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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1971
Page
1
Police netted five of six armed escapees after a bold Friday breakout from the city county jail. A surprise raid in Kahala captured three men, with another arrested four hours later on a highway near the earlier site.
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott says a former attorney general tried to uncover irregularities in his income tax returns due to his role in the Robert G. Baker case. Baker, once secretary to the Senate Democrats, is now serving a tax evasion sentence. Nixon aide says intervention in Calley case should not derail military justice, Calley freed from stockade with confinement in quarters. Nixon to review after appeals end.
James R. Hoffa will go back to Lewisburg federal prison in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after a six day visit with his wife who is hospitalized with a serious heart condition. Hoffa Jr. 30, says he will accompany his father back to the prison where he has served four years of a 13 year term for jury tampering and mail fraud.
Reformers backed by Socialist and Communist parties win the Tokyo and Osaka prefectural governorships. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato’s Liberal Democratic allies hold power elsewhere in local elections, signaling a setback for his pro American agenda.
The Shell Oil offshore platform blaze in the Gulf of Mexico ends after 133 days and a $36 million cost. Two days of continuous efforts failed to stop the last remaining fire despite prior reductions from a week ago when one of the two wild wells was killed.
Air Force Sergeant Robert Jones, en route to Austin, Texas, handed a $30,000 check raised by Vietnam servicemen to Gary and Paula Holt in Oakland for their two children with a rare kidney disease. Jones said the donations surged after word spread and plans to proceed to Austin to present the funds. GM Vega owners urged to bring cars in for five free defect inspections.
Final services planned for L M R Mac Rogers 63 longtime Pecos Boy Scout executive. Died Easter Sunday at Memorial Hospital after brief illness. Survived by widow Vestol a son Dr Charles Rogers London England three grandchildren and siblings. Pallbearers from Buffalo Trail Scout Council Staff.
A Hobbs New Mexico man Thom as Glenn Bullen, 19, drowned at Red Bluff Lake on a Saturday afternoon while diving with five companions. Witnesses say he entered the water from a rock near a fishing camp and never resurfaced after three dives. Others attempted to rescue him, and his body was sent to Pecos Funeral Home pending further arrangements. Autopsy ordered. investigators from DPS, game warden, and the sheriff’s department looked into the incident.
The Evening Optimist Club held a drawing for a $50 U S Savings Bond to raise funds for Pecos High School graduates. Winner was Ricardo Valencia of 619 S Pecan Street.
Two Saragosa brothers Joe Fuentes Meraz 18 and Pedro Meraz 19 died after a single vehicle crash 16 miles south of Toyahvalle between Ft. Davis and Alpine. Ramon Meraz 16 and Manuel Jurado 22 along with Amelio Castillo 18 and others were treated for injuries. Funeral services for the Meraz brothers were planned with Pecos Funeral Home.
The 1971 Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will hold their initial meeting Tuesday April 13 at 12 noon in the Community Center Banquet Room. President Bob Bickley will lead new director appointments and committee duties. The Executive Committee meets at 10:30 a.m. with urging for full attendance.
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with warm afternoons. Low tonight 42 to 64 and high Tuesday 82 to 96. Weather region West of the Pecos.
Local 683 URWA officers led by Bernardo Martinez spoke to the Commissioners Court presenting four questions. Three addressed the Commodity Food Distribution program operations and one addressed voter registration. County Attorney Darrell Glover presided in the absence of the county judge.
Abilene Tex AP Howard McMahon retired publisher of the Abilene Reporter News and longtime newspaper executive died Sunday night at 68 after a heart attack and years of poor health. He chaired the Reporter Publishing Co. board until his February 1964 retirement.
Former Senator Ralph Yarborough says a stock scandal and SEC probe push him to think seriously about seeking the Texas governorship in 1972. He spoke on Capital Eye and recalled a past false accusation involving Billie Sol Estes.
Eagle varsity track placed seventh at the Mustang Relays in Andrews with a team score of 41. Ector led with 87 points and Dunbar, Monahans, Brownfield, and Kermit followed. Borden Jenkins won Pole Vault at 13 feet, Wen dell Faulkner 12 6, Doug Yathorn second in Intermediate Hurdles, and Carl Smith of Pecos third in High Hurdles. District meet set for Monahans next Saturday April 17.
Sign-up for Pecos Little League opens today at the Chamber of Commerce office 506 South Oak from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eligible boys must be 8 before August 1 and no older than 12, and have never played Pecos baseball. A parent must accompany the boy and bring a birth certificate.
Margaret Burkhalter reported a theft from her car on Plum Street with a $3 cash loss and two credit cards. A mobile home on South Ash was broken into Friday night and an antique .38 Colt plus about $4 in change were stolen. Mike Hooper’s Opel Kadett was damaged by a rock at a Stop sign near Al’s. Ben Greear noted a Texaco card used after being reported missing but not canceled.
An explosion, suspected to be caused by a pipe bomb, tore through the office of the South African consulate general in New York today. Police and investigators cordoned the area as details emerged about potential casualties and motives.
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