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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1973
Page
1
A Washington source said Agnew likely will not resign this week. Nixon aides declined to comment, while the 25th Amendment outlines that Nixon would name a successor with congressional approval if Agnew resigns.
Pecos built Zapper 3 earns praise in Nations Business magazine for weed control and soil prep in one operation. Cost around 15 dollars per acre, yields up to 60 percent higher. built by Equipment Manufacturing Co in Pecos in about ten weeks with plans for more models due to prototype success.
A brisk north wind cooled Pecos making sweater weather with Monday highs near 89 and lows around 60 today. Forecasters warned of overcast skies and warm afternoons while South Texas flood rains tapered off. Thunderstorms near Laredo and Corpus Christi caused brief downpours and hail in Brownsville. District Judge Starley canceled jury reporting. jurors are dismissed until further notice.
Lawmen at a Barstow roadblock near SH 20 seized four adults and four juveniles. En route to capture Edsel V. Heslip, two men from Odessa and Fort Worth faced marijuana possession charges with about 25 pounds found in a duffel bag. The other two men, AWOL from the military, were from Aberdeen Maryland and Taunton Massachusetts, in a stolen car. Juveniles from Pyote Children’s Home were taken to Monahans pending juvenile officer review.
Edsel Heslip escaped Reeves County jail Sunday morning and rode to Toyah then zeored east on Interstate 20. He abducted a shop owner, rode a freight train, broke into a residence, killed a man, and wounded a woman before a high speed chase ended with a crash near Abilene. He was treated in Abilene then returned to Pecos to face multiple charges, including murder and burglary, with potential further indictments in Ward and California.
Pecos County Sheriff's Deputy Allen Graham was killed in an auto crash at a roadblock near Ozona Texas after his vehicle and a car fleeing a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint collided at 6 a.m. The pursuit followed a 1 a.m. incident on Texas 163 and the car later crashed at a dead end street. one occupant was arrested, another fled, and Graham died at Shannon Hospital in San Angelo.
Rodeo and Fair Association directors are urged to attend a crucial meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday with fair director Bill Hubbs at KIM radio studios. Fall fair dates are October 11 to 13. Last year exhibitors must promptly confirm booth space as spaces are limited and must be allocated again this year.
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