Barker retires after 27 years with Pecos DPS communications
O E Barker of Pecos ends a 27 year DPS career today as chief operator and supervisor of Pecos communications. He began in 1948 as a Harlingen patrolman, moved to Houston then Pecos, built the local system, and witnessed teletypes, transmitters, and staff grow from one dispatcher to a five person office.
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Lynn Webb
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
O.E. Barker
Pecos
DPS
Barker
Harlingen
State of
Houston
Pearl
Red
Leo Elliott
Odessa
DPS Communications
E.K. Browning Jr
Department
Maurice Cole
Southwest Microfim 601 by Test 9 Box Dees Texas
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a Texas address and microfilm item. The readable parts suggest a catalog line or notice listing "Southwest Microfim 601" with a misread "Test" and "Box Dees". No clear event or outcome is given, but it reads as a catalog or notice fragment.
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Box Dees
Texas
Texas in budget for $185 million military construction
Washington AP reports Congress approved a military construction appropriation of 185 million dollars for Texas bases. Fifteen bases receive funds across 11 Air Force installations three Army posts and a naval air station. Largest grant 104.5 million goes to Lackland AFB for hospital expansion. Ft Hood to receive 45 million for barracks modernization and related work.
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Washington
Texas
Congress
Ford
John Tower
R-Tex
Air Force
Naval Air Station
Tower
Senate
House
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Littlejohn to lead Pecos Chamber Welcome Service
Linda Littlejohn will head Pecos Chamber Welcome Service and membership drive, serving as receptionist and secretary to assist office manager Nita Smith. Employed under the Comprehensive Education Training Act, she comes from Artesia and Pecos residents praise the city’s friendliness.
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Linda Littlejohn
Pecos
Linda
Sanity hearing under way in Wooldridge murder case
In 143rd District Court a sanity hearing for Sally S. Wooldridge, 60, began today to determine if she will stand trial for the July 26 shooting death of her husband Emiel D. Wooldridge. District Judge J.H. Starley recessed to prepare jury instructions as proceedings continued. Wooldridge is accused of shooting her husband once after a domestic quarrel at the family residence on the north side. She was arrested, charged with murder, and later sent to a state hospital for confinement and examination.
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143Rd District
Sally S. Wooldridge
J.H. Starley
Emiel D. Wooldridge
Reunion call for bicentennial cast of The Short Fired Round the World
Notes from Pecos column mention Scarlet Starlet Charlotte inviting a reunion and possible performances. The piece then reviews local quirks including Nita Smith of the chamber dropping trash bags at Security State Bank, Ralph Williams recalling 1913 car prices, and Chief Martin deploying radar cars. It ends with a new Kudo feature praising Gary Oden for remodeling Pecos Saddle Shop near West of the Pecos Park.
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Charlotte
Slack
Bob Miller
Security State Bank
Nita Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Nita
Jimmy Hoffa
Gary Oden
Pecos Saddle Shop
Pecos Park
Agricultural Field Day Showcasing Research Progress
Area producers and the public are invited to a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station field day Thursday at 9:00 am led by Jim Hefner. A field tour will cover ongoing cotton sorghum and alfalfa research with Dr. J W Johnson presenting the Grain Sorghum Conversion Program and mite resistance findings.
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The
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Hefner
Sor
J.W. Johnson
Johnson
George Teets
Lubbock Experiment Station
Trans-Pecos
Garcy Congra
Fort Stockton
Pecos
College Station
Dallas
Lubbock
el Paso
New hospital adds two life saving devices at Memorial
Memorial Hospital announces two new tools the Corning Blood Gas Analyzer and the Bovie machine boosting diagnostics and delicate surgeries. The Bovie cuts and cauterizes, aiding mastectomies and other operations while the blood gas analyzer measures body acid balance to assess heart and lung diseases and monitor respirator patients. Hospital officials say the equipment will increase Reeves County residents' medical care.
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Memorial Hospital
Corning
Daniel Sagan
Jerry Taylor
Reeves County
Slack to tell senior group of amendment
AARP officers announce an open meeting with the National Retired Teachers Association to discuss amendments on the November 4 elections. Rep. Richard Slack of Pecos will speak at 7:30 p.m. October 7 in CPS Reddy Room, explaining the amendments. Public attendance is welcome regardless of membership, with early musical interludes by Margaret Duncan on accordion from 7 p.m. to start.
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AARP
National Retired Teachers Association
CPS Reddy Room
Richard Slack
Pecos
Slack
NRTA
Margaret Duncan
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