Grain shipments to Russia loom over Houston port
Houston brokers estimate about 70 percent of a $750 million wheat deal with Russia will move through the Port of Houston and rail lines face a potential car shortage. Shippers warn of possible yard blockages if vessels delay, while railroads scramble to source added hoppers and schedule tight movements to Gulf ports.
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Houston
O. R. Puckett
Ouston
Issouri-Kansas
Texas Railrad Co
Puckett
Gulf Ports
Deep Sea
K. P. Roden
Houston Port
C. B. Brown
Port Terminal Railroad Association
Brown
Debated Wheat Subsidy Calls Tied to Russians
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports a USDA official said preadvertised phone calls to exporters about wheat export subsidies were not tips but admitted exporters believed they could profit. Six major firms including Garnac, Cook, Cargill, Continental, Bunge and Dreyfus were involved amid questions from a House subcommittee about the Russian wheat sale.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Topriculture Department
Harles Pence
Ell
Pence
Jeantime
Carl Brunthaver
Adinistrator
Agricultural Bilization and Conservation
House Agricult
Iruthaver
Pti
Frank McKnight
Export Marketing Service
Notic
Sale
Nee
Federalex
Agricult Department
Union
Coviers
Man Not Indicted in Wreck Case At 401 First
Armendariz of 401 1st Avenue denied charges in a two vehicle crash after his truck blew a tire and sent his vehicle into another. He says he pulled a trapped driver from the cab, suffered muscle contusions, and was treated at a hospital. A separate report notes a dog bite injury at 401 E. D Street where a package was delivered.
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T. Armendariz
Rmendariz
Pendariz
Man Charged in Swindle and Wife in Coma
Robert Eugene Hausmann 51 of Dallas is jailed in Reeves County on felony swindle by worthless check. He faces Houston grand jury indictment and was captured on U S Highway 80 in a Crow Chevrolet Buick car after a bank tip. His wife Lois Davidson Hausmann was found unconscious at Westex Hotel with a possible phenobarbital overdose and remains in a coma.
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Robert Eugene Hausmann
Dallas
Reeves County
Hausmann
Jody Fore
Kenneth Stroud
Gary Ingram
U. S.hwy. 80
Nail
Harold Elder
First National Bank
Westex
Third St
Lois Davidson Hausmann
Gene Martin
Weekend theft spree hits four local businesses
Police report four local businesses were entered over the weekend. Conoco Warehouse on East A Street saw a broken window and two boys seen fleeing. Pecos Enterprise rack stolen from Foster's Restaurant, later found in brush with all money gone. Pecos Furniture Co and Grogan Motors also broken into with small amounts missing and blood evidence found at sites. Frost's Bakery reported a broken window with no valuables taken.
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Ben Montanez
Conoco
E. A St
Milton Brantley
Butler Smith
Pecos Furniture Co
Oak
Montanez
Charlie Meek
Grogan Motors
S. Cedar St
J. T. Prewit
Frost’s Bakery
S.cedar St
Texas Weather Weathers Warm Weekend Forecast
Weather across Texas stayed warm and mostly clear with predicted rain failing to materialize. Pecos reached 101 degrees Sunday while a cool 64 degree low occurred last night. Isolated thundershowers occurred along the coast and Rio Grande Valley, with a funnel cloud near El Paso that dissipated without touching ground.
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Pecos
Panhandle
Texas
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
Laredo
del Rio
el Paso
DAR Constitution Week Observance Promoted Nationwide
Daughters of the American Revolution sponsor Constitution Week from September 17 to 23 to remind Americans of the events leading to the 1787 framing of the Constitution. Local regent June Kilsby urged citizens to read and re read the Charter of Freedom and recognize that freedom must be defended.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
United States of America
DAR
June Kilsby
Hope
No arrest yet in Pecos housing bombing case
U S Treasury Department investigators in El Paso said no arrest has yet been made in the Pecos Housing Authority bombing last Wednesday. Treasury agents took over the case Friday after it was determined a federal offense was committed.
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U. S. Treasury Dept
el Paso
Pecos Housing Authority
Treasury
Three U S pilots freed by North Vietnam captors
Three American pilots shot down over North Vietnam were released in Hanoi at a ceremony by the North Vietnamese Army. Navy Lt Norris Charles 27 his wife Olza from San Diego Calif Navy Lt Markham Gartley 28 and Air Force Major Edward Elias 34 of Valdosta Ga spoke to cameras as relatives and U S peace activists looked on. Charles embraced onlookers as his wife fought through the crowd for him. Gartley’s mother Minnie Lee praised the moment while Elias spoke of the relief and uncertainty ahead.
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Hanoi
North Vietnam
U. S
Navy
Norris Charles
Olza
San Diego
Calif
Markham Gartley
Minnie Lee Gartley
Dunedin
Fla
Air Force
Edward Elias
Valdosta
Peoples Army
Olea Charles
Ous
Elias
Barney
Jacksoneville
Cora Weiss
Dave Dellinger
Charles
Gartley
U.S. Defense Department
Southeast Asia
Hoa Binh
Weiss
America
Truck and van collision on Pinehurst Drive near Country Club
A Lyon Van Lines truck from Los Angeles collided with a car driven by Johnnie O Jordan at the Pinehurst Country Club intersection Friday at 8 18 p m. Van driver Howard Pospisil was cited for failure to yield. Two minor accidents were later investigated, and another incident involved Richard Ortiz charged with leaving the scene and no license after his car struck a vehicle on Pine Street.
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Lyon van Lines
Los Angeles
Pinehurst Drive
Johnnie O. Jordan
Eddy St
Country Club Drive
Pinehurst
Howard Pospisil
Florida
Ben Montanez
Montanez
James Mark Burleson
Fort Stockton
William D. Wilkerson
Country Club Dr
Richard Ortiz
Peach St
Fourth St
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Ralph R. Luddecke
Burling
Rock Island
Frank Hem
Cargill Inc
Hemmen
West Texas Register
TSJA
Jeanne Wynne
Austin
Yostman Dalton Taylor
Taylor
A. B. Nail
Associated Press
Albino Rodio
Walnut
Roche
Butler, Smith
Sgt
Tony Urquidi
S. Pecan St
U.S
N. Vietnam
Eriberto Granado
N. Ash
Ortiz
Pine Street
East Fourth
Indochina
Nixon
Jeas
United States
Boms
Gurtley
Bene
Olga Charles
Santa Rosa
Mary Rodriguez
Richard Dominguez
Debra Villalobos
Luis Pena
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
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