Barstow water rates rise in Pecos city talks
Barstow will pay more for water under a new contract, from 28 to 42 cents per 1000 gallons, as Pecos agrees to a five year term while also planning to buy two ambulances with county and grant assistance. Reeves County will receive 15 acres for a new 60 bed hospital, and Cedar Street will be widened to a four lane highway with shared costs.
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Lynn Webb
Barstow
Pecos
Reeves County
Cedar Street
14Th Street
SH 20
Pecos Offcials
H.D. Glover
Glover
Ector
Odessa
Texas Highway Department
John Johnson
Water and Sewer Department
Charles Edge
Water Department
Gilberto Arras
Health and Sanitation Department
Midland Waterworks
Warner Cable Vision
Cable Company
Richard Naylor
Crash toll rises to 72 in Prague jetliner disaster
Yugoslav charter DC9 bound for the Adriatic coast crashed near Prague airport in thick fog. Eighty passengers and crew were aboard. 72 died as four injured survivors succumbed, with 48 still alive in hospitals. Pilot copilot and two stewardesses were among the dead. one stewardess survived. Unconfirmed reports suggested a possible off course approach and contact with a high tension wire.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Merchants warned on stolen checks in Pecos area
First National Bank Pecos and Kermit State Bank report many checks stolen from an Odessa bus station late Thursday. Bank officials urge clerks to verify checks with the Oct 30 proof stamp but lacking a paid stamp, as banks recover the missing items. No money loss expected while authorities search for the stolen instruments.
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First National Bank
Pecos
Kermit State Bank
Kermit
Odessa
Elder
Ninth Annual World Championship Chili Cookoff at Terlingua
More than 3,000 chili fans and contestants gathered in Terlingua Texas for the Ninth Annual World Championship Chili Cookoff. Frank Tolbert captains last minute prep as about 18 finalists are anticipated at high noon. Radio hosts from KEXL in San Antonio broadcast live from Study Butte while local figures attend weddings and a Ghost Ball despite a quirky poster offering free admission to those without heads.
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Terlingua
Tex
Chisos
Frank Tolbert
Tolbert
Exxon
Study Butte
Ron Houston
Sam Kindrick
KEXL
San Antonio
C.V. Woods
Ron
C.V
Sam
C.V. Wood
Wood
Houston
George Kleck
Nancy Fowler Sebastian
Trent
Olga Jones
Texas
People Magazine
Lee McCulloch
Chili Cookoff Dubs Kicker Woodstock Terlingua Event
The 1975 Wick Fowler Memorial Chili Cookoff known as the Terlingua World Championship Chili Cookoff will be held Saturday at Terlingua Texas. The event draws chili fans nationwide and features judges and celebrities including Hondo Crouch and Sam Pendergrast. A peculiar martini contest offers drinks like fakeltini and buffalo grass tini.
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Johnny Rodriguez
Hondo Crouch
Stanley Marsh III
San Angelo
Sam Pendergrast
Fred McMurry
David Witts
Gordon
Charlie Fowler
Dallas
Texans vote on a complete new state constitution
Texas voters face a Tuesday ballot with eight propositions shaping a proposed new constitution. turnout is projected near one million of five million eligible, with Houston mayoral race drawing interest. key figures include Gov. Dolph Briscoe and Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby leading opposition and support groups.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Texans
Texas
Mark White
Texas Election Bureau
Houston
Fred Hofheinz
Dick Gottleib
Frank Briscoe
Ing
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Bob Bullock
Allan Shivers
Preston Smith
Peyton McKnight
Dtyler
Itizens
Bill Hobby
John Hill
Bill Clayton
Price Daniel Sr
Texas Supreme Court
Robert Calvert
Supreme Court
Bank cuts prime rate to 7 and one half percent
New York First National City Bank, the nation's second largest, shaved its prime lending rate by a quarter point to 7.5 percent, the second reduction in two weeks. The move mirrors an identical cut by the First National Bank of St. Louis, as money market rates decline.
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New York
First National City Bank
First National Bank of St. Louis
Alabama Truck Driver Saves Woman and Grandson in Highway Crash
Jim Henson, a 32 year old salesman, swerved his pickup to shield Ester Stewart and her 2 1/2 year old grandson Tommy Kitchens as Stewart fainted at the wheel. He nudged the car into a guardrail, then steered toward a wall to trap it, averting a high speed interstate tragedy. Stewart credits Henson as a hero for saving their lives.
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Brimingham
Ala
Jim Henson
Ester Stewart
Henson
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Eagle
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