Attica Prison Commander Faces Hard Choice After Uprising
State Corrections Commissioner Russell G. Oswald defended his decision to launch an all-out assault on Attica inmates after four days of rebellion. He said the choice was regrettable but unavoidable and credited Gov. Rockefeller with approval. The siege left 37 inmates dead and hostage negotiations had failed.
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Attica State Prison
State Corrections Com
Russell G. Oswald
Oswald
National Guard
Gray Stone Fortress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
William Quinn
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Batavia
Rockefeller
Attica
Vincent R. Man
Mancusi
Baltimore
N.Y
Revival of Sand Lake project gains county approval
The Sand Lake project is revived as a key Chamber of Commerce priority under Bob Bickley. At a county commissioners meeting, the court approved the project and plans a bond election to finance construction, with Fred Armstrong as chair and local leaders backing the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Lake
Chamber of Commerce
Pres
Bob Bickley
County invites bids for Reeves County Annex remodeling
Reeves County Commissioners Court will entertain bids through Sept 27 for remodeling sections of the Reeves County Annex Building on E Fifth Street. The project adds office space to house a new sergeant of the Weights and License Division for Pecos area. Specifications are available at the County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County Commissioners’ Court
Reeves County
E. Fifth Street
Department of Public Safes
Weights and License Division
Pecos
Holcombe Plans Local Law Office In Pecos
Walter M. Holcombe, son of Mrs. Walter E. Holcombe of 812 W Fifth St, returns to Pecos to open his law offices next Tuesday in Room 214, Security State Bank building. After passing the bar exam Friday, he will be sworn in at the Texas Supreme Court in Austin Monday. Born in Iraan, he moved to Pecos from Rankin in the early 1940s and is a Pecos High School graduate of 1951.
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Walter M. Holcombe
Walter E. Holcombe
Fifth St
Pecos
Security State Bank
Holcombe
Texas Supreme Court
Austin
Iraan
Rankin
Baylor University
Air Force
Pecos Insurance Agency
Fort Stockton
SWIG Announces New Staff Members In El Paso
Edward Breihan SWIG general manager announces Art Dignan to head Cotton Classing and Roger Buddington as Director of Field Services. Dignan joins from Dallas firm Schwabach Kempner Perutz Inc. Buddington previously led the SuPima Association of America for ten years. SWIG sets 45th annual meeting at 5 30 p.m. at El Paso office with a post meeting barbeque and All Cotton style Show directed by Tony Anthony Models. Dr Darrel Leland Bell released on bond after reduction from 50000 to 25000 by US Magistrate J M Preston for alleged illegal sale of dangerous drugs to an undercover agent last June.
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Edward Breihan
Southwestern Irrigated Cotton Growers Association
el Paso
Art Dignan
Roger Buddington
SWIG
Dignan
Schwabach, Kempner & Perutz, Inc
Dallas
Buddington
SuPima Association of America
H.M. Rickman
Doniphan Drive
Tony Anthony Models
Darrel Leland Bell
Monahans
J. M. Preston
Bell
Preston
Dr. Bell
Efforts begun for TB clinic in Reeves County
In Reeves County a TB skin testing and control program expands with Pearl Cobb of the Texas Health Department leading work alongside Ann Hicks and Anna Bowers. A local LVN will be hired, office space funded, and a quarterly mobile X-ray unit supports diagnosis. Over 100 families are on the caseload as 150 to 200 people are tested per clinic, with 45 on chemo prophylaxis and new active cases monitored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Cobb
State Tuberculosis Control Division
The
Health Department
Pecos
Fran Sunday
Reeves County
R.N
Texas State Department of Health
Tuberculosis Control
Region II
Midland
Cobo
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Reeves
Cobb
Hicks
Bowers
Security State Bank
Reeves County Community Council
Economist warns need for higher cotton plantings in 1972
National Cotton Council economist Dabney S. Wellford told the opening session of the council’s fall meeting that cotton markets face further losses without incentives to grow more. He warned that relying on just meeting demand risks sharp price swings and shrinking carryover stocks amid unpredictable weather and past crop shortfalls.
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Memphis
National Cotton Council
Council
Dabney S. Wellford
Dr. Ramsey to Speak on Public School Law Thursday
The Texas State Teachers Association local chapter meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Pecos High School Auditorium. Dr Ethel Laura Ramey head of the Education Department Sul Ross State University will discuss public school law. Don Howard Pecos Junior High principal leads the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Teachers Association
Pecos High School
Ethel Laura Ramey
Sul Ross State University
Don Howard
Pecos Junior High School
Chamber urges Reeves County aid for Pecos Memorial Hospital
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce unanimously approved a resolution urging expansion of Pecos Memorial Hospital to improve medical services. The request targets the Reeves County Commissioners Court, citing a Texas Industrial Commission ranking and a $750 000 expansion cost. Hospital board president W S Creamy McCree noted a preliminary plan was previously informal and not pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Ben’s Spanish Inn
Commissioners Court of
Reeves County
Chamber
Texas Industrial Commission
Pecos
Texas
W. S. (Creamy) McCree
Enterprise Today
Gordon Holiday
Oestriecher Named New Sports Editor at Pecos Enterprise
Illinois newspaperman Mike Oestriecher was appointed circulation manager and sports editor of the Pecos Enterprise by editor and publisher O'Fer rall Pauly. He succeeds Daniel Dominguez who resigned to enter the insurance field in Pecos.
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Oestriecher
Illinois
Pecos Enterprise
O’ferrall Pauly
Mike Oestriecher
Daniel Dominguez
Pecos
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E. W. Schmidt
Cecil Cothrun
R. B. McGowen
Richard C. White
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Ann Hicks
Ed Armstrong
el Sabado
la Independencia de Mexico del Gobierno Espanol
el Sur
la Calle
Court House
America Y Para México
la Columna Continuo
Santa Rosa
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la Ciudad de Pecos
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