Giant helicopters invade city at busy airport
Army Navy and Marine craft fill the field as three of the largest helicopters in production land at the airport. The 7 million dollar giants nicknamed Jolly Green Giant Sea Stallion outsize the Sky Crane as crews refuel and depart for San Diego Norfolk Pecos and New River.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Marine
San Diego
New River
S.C
Pecos
San
Syrians drive guerrillas from Beirut area in major loss
Syrian troops and tanks captured a 20 square mile salient east of Beirut, forcing Palestinian guerrillas and their Lebanese leftist allies from positions, as witnesses noted sporadic firing during mop up on Mount Lebanon slopes. The two day operation spurs new Arab mediation efforts to seek negotiations for a broader sectarian settlement. ARAB LEAGUE mediator Hassan Sabri Khali then moved to Damascus.
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Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut
Lebanon
Beirut-Damascus
Mount Lebanon
Christaan
Beirut- Damascus
Hafez Assad
Syria
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yasir Arafat
Noon market report and Middle East conflict note
The market drifted in a narrow channel awaiting the weekly Federal Reserve report on money and credit. Westinghouse Electric led NYSE movers down as the Dow fell 0.66 to 990.53, with the composite index at 56.24 and volume at 6.25 million shares. cotton futures rose on rain fears while livestock in Fort Worth and Amarillo reports showed varied price movements. Meanwhile, talks of a cease-fire in Lebanon and shifts in Arab diplomacy tied to Syria and Palestinian leaders highlighted regional tensions as Egypt and Saudi Arabia pressed for a summit to resolve the 17 month conflict.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Westinghouse — Electric
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Jail escapee caught in Reeves County after Van Horn alert
Gregory R. Morris twenty one from Mobile Alabama was captured at about 3 45 p m Tuesday near Pecos after an all points bulletin from Van Horn showed a stolen auto. He faces California auto theft and armed robbery charges. Morris escaped from a jail with twelve others by sawing bars while held on burglary narcotics counts.
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Mobile
Ala
Reeves County
California
Gregory R. Morris
Wendell Taylor
Lawrence Barber
Pecos
van Horn
Morris
Pickup Out of Control Hits House in Late Night Crash
A pickup driven by Jerry Stapp of 1705 Jackson ran off westbound 12th Street at about 10:55 p.m. Wednesday and struck Margie Matta’s house at 1124 S Cherry St, causing an estimated $500 in damage with no injuries reported.
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Jerry Stapp
Jackson
Margie Matta
S. Cherry St
Stapp
12Th Street
Odessa College newscast on cable channel 10 airs nightly
Odessa College TV department presents The Scene Tonight a student produced nightly newscast aired on cable channel 10 at 5 and 11 p.m. It features local state and OC campus news plus weather with Ann Talley Midland as producer and Steve Calderon directing.
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Odessa
Odessa College
Tom Barnett
Ann Talley
Midland
Harvard study backs swine flu inoculations
A Harvard Medical School study released in Boston concludes that government sponsorship of swine flu vaccinations was wise. It warns that without broad immunization there could be a 10 percent epidemic risk, potentially killing over 50,000, infecting more than 56 million, and costing about 6 billion dollars in hospital bills and lost work.
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Congress
National Energy Administration
Humphrey-Hawkins
Alan Steelman
NATO
Acros
Webb Afb
Big Spring
Ft. Bliss
Boston
Harvard
Havard
Medical School
Community Group Schedules for Pecos Area Week
Reeves County Association for Children With Learning Disabilities meets at Pecos High School Library Thursday at 7 30 p m The United Way volunteers meet at 5 p m Monday Evening Lions Club meets at American Motors Inn 7 30 p m Amistad Lions Club gathers at Lions Den Pecos Optimists dine at Chaparral Village Steak House Tuesday list includes Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon 8 p m Morning TOPS Club 9 30 a m Federation Parlor TOPS TX 259 meets at St Community Council office 6 p m Evening Optimists meet at Saragosa Hall 8 p m.
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Reeves County Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
Pecos High School
United Way Volunteers
Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Federation
St. Community
Deaths J E Ferguson Services Held In La Marque Texas
James Edgar Ferguson 62 of 1614 Missouri Street died at 2 30 a m Wednesday in Galveston County Memorial Hospital Texas City He was born July 4 1914 in Porteau Oklahoma and was a retired plant superintendent for Duval Corp in Culberson County The WWII veteran was a member of Pecos Masonic Lodge 736 past master of Wallis Masonic Lodge 817 East Bernard and a member of Pecos Chapter 81 Order of the Eastern Star He is survived by his widow Mildred two brothers W K Ferguson Texas City and H M Ferguson Orange and several nieces and nephews Pallbearers were John Ratano Tim W Ferguson Frank Emmittee Harrell Walker Dick Gray and Walter Wasicek.
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Pecos
Pecos newspaper editor credits staff and rates
A Pecos Texas newspaper masthead lists staff roles including managing editor sports editor and city editor and outlines circulation rates for Reeves County and surrounding counties. It notes The Associated Press membership and mail rates for servicemen students and other subscribers. The item documents local publication details and contact information.
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John Var
Wayne Smith
Marine Corps
Gene Douglas
Arab League
Hassan Sabri Khali
Damascus
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Tex
A.m
Indus
Trans
Utilities
Alcoa
At&t
Chrysler
Oca Cola
duPont
Eastman
el Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild
Gen Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great A&p
Gulf Oil
Glf St Ut
Hous LP
IBM
Int Paper
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Texas
Time Inc
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Robert Leigh
Leigh
Gibson's
Discount Center
Larry Windham
Reeves County Library
S. Park St
N. Walnut Street
MacArthur Pineda
N. Walnut St
Bruno Garcia
Maple St
SH 17
Ann Segalia
Adams St
Nere
Anchorage
Alaska
Okinawa
Shackleford
Pecan Street
Leonard Sampson
Kentucky Fried Chicken
S. Eddy
Midland Board of Education
Bob Southerland
Midland Council of Concerned Citizens
MCCC
Council
Alpine
A-Mountain
Paul Wayerts
Cowan
Lobo
Sul Ross State University
Diane Leeder
Linda Isbell
Janice Uranga
Rena Gallego
Charla Hicks
Debby Walton
Cindy Cowan
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Fort Stockton
Desert Museum
Dwight Deal
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
CDRI
Deal
Marfa
Fort Davis
Tucson
Ector County
Greer
Austin
Dewitt C. Greer
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
Joe Connally
Highway Commission
Commission
Connally
Department
Midland Regional Air Terminal
Midlanders
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Peck Enterprise
Cedar St
P.O. Box
Eggy McCracken
Ova Gutierrez
Jene Douglas Mane Osborn
Poris Welch
Uben Bacamily
Galindo CO
Arlos Nichols
Aary Carpenter
Reeves
Ward
Loving Culberson
Jeff Davis
Erein
Buckner News Alliance
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