Just Musin by Alton Hughes Ranch House Showplace
The J F Ross home, built by W D Johnson in Pecos after 1892, was a grand showplace with six marble topped fireplaces and ornate red and white brick chimneys. The house featured two upstairs porches, a ballroom, cistern rainwater system, and panoramic views east to Pecos and west to desolate mesquite brush with distant Davis Mountains. It passed to E O Lochausen in 1895 and later sheltered Jim Miller after a second shooting by Bud Frazer, marking a notable chapter in local ranching history.
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J.F. Ross
W.D. Johnson
Johnson
Pecos
Old Camp Hospital
Jehovah's Witness
Davis Mountains
Italy
Johnsons
E.O. Lochausen
Lochausens
Jim Miller
Bud Frazer
Miller
Old Pecos house known as Ross place torn down in 1937
The historic Old J.F. Ross home in Pecos was guarded during a weeks long dispute over Miller and Frazer’s friends, changed hands multiple times from 1899 to 1936, was platted in 1911 as Gibson Addition, and after 22 years with the Ross family was sold to L.E. Patterson and then J.W. Brooks. The house, ruined by neglect, was dismantled in July 1937 with the lumber reportedly intended for four small homes.
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Frazer
Miller
Lochausens
A.A. Cox
Cox
James E. Bowen
Bowen
J.B. Gibson
Gibson
James F. Ross
Ross
L.E. Patterson
Patterson
J.W. Brooks
Pecos
Brooks
The high cost of education and inflation
Editorial examining rising college prices under 7 percent inflation. It cites a 10 year old facing $30 000 state and $53 000 private four year costs, requiring yearly savings of $1 860 and $3 250 respectively. Authors warn inflation may outpace after tax returns and force borrowing. Page 10.
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Edwin E. Gatewood Jr
Oakland Financial Group, Inc
Charlottesville
Southfield
Mich
Gatewood
April 1 1975 in history highlights from AP
Today in history notes key events and birthdays on April 1 including Franco's Spain 1939 US recognition, Harvey birth 1578, first US House meeting 1789, RAF formed 1918, Burma split 1937, Okinawa invasion 1945, LBJ tax joke 1965, Indochina neutrality talk 1965, Supreme Court banking rule 1974, birthdays Debbie Reynolds 43 and Clementine Churchill 90, plus a biblical thought.
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Associated Press
Francisco Franco
United States
William Harvey
U.S. House of Representatives
New York City
Royal Air Force
Britain
Burma
India
Okinawa
Lyndon Johnson
France
Indochina
Paris
U.S. Supreme Court
Debbie Reynolds
Clementine Churchill
Pecos Yesterdays from the Pecos Enterprise Files
Pecos Army Air Field to stay in operation per the latest government report received last weekend, reversing earlier orders to deactivate on April 30.
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Stephen Bates
Pecos
Brown County
Brownwood
Mint Established in Philadelphia in 1792 Act
The first U S Mint was established in Philadelphia then capital by the Act of April 2 1792 creating gold silver and copper coinage. The Bureau of the Mint manufactures coins and distributes them via Federal Reserve banks. It also custody of Treasury gold and silver stocks and refines silver bullion.
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U.S
Philadelphia
Bureau of the Mint
Federal Reserve Banks
World Almanac
Mint
Treasury
Glacier Formation and Flow Explained
A glacier forms when more snow falls than melts over many years, accumulating into a thick, dense ice mass. The accumulated snow compresses into solid ice, and the weight causes the glacier to flow slowly downslope.
Crisis shows federal response to rabies emergency in Mexico
Four A and M University students were bitten by a rabid animal in Northern Mexico. With urgent treatment needed within hours, federal and Mexican authorities coordinated a helicopter airlift from Corpus Christi to Brownsville. The episode highlights bureaucratic hurdles yet proves the system can act decisively in an American citizen emergency.
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A&m University
Mexico
United States
Brownsville
Coast Guard
Texas
San Carlos
State Department
Defense Department
Brownsville Medical Center
Corpus Christi
Mexican Department of Defense
Federal Aviation Administration
America
Tech
Washington
Amendment on Texas lawmakers pay and per diem increases
Lt Gov Bill Hobby backs Amendment Number 2 raising lawmakers pay from 400 to 600 dollars a month and per diem to 30 dollars a day for all sessions. The measure also updates mileage reimbursement to standard state rates, drawing support for better compensation and concerns about cost to taxpayers. Opponents warn of influence on campaigning and potential misuse of unlimited per diem. Voters are urged to study the amendments and vote on April 22.
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Austin
Texas
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By Alton Hughes
J.F. Ross Home
Pecos Enterprise
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press
Wemie
Association
Puno
Peru
Lake Titicaca
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
Lt. Gov
Bill Hobby
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