Giant helicopters invade city airfield in mass display
Army Navy and Marine helicopters gathered at the airport with three of the largest models on the ground. The craft, dubbed Jolly Green Giant by the Air Force and Sea Stallion by the Navy, outsize all but the Sky Crane and are being phased out for cost efficiency.
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Navy
Marines
Air Force
Marine
San Diego
New River
S.C
Pecos
San
Syrians drive guerrillas from Beirut area salient
Syrian troops and tanks broke a 20 square mile pocket east of Beirut, forcing Palestinian guerrillas and their Lebanese leftist allies from positions north of the Beirut Damascus highway. Witnesses heard sporadic fire as forces swept pine woods on Mount Lebanon slopes, signaling a major setback for the guerrillas and prompting new Arab mediation efforts in the civil conflict.
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Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut
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Beirut-Damascus
Mount Lebanon
Arab League
Hassan Sabri Khali
Damascus
Christaan
Beirut- Damascus
Hafez Assad
Syria
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yasir Arafat
Noon market report and regional commodity notes
New York stock trading ended in a narrow drift while awaiting the Federal Reserve report on money and credit conditions. The Dow dipped 0.66 to 990.53 as wins and losses evened. cotton futures gained on rain fears in California. livestock markets varied across Fort Worth and Amarillo with higher feeder prices and steady beef values amid active demand. A separate Middle East item notes guerrilla factions pressing for cease-fire talks, with Syria and Lebanon shaping a volatile regional picture.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Westinghouse — Electric
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
California
New York Cotton Exchange
Jail escapee caught in Pecos arrest links to California case
Gregory R. Morris, 21, from Mobile Alabama, was captured near Pecos by Wendell Taylor after an all points bulletin tied to a stolen vehicle and unpaid gas in Van Horn. He faces California auto theft and armed robbery charges while awaiting extradition, originally escaping a county jail with 12 inmates after sawing bars.
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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 City
A pickup driven by Jerry Stapp of 1705 Jackson ran off 12th Street and struck Margie Matta’s house at about 10:55 p.m. Damages to the residence are estimated at $500. No injuries were reported. Police note the incident occurred late Wednesday as the westbound truck hit the house.
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Jerry Stapp
Jackson
Margie Matta
S. Cherry St
Stapp
12Th Street
Odessa College to air student produced nightly newscast
ODESSA The Odessa College television department presents a student produced nightly newscast on cable channel 10. The Scene Tonight airs at 5 and 11 pm with local national state and OC campus news and weather forecasts. Ann Talley Midland is student producer and Odessan Steve Calderon directs. MIDLAND Desegregation controversy groups stay active with meetings planned. ALPINE Alpine City Council approves milk permit cost and budget measures awaiting a planned desert museum project. FORT STOCKTON City Council approves $700000 water system improvements bonds and bids for police cars. ODESSA A 16 year old armed youth barricades in west Odessa home, talks down by sheriffs and Texas Rangers. AUSTIN Highway official defends promised projects amid inflation and budget limits. MIDLAND City Council sets December 14 tentative date for debt financed airport and convention center expansion.
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Odessa College
Tom Barnett
Ann Talley
Midland
Fort Stockton
Austin
Dewitt C. Greer
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
Ector County
Joe Connally
Highway Commission
Commission
Greer
Connally
Harvard study backs flu inoculations
A Harvard Medical School study released in Boston concludes that widespread swine flu immunizations were warranted. It says without broad vaccination there would be a one in ten chance of an epidemic this winter, risking more than 50,000 deaths and infection of over 56 million people, costing $6 billion in hospital bills and lost productivity.
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Boston
Harvard
Havard
Medical School
Pecos Texas Newspaper Staff and Mail Rates Notice
The Pecos Texas paper lists staff positions including Managing Editor Eggy McCracken and Sports Editor Ynn Webb and provides mailing closure at 6 pm. It outlines subscription rates by county and state with tax details, plus Associated Press syndication and second class postage information.
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Eggy McCracken
Ynn Webb
Ova Gutierrez
Jene Douc
Mane Osborn
Doris W
Mily 3Alindo
Arlos Nichols
Aary Carpenter
Pecos Texas
Community meeting schedule for Pecos area clubs and groups
Thursday Reeves County Associa tion for Children With Learning Disabilities meets Pecos High School Library at 7 30 p m with other events. Monday United Way volunteers gather City Hall at 5 p m. Evening Lions Club at American Motors Inn 7 30 p m. Amistad Lions Club at Lions Den 7 30 p m. Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village Steak House at 7 p m. Tuesday Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meet 8 p m at 125 S Oak St with multiple support groups. Morning TOPS Club 9 30 a m Federation Parlor. TOPS TX 259 at St Community Council office 6 p m. Evening Optimists at Saragosa Hall 8 p m.
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Reeves County Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
Pecos High School
Evening Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
Deaths J E Ferguson Services for James Edgar Ferguson
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 Mason and member of Pecos Masonic Lodge 736 Wallis Masonic Lodge 817 East Bernard and Pecos Chapter 81 Order of the Eastern Star He is survived by his widow Mildred two brothers W K Ferguson of Texas City and H M Ferguson of Orange and several nieces and nephews Pallbearers were John Ratino Tim W Ferguson Frank Emmittee Harrell Walker Dick Gray and Walter Wasicek
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Pecos
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Livestock Report
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Reeves County Library
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