturday in the Methodist Church in Seagraves. The obituary notes a death in Seagraves hospital on Wednesday.
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Carober Snyder Armstrong
Seagraves Hospital
Cuba frees jumbo jet hijack ends in San Juan
Passengers and crew of the American Airlines 747 arrived in San Juan after a two day detour through Cuba. A witness said no action by sky marshals or an off duty FBI man aboard was seen during the hijacking. The hijacker demanded to go to Havana and was described as about 25, 5 feet 4 inches tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
American Airlines
Sky
FBI
Cuba
Federal Aviation Administration
Schwartz
New York
Puerto Rico
Havana
Pentagon pushes to recruit more Black reservists
The Pentagon faces renewed pressure to recruit Black personnel into the National Guard and reserves after years of limited progress. Deputy Defense Secretary Packard orders active, race inclusive recruiting to reflect local populations, with leadership noting past failures to motivate minority groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
National Guard
T. C. Marrs
Army
Air National Guard
U S Troops Placed on Increased Alert in Vietnam
U S forces in Vietnam placed on gray condition alert from Friday 5 p m Saigon time through Monday 5 p m, amid fears of enemy terrorism sapper and rocket attacks during Thieu inauguration. Restrictions limit movement outside bases for safety.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Richard Gardner
U. S
Agnew blasts Athens critics over Greece democracy pace
Vice President Spiro Agnew accused some Americans of making Greece a favorite whipping boy while urging democracy. Senator Fulbright countered that the US is not aiding Peking and questioned policy consistency. Congress weighs cutting military aid unless Nixon ends it in Greece if security demands allow. State Department urged faster steps toward representative rule.
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Washington
Greece
Spiro T. Agnew
Athens
Communist
China
Butten
J. W. Fulbright
Dark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Peking
Senate
U.S
Nixon
U. S
State Department
Agnew
Aenew
White House
George Papadopoulos
Fulbright
NATO
Agenw
Catholic Priest Calls for Peace Amid Northern Ireland Turmoil
In Belfast, a Roman Catholic joins Northern Ireland's cabinet for the first time to urge peace. Hours later a police sergeant and a British soldier are killed as raids and gun battles claim multiple guerrilla casualties, signaling escalating violence. The move marks a historic Catholic entry into the regional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Gerard Newe
West Belfast
Irish Republic
Nene
Ireland
Northernmost Civil War bank raid in St Albans Vermont
In 1864 Confederate troops robbed banks in St Albans Vermont and fled to Canada in the era’s northern frontier actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
Canada
Pecos Enterprise Subscription Rates Listed
The Pecos Enterprise details mail subscription prices by location and term. In this notice, Reeves County rates are shown as six months for nine dollars and one year for eighteen dollars, with other mail options listed for outside Reeves County and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedars
Pecos
Texas
P.O. Ox
Reeves County
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Lorenzo Porras Florez
Mrs. Armstrong
Johnny Abila
Charlene Moody
Myrtle Shelton
June Wilson
Solange Chapman
Homer Nowell
Earl Roy Williams
Glenda Ariozu
Janice Giddens
Glenn Wilson
David Reyes
Conception Olivas
Isabel Madrid
John Conger
Harry Olson
Augustina Ornelas
Georgia Stroud
Rose Chambers
Dorothy F. Eubanks
Grace W. Smith
Isabel M. Madrid
Baby Girl
Jesse Wayne Godfrey
Olga Valdez
Yolanda Nunez
Miriam Straley
Molly Yeager
Harry Collins
Clarence Rochen
Clarence Green
Bess Woodard
Teofilo Madrid
Hickory
Mrs. Wilmer Giddens
P.O. Box
Pete Nunez
Sunset
Thomas Valdez
S. Oak
Marvin W. Schwartz
Johnson
Leonard Taylor
Mull
National Assembly
Thieu
U.S. Senate
Ladies’ Culotte
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LOS
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