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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1977
Page
2
After two weeks of debate the Senate acts to adopt an 11 000 word ethics code to curb conflicts of interest and bolster public confidence. It requires extensive annual personal financial disclosures and limits outside income to 15 percent of official salary.
Mr and Mrs Ramon Prieto announce the engagement of their daughter Emma to Jimmie Dominguez son of Mr and Mrs Efren Dominguez of Balmorhea. They will wed April 30 at Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Saragosa with Rev David Viramontes officiating. Emma is a Pecos High School student and Jimmie a Balmorhea graduate employed near Saragosa.
The stock market climbed broadly in New York with the Dow Jones up 5.16 to 924.29 at noon. The NYSE composite rose 0.23 to 53.76 and the American Stock Exchange index gained 0.80 to 111.97 as volume reached 7.72 million shares. Unemployment fell to 7.3 percent and analysts expect institutional selling to ease after quarter end. Sambo's Restaurants led active list at 15 with a 215,700 share block at that price.
NBC reports Dutch journalist Willem Oltmans will testify that Lee Harvey Oswald was hired by a Dallas conspiracy of oilmen and anti-C Cuban exiles to kill President Kennedy. He says the plot involved a trucking firm executive and promised large payment to Oswald. Science groups say Noah’s Ark timber on Mount Ararat is about 1200 AD, not biblical age.
Memorial Hospital Board of Control voted to hire a temporary administrator through Hospital Affiliates International for 60 days while permanent candidates are screened. Robert Verner requested a $25 000 base salary on a one year contract and will be considered among 24 applicants. Fort Stockton chamber luncheon honors Pecos County petroleum and sulfur industries with First National Bank leader Harry Clark as guest speaker. A golf tournament will follow for industry personnel.
The city proposes buying a $20,000 modular ambulance for Toyah and surrounding area with funding from the Permian Basin Planning Commission and Reeves County Commissioners Court, without tax increases or bonds. Ten residents are training in rescue work and first aid to operate the unit, to be housed at the Toyah fire station.
A 500 B C vase painting depicts a youth spinning a diskos, an ancient toy related to the modern yo-yo. The note connects classical artifact imagery to later toy design and play.
John Osborne of Houston received a suspended one year sentence and a $5000 fine for marijuana possession with a five year probation to follow. Gerardo Rico Luna, 19, a Mexican national, drew one year with four months to serve and eight months suspended for possession with intent to distribute after a December gunfight bust in which over 2500 pounds of marijuana were seized.
Audrey Bell, Parkland Hospital emergency room nurse, recalls four or five bullet fragments removed from Gov. John Connally in Dallas, says she was surprised the commission never interviewed her. Her statements raise questions about the lone gunman conclusion.
Monday evening Lions Club meetings at Motor Inn and Lions Den at 7 30 p m Pecos Optimists meet at Chaparral Village Steak House on Tuesday Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meet at 8 p m at 125 S Oak St with three phone contacts Morning TOPS Club meets at 9 30 a m Federation Parlor TOPS TX 259 meets at St Community Council office 6 p m AARP meets at the Senior Center 119 S Cedar at 7 p m on Tuesday
Graveside services for Martha Ellen Ticer 58 will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Vernon Hagar of Assembly of God Church officiating. She died at 2:20 a.m. today in Reeves Memorial Hospital born October 18 1918 in Oklahoma. Survivors include three sons Wayne Ticer Corpus Christi Danny Ticer Anaheim John Ticer Midland one daughter Mrs Juanella Burton Pecos 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren one brother Clyde Copeland Gonzales Louisiana one sister Mrs Bertha Lee Curtis Fort Worth.
The list describes midweek meals including lasagne casserole with corn, salad, roll, pineapple cream pudding and milk. beef stew with okra and crackers. chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and green beans. hamburger with fries and dessert. and cheese enchiladas with beans and salad. Milk is offered with each meal.
The Americas Cancer Society reports more than $400 million spent since 1946 to support cancer research and clinical investigation. It calls on readers to donate this year to aid diagnosis methods, new drugs, and treatment advances to eradicate cancer in our lifetime.
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