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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1973
Page
3
In late 1966 amid North Vietnamese torture, a captured U S Navy crewman recalls how faith and prayer sustained POWs. He notes signs that demoralized the enemy as resilience and code of conduct guided their actions.
A Senate committee backed a bill to raise license fees for hunters by 5.25 dollars and fishermen by 2.16 dollars, funding gaps blamed on slow revenue growth. The plan would add about 6.3 million dollars annually and includes recommenda tions to confirm two new Parks and Wildlife Commission members.
Senator W E Snelson of Midland introduces a measure to raise driver standards with annual physicals pre employment license checks and a state certified driver training course for school bus safety. The plan partners the Texas Education Agency with the Texas Department of Public Safety and aims to reduce collisions and improve safety.
Mr and Mrs Robert S Barton of 2119 Country Club won an automatic dishwasher from United Rubber Workers Union Local 683. Nick Jurado of 320 Walthall St a Local 683 member and test driver at Automotive Proving Grounds received a letter jacket while in Reeves County Memorial Hospital after surgery. The jacket honors the member who disposed of the most tickets for the Local Home Association project.
Senator W E Snelson of Midland introduces a bill to strengthen the 1949 voluntary unitization statute by authorizing the Texas Railroad Commission to require cooperation of oil and gas property owners along unit boundaries. He says it could reduce the need for forced unitization while protecting property rights amid legislative battles over compulsory unitization.
Heliodoro Sanchez regional director of National Parks in Colombia travels through Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains as part of a six month US training under Aid for International Development. He holds a Nebraska degree and has worked in the Colombian Park System since 1968.
Chief Harold S. Wallace announces a 40 hour in service school for law enforcement officers at the Andrews County Courthouse. Courses cover crime prevention coordination and use of prevention in detecting crimes. Instructors are Sgt. Fred Johnson Midland Police and Robert Hill Odessa Police. Hosted by the Andrews County Sheriff's Office with funds from a Criminal Justice Training Grant by the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission.
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