National Roping Finals Scheduled in Pecos Oct 17 18
Plans for the National Steer Roping Finals are set for Pecos on October 17 and 18 at 2 PM daily. Fifteen top ropers will compete for the championship including Don Mc Laughlin Olin Young Raidy Burchett and John Dalton. Judges Toots Mansfield Walton Poague Louis Powers, and hosts Clem McSpadden Buck Jackson. A girls barrel race will accompany the events. Box seats available via Pecos Chamber of Commerce Buck Jackson or Eddie Daniels.
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Pecos
Don McLaughlin
Ft. Collins
Colo
Olin Young
Peralta
N. M
Raidy Burchett
Terry McGinley
Riverton
Wyo
Dewey Lee David
Bud Upton
San Angelo
Jim Bob Altizer
del Rio
Sonny Davis
Kenna
Shoot Webster
Lenapah
Okla
Joe Snailey
Hugo
Toots Mansfield
Walton Poague
Louis Powers
Ropers
Clem McSp
Altizer
Ronnie Seawall
Chico
Tex
SP P T A Plans Chili Supper Friday
South Pecos Elementary P T A hosts a chili supper Friday night October 2 at the Community Center Banquet Room. Serving 5 to 7 pm. ticket price 75 includes a drink. Chairman Ben Burkholder. advance sales through school children and at the door. Public invited to support P T A projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pecos
P-T4
Community Center
Ben Burkholder
C'N'dran
PT.4
Agriculture Division To Meet Thursday Minutes set for Oct 1
The Agriculture Division of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday October 1 at 7 30 p m in the Board of Directors Room chamber offices J T Moore Jr chamber director and chairman of the division announced committee members A B Foster Jr Bob Bickley Dr Jim Hefner Billie Precit David Davis Randle Butler Bob Bates and County Agent Paul Tapp Moore urges all committee members to attend and invites others interested in Reeves County agriculture to join.
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Agriculture Division
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Chamber
J. T. Moore, Jr
A. B. Foster, Jr
Bob Bickley
Jim Hefner
Billie Precit
David Davis
Randle Butler
Bob Bates
Paul Tapp
Moore
Reeves County
Poverty cut in half since ’59: Bentsen touts training gains
In Harlingen Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen a Senate candidate argued poverty has been halved since 1959 and could be eliminated through vocational training. He cited the Texas State Technical Institute and other state schools where 78 percent of students come from families under 3000 dollars yearly and graduates earn up to 9200 dollars annually after about 18 months of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen
Tsts
Diphtheria Cases Rise Across Texas Cities
In Houston a 6 year old first grader became the seventh diphtheria case of 1970 for the city. Health officials call the case mild and say the patient was immunized, with no clear link to San Antonio’s ongoing outbreak. San Antonio reported 105 diphtheria cases as immunization efforts expanded in poorer neighborhoods after a city drive fell short of its target.
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Houston
Robert MacLean
City Health Department
MacLean
San Antonio
Health Department
Mrs Box Attends Seminar in Dallas for Beauty Sales
Mary Ann Box, a Mary Kay cosmetics consultant, returned from a four day seminar in Dallas focusing on cosmetology, management and salesmanship. The event featured speakers from fifty states and Australia led by Dr Norma Vincent Peale. Macy Kay Inc. is noted as the top growing US cosmetic company with a new subsidiary plant in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Box
Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay, Inc
Dalas
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc
Dallas
Australia
Norma. Vincent Peale
Police Recover Stolen Buick Damaged Near Hospital
Jerry Jenkins Buick stolen early yesterday was recovered by Sgt Tony Urquidi and Polman James Titus near the hospital with left side damage. Mrs. Goldie Lloyd reported a break in at 320 W, door glass shattered and screen torn during a 30 minute absence. Robert Diaz investigated.
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Jerry Jenkins
Tony Urquidi
Polman James Titus
Goldie Lloyd
Robert Diaz
Rapist Also Wanted Here
A charge of attempted rape was filed in Reeves County by Patrolman Tad Jones and Texas Ranger Tol Dawson against Robert Jackson Castleberry alias Bill Goodman alias Bill Godwin, 56, for an assault at a local home on Sept 2. He was arrested in Guymon Oklahoma on a Scurry County warrant and held without bond in Snyder after waiving extradition. He is also suspected of other assaults in West Texas.
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Reeves County
Tad Jones
Texas
Tol Dawson
Robert Jackson Castleberry
Bill Goodman
Bill Godwin
Castleberry
Guymon
Oklo
Snyder
Synder
Concerniaz
West Texas
Monahans High Sets Homecoming With Hobbs Game
Monahans High School schedules homecoming for Saturday October 3. The Loboes meet Hobbs New Mexico at 8 p.m. to cap a 2 p.m. reception at First National Bank and a dance at the Coliseum after the game with all invited.
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Monahans High School
Hobbs
N. M
First National Bank
Colliseum
Verybody
Representatives In Drug Education Workshop in West Texas
West Texas Education Center hosted a four day drug education workshop in Midland inviting Region XVIII school districts to send teams with an administrator a teacher and a student. Pecos Barstow CISD attendees included C W Wright Sandy Bailey and Guy Fielder. The program covered communication teamwork laboratory methods group decision making and new teaching materials. A state law requirement for crime prevention and drug education in grades 5 through 12 was noted with a plan for statewide implementation by 1972.
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West Texas Education Center
Midland
Region XVIII
Pecos- Barstow Cisd
C. W. Wright
Sandy Bailey
Guy Fielder
Weldon Elbert
Jan
Alpine
WTEC
Reed
Big Spring
Fort Stockton
Garden City
Imperial
Kermit
Kermit, McCamey
Odessa
Rankin and Stanton
Pecos
Flower Grove
Texas Weather Report Highlights Rain in West Texas
Clouds lingered over northern two thirds of Texas with light rain in western areas. Alpine registered 1.05 inches Monday boosting a three day total to six inches in spots. Temperatures ranged from 44 in Alpine to 81 in Beaufort Port Arthur with scattered rain forecast again in West Texas.
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Associated Press
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Davis Mountains
Alpine
Wink
Midland
Wichita Falls
Marfa
Brownsville
el Paso
San Angelo
Lufkin
San Antonio
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Dalhart
Galveston
West Texas
Bush Takes Issue With Opponent On Welfare Bill
Rep George Bush Republican nominee for U S senator disputed Democrat Lloyd Bentsen claiming welfare reform would guarantee a yearly income. He defended the House bill now before the Senate and touted improving economy under anti inflation measures.
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Dallas
George Bush
U. S
Congress
Lloyd Bentsen
Bush
UT Football Player In Good Condition After Incident
Sam McBrierty the 20 year old UT defensive end was reported in good condition with a normal recovery after a disturbance near an all night eating place following the Texas Tech game. Ronnie Tyler and Syd Keasler sustained minor injuries and five people faced aggravated assault charges. two juveniles involved.
Nudes Ban Shocks Houston Company Art Show
Houston Lighting & Power Co. ordered removal of two nude pictures from an art exhibit in its lobby. Art League president John Hoppe said the company notified him after the works were displayed that nudes would not be allowed. Hoppe urged assurances that future invitations carry no such restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Art League
John Hoppe
Power Company
Are Texans being discriminated against in postal service
Rep Richard C White reports concerns from Texas about deteriorating postal service. A House Post Office and Civil Service Committee investigation will visit Dallas El Paso and other areas October 1 3 to assess service levels and whether rural needs are being met amid reorganizations and cutbacks.
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Richard C. White
Texas
Post Office
Civil Service Committee
Graham Purcell
Whichita Falls
House Rost Office
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Post Office Department
Dallas
16Th District
el Paso
U.S
West Texas
San Francisco
Fort Worth
Immigration Service
Congress
Permian Basin wells boost oil and gas production in Ward and Jim
The report notes Ellenburger oil and gas completions in Ward County with Humble Oil and other operators pumping from multiple depths and sections. It also cites Post Office service cuts across Texas, including weekend and Sunday curb access in El Paso and other communities, with congressional concerns over degraded mail delivery and calls for improvements.
Auto Burglary Jails 5 Persons
Five youths from Tacoma Washington and two girls from Puyallup were jailed in Reeves County on auto burglary charges after being arrested near Ft. Stockton. A sawed off 22 caliber rifle was found with one suspect and the FBI was notified for potential federal weapons violations. The burglary occurred about 5 p.m. and the group was apprehended at 5:45 p.m.
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Reeves County
Jenifer June Walter
Becky Jeannine Hail
Puyallup
Wash
Robert A. Penley
Robert Edward Saldavia
Monty Vern Rew
Tacoma
Ft. Stockton
DPS
Kenneth Maninger
Fred Parrott
Balmorhea
Duncan Kingston
Pecos County
FBI
School Menu for Wednesday September 30
The menu lists Macaroni and Cheese casserole Ranch style beans vegetable jello salad and black berry cobbler. Chuck wagon bread butter and milk accompany the meal for students.
Pecos High School Honors Flag Donors and Eagles Spirit
The Pecos High School student body thanks contributors who funded and donated the purple and gold Eagle flag. The flag has flown on Fridays before football games and will be raised at the first home game, symbolizing Eagle pride under the American flag.
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Pecos
Pecos High School
Pecos Eagles
P.H.S
Texas
Eagles
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