Jury deadlock ends Ulate trial on assault count
A hung jury in 143rd District Court halted the trial of Filberto Gonzales Ulate a Mexican national charged with assault with intent to murder Two shots from a .22 rifle allegedly struck Alicia Martinez a Blue Moon Bar bartender on May 30 1971 Jurors deliberated about six hours before the deadlock with witnesses including Juanita Torres Fierro Sais and others testifying Ulate allegedly borrowed gear for rabbit hunting before the gun was recovered by Sais
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143Rd District Court
Filberto Gonzales Ulate
Ulate
Alicia Martinez
Blue Moon
Martinez
Field Day opens at 9 visitors ride wagons at Pecos Station
A Pecos Experiment Station field day kicks off Friday from 9 to 11 30 a m with a 75 minute wagon ride and talks by ag experts and Dr L S Bird of Texas A M University about new cotton varieties S P Cotton. The event is open to area producers and the public and is reached via Tex 17 south then three miles to the station.
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Pecos Experiment Station
L. S. Bird
Texas A&m University
S.P
Pecos Station
Tex. 17
Car dealers set showings in Pecos for 1972 models
Pecos dealers display 1972 model cars with planned events. Crow Chevrolet-Buick will announce details for its showing, Ben Meek at Valley Motors hosts coffee and doughnuts for Cadillac Pontiac and Olds, Grogan Motors features new Dodges, Bell Garage presents Plymouths and Chryslers, Pecos Motors curates new Fords for Friday.
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Pecos
Crow Chevrolet-Buick
Ben Meek
Valley Motors
Cadillac
Pontiac
Olds
Grogan Motors
Bell Garage
August CPI rise as price freeze looms
The government reports August living costs rose three tenths of one percent driven by gasoline, with wages up two cents hourly and $1.43 weekly to $129. Purchasing power increased seven tenths of one percent from the prior month and 1.1 percent from a year earlier. The CPI reached 122.2 percent of the 1967 base, meaning $12.22 buys what $10 did four years ago. On a seasonally adjusted basis the August rise was four tenths of one percent.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bates Denies Theft Charge as Political Move
In Edinburg Texas state Sen. Jim Bates says an indictment in Nueces County for concealing stolen property is politically motivated. Bates claims prosecutor W B Mobley aims to boost his career and cites Adrian Lambert as a key witness while noting Lambert's criminal record.
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Edinburg
Tex
Jim Bates
Nueces County
Bates
Corpus Christi
Nueces County Dist. Atty
W.B. Mobley
Mobley
Attorney General’s Office of
Texas
Grand
Adrian Lambert
South Texas
Lambert
Tax seminar set in Odessa Texas
Major changes in federal and state employment insurance and tax laws take effect January 1 1972. The Texas Employment Commission will hold a seminar in Odessa at the Inn of the Golden West from 9 a.m. to noon to brief employers who hire workers about the new Texas Unemployment Compensation Act and other updates.
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Texas
Frank Harper
Legislative and Public Information
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Texas Employment Commission
Odessa
Inn of the Golden West
Harper
Dallas jail riot disrupts Dallas County courthouse
Prisoners in two tanks on the 12th floor began a two hour uprising at the Dallas County jail, breaking windows and burning bedding while 97 inmates fought authorities and up to 500 were involved at the peak. Fire and smoke were seen from the street as officers restored order by 10 p.m.
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Dallas (Ap
Dallas County
Jones
Man held on dope charge in Reeves County
Ramon Orona Valeriano, 23, was booked in Reeves County Jail on a felony possession of mari juana charge. Bond set at 5000 by Justice of Peace J F Hightower. He was arrested on a drunkenness charge Sunday night and two marijuana filled cigarettes were found in his billfold. contents sent to the DPS laboratory in Austin for analysis.
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Ramon Orona Valeriano
Reeves County
Justice of Peace
J. F. Hightower
Valeriano
Department of Public Safety Laboratory
Austin
Pecos and Kermit tentatively approved for regional planning group
Pecos and Kermit win tentative membership in the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission after a special executive committee meeting. Full acceptance hinges on their counties ratifying within 90 days, with Pecos already having joined earlier and dues set at 2.5 cents per person rising to five cents in 1972.
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Pecos
Kermit
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Commission
Garland Matthews
Reeves County
PBRPC
Michael Barney
Ector
Barbara Culver
Midland
Glenn Toombs
Borden
Chester Taggart
Ward
Carrol Yater
Martin
O.D
Buck) Luttrell
R. S. Wilkinson
Terrell
Allen Moore
Upton
Leslie C. Pratt
Dawson
Ernie Crawford
Odessa
FFA Chooses Carolyn Clark as Chapter Sweetheart
Carolyn Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Clark was elected sweetheart of the local Future Farmers of America chapter Monday night She is a varsity cheerleader and senior active in school events Other nominees were Kathy McAnally and Lana Choate Carolyn will represent the chapter at the District Sweetheart contest on Nov 6 The Border Paisanos of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce plan a Pecos visit Friday Oct 8 They will travel by chartered bus and join Pecos officers for a luncheon at the Pecos Valley Country Club
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Carolyn Clark
Joe Clark
Future Farmers of America
Carolyn
Kathy McAnally
Lana Choate
FFA
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