Nixon to send new State of the Union message
President Nixon announced plans to deliver a new State of the Union message Monday aimed at breaking stalled administration bills. He urged action on curbing spending, defense, and energy, education, housing, and community development, while Congress’s Democrats remained critical.
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Nixon
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Carl Albert
Dokla
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Israel
Middle East
United States
Spiro T. Agnew
Gibson's Discount Center Reopens September 12
Gibson's Discount Center to reopen September 12 with most merchandise arriving in time for the first day. Assistant manager Larry Windham says stock should be ready by Wednesday and the store will reopen regardless. A grand opening is planned September 12 to 15 after a May 31 fire destroyed the building. Local officials thank customers for patience and invite all to visit during the reopening event.
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Gibson’s Discount Center
Larry Windham
Windham
Gibson’s
Site cleared for Pizza Hut in Pecos
Fred Blakenship owner of the Odessa Pizza Hut chain says land at Sixth and Cedar streets has been cleared and construction could start within a day or two. Two existing structures housing the Reeves County Commodity Program and an oil field firm were moved. The opening target was mid October but not confirmed.
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Pizza Hut
Pecos
Fred Blakenship
Odessa
Blakenship
Sixth
Cedar Streets
Reeves County Commodity Program
Blankenship
Reeves County July savings bonds total 15534
United States Series E and H savings bonds in Reeves County for July amount to 15534, per County Bond Chairman Archie B Scott. Seven month sales reach 110311, at 61 percent of the 1973 goal of 180000. Texas month sales total 17185499 with seven month sales at 137169781 and 63 percent of the yearly 2166 million goal.
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United States Savings
Reeves County
Archie B. Scott
Texas
Pecos Boys Club names McGahey executive director
Jack McGahey of Pecos has been chosen as the first executive director of Pecos Boys Club Inc. He is a 20 year Air Force veteran and will lead a renovation and reopening effort on E Third Street after the building is weather ready and safe. The Odessa Boys Club aided with equipment as local directors thanked Pecos residents for ongoing support and announced a $1 annual membership with work-for-entry options for those unable to pay.
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Jack McGahey
S. Alamo St
Pecos
Navy
Debra
Joseph
Mike Charles
Thomas
McGahey
Air Force
E. Third Street
Odessa Boys Club
Skylab crew sees both polar lights in one day
Space Center Houston reports Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma observed both the northern and southern auroras in a single day on their 41st orbital day. They described the displays as absolutely beautiful while noting continued solar activity and a large coronal mass ejection.
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Space Agency
Wou
Skylab
Solar Telescope
Earth
Football slows down delivery of your paper
Residents report later newspaper delivery as local carrier boys finish football practice around 6 p.m. Circulation manager Gary Singleton asks subscribers to be patient while carriers, delayed by after school sports, resume deliveries after 6 30 p.m. Before school started, deliveries began at 5 p.m.
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Enterprise
Gary Singleton
Singleton
Park safety campaign targets Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains
Park Superintendent Donald Dayton announced an intensive safety drive across Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. National totals show over 100 park visitors have died year to date, up from 85 last year, though no fatalities have occurred in these two parks in 1973 as the National Park Service leads a coordinated nationwide effort to reduce accidents in 248 park areas.
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Carlsbad Caverns
Guadalupe Mountains National Parks
Donald Dayton
National Park
National Park Service
Ronald Walker
Union leader Boyle charged in murder
In Pittsburgh area state and federal indictments, former United Mine Workers President W A Boyle, 71, faces murder charges over the 1969 slayings of Joseph A Yablonski and his wife and daughter. A federal grand jury also accuses Boyle of conspiring to remove Yablonski from union leadership. Also named are nine former UMW officials and relatives as unwitting co conspirators in a plot linked to Turnblazer statements.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’ Coyle
UMW
Joseph A. Yablonski
Yablonski
Boyle
U.S. District Court
William J. Turnblazer
Washington
Jess Costa
Washington County
John L. Lewis
Turnblazer
Middlesboro
Alemighty God
Mureder
Pennsylvania
Elmer W. Schifko
Schifko
Schifke
Albert E. Pass
District 19
Pass
Second crash victim named in Pecos wreck
Local officials identified two of the bodies from Tuesday morning plane crash near Pecos. George F. Robinson of Tulsa was named the pilot, with his son Gregory flying in for services. Michael L. Ray was also identified by papers found in the wreckage, though officers could not confirm which body is Ray. The hunt for the remaining facts continues as investigators seek the other passengers and the flight’s missing destination. About $12,000 was recovered from the plane, and no flight plan had been filed.
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George F. Robinson
Tulsa
Okla
Gregory Robinson
Pecos Wenesday
Oklahoma
Michael L. Ray
Ray
Pecos
Victus
Sheriff’s Department
Robinson
California
Fireball sighted over West Texas sparks mystery
Unidentified fireball lit the night sky from north of El Paso to Van Horn over 120 miles, seen for about half an hour. Witnesses described a brilliant yellow light, with directions and timing from 9:30 to 10:15 p.m. The event drew police and FAA inquiries as observers speculated on reflections from airliners or stars.
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EL Paso
Tex
West Texas
Federal Aviation Administration
van Horn
el Paso Aireport
Bruce Bissonette
el Paso Times
Missing bank bag found at Shell Station on W Third St
Roger Holley the Shell Station manager told police that a bank bag stolen in the Monday theft of checks and cash from the Holley auto park ed at the station was recovered. He cited plumbing issues in the men's restroom and said the bag was discovered inside a water closet containing a missing check.
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Roger Holley
Shell
Third St
Holley Auto
Holley
Tropical storm Delia drives 1000 from Baytown homes
Tropical storm Delia moved inland forcing about 1,000 residents of a Baytown subdivision to flee as a six foot surge flooded 145 homes. Sound trucks alerted residents and amphibious vehicles ferried people to safety. Delia weakened inland but brought heavy rain across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with tides up to 5.8 feet above normal.
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Baytown
Associated Press
Fletcher Hickerson
Civil Defense
Houston Ship Channel
Galveston Bay
Delta
Carla
Hickerson
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Freeport
Galveston
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South Plains
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