22 Die in Sacramento Ice Cream Parlor Crash
A private F86 Sabrejet taking off from Executive Airport slammed into Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento, killing 22 people including a family of four and about 10 children. The crash also injured 26, with many victims inside the store. witnesses described a wall being torn through as a jet erupted in flames. Authorities identified pilot Richard Bingham, 36, who survived with fractures. Rescue operations continued for hours amid scattered debris and charred autos.
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Sacramento
Calif
Farrell
George Nielsen
Richard Bingham
Novato
Spectrum Air
Bingham
Steramenty Medical Center
Barbara Fine
Kilgore Declares Van Cliburn Day For Pianist
Mayor Foster T. Bean proclaims Van Cliburn Day in Kilgore honoring the pianist who grew up there. Cliburn will perform a sold out Kilgore College Auditorium concert, opening a community series for about 1,800 attendees, with honors at intermission and a reception at the Community Inn.
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Kilgore, Tex
Foster T. Bean
van Cliburn
Kilgore
Kilgore College
Community Inn
GM Emission System Aims To Meet 1975 76 Standards
New York AP reports GM developed an emission control system believed to meet 1975 76 federal standards and may eliminate autos as a pollution problem GM gave no immediate comment. Also five Irish American New Yorkers freed on bail denounced DOJ actions on possible IRA gun running at a LaGuardia press conference. Rockefeller hospitalized in New York for cyst removal amid cancer concerns. Ashford Alabama police stakeout tracks a man accused of trading his 3 month old son for a used car in Florida as the search continues.
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New York
General Motors Corp
New York Times
General Motors
Texas
Department of Justice
Archie
Washington
Thomas Laffey
Williston Park
N. Y
Simnday
LaGuardia Airport
Ashford
Ala
Florida
Ashford Police Departee
Eugene
Pecos Police Probe Weekend Of Minor Auto Accidents
Police log shows multiple noninjury crashes over Sept 22 23 with no injuries. Drivers named include Raymond Matta Wil liam Cook Juan Flores Lara Leroy Michaelis Pearl Pigman Dorothy McDonald Taylor Enmon and Teofilio Garcia. Citations issued for improper start failure to stop yield right of way no license and speeding controls where noted.
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Pecos
Raymond N. Matta
Plum St
William Louis Cook
Palm St
West Third St
Cook
Matta
Ben Montanez
Woody
Adams St
Arizona St
Juan Flores Lara
S. Elm St
Flor
Charlie Smith
Leroy Walter Michaelis
Cowan St
Dairy Mart
Community Public Service Co
Glenn Vandiver
Pearl Fulgim
Man
S. Willow St
Dorothy H. McDonald
Washington and
Irene Streets
Pigman
Taylor Enmon
Teofilio G. Garcia
S. Oak St
Eamon
Registration set Oct 3 for adult education classes
Adults may enroll in reading writing and basic arithmetic at East Pecos Junior High School on Oct 3. Two free classes will be offered in Pecos on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 pm. For information contact Fernando Hernandez supervisor of Adult Education at 5 3822.
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East Pecos
Locust Streets
Pecos
Fernando Hernandez
Local figures face court and election notes compiled
Robert Eugene Hausmann released on bond after September 15 Polk County case as his wife remains in Reeves Memorial Hospital following an apparent self harm attempt on September 16. Monahans hosts Pecos ESE fall meeting with a social hour at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Entertainment will feature Southwest Conference Football Highlights of 1971. Raza Unida party gains ground against Democrats in Texas races while Lamesa game films shown at Pecos Eagle Booster Club meeting with coach Jerry Millsapps narrating. Lois Wicker reports a rattlesnake and a patrolman shoots it. Statewide races include governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, railroad commissioner. County Judge Darrell Glover and Commissioner Ismale Carrasco opposed by Republicans Youngblood and Hoefs. Seventeen Texas constitutional amendments on ballot. Voters must register with Pearl Barker by Oct 7. absentee ballots available Oct 18 through Nov 3 in county clerk office.
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Robert Eugene Hausmann
A. B. Naal
Hausmann
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Trans-Pecos
Society of Petroleum Engineers of Aime
Monahans
Lamesa
Pecos Eagle Booster Club
Jerry Millsapps
Mildred Spray
Socialist Workers Party
H.D
Darrell) Glover
Ismale L. Carrasco
William R. Youngblood
Charles Hoefs
Pearl C. Barker
Scientists warn cancer cure not yet complete
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists caution that a potential cancer treatment breakthrough using BCG is not a definitive cure. They note human cancers are diverse and require clinical validation, with optimism about immune therapy but caution on timelines and applicability.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David Sundbert
Michael Hanna Jr
ORNL
Herbert Rapp
Tional Cancer Institute
Bethesda
Gerald to Lead Pecos County Savings Bonds Drive
Patrick N. Gerald, president of the Pecos County State Bank of Fort Stockton, is named volunteer chairman of the Pecos County Savings Bonds Committee by the U.S. Treasury. Rex Brack, head of the Texas Savings Bonds Committee, says his business experience and civic work will aid the effort as the program grows in importance for national strength.
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Patrick N. Gerald
Pecos
Rex Brack
Texas Savings Bonds Committee
Gerald
Brack
Pecos County
U.S
Pecos Adopts Identification Plan to Cut Burglary Losses
Burglars entered 61 Pecos homes and businesses in 1971 with 29 cases cleared by police. Nationwide residential burglaries cost owners $363 million in 1969, while daytime burglaries rose 286 percent since 1960. The Pecos chamber, police, and Reeves County Sheriff promote Operation Identification to engrave license numbers on valuables and offer free engraving tools at offices with a small deposit.
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Pecos
Reeves County Sheriff’s Department
Sherff
Chamber of Commerce
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Gunman Peppers Police Station
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Raza Unida Party
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Lamesa Game Films
Lois Wicker
Jesus Carbrera
Odessa
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Tony Urquidi
Bill Davis
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