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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1971
Page
1
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier dies after a three month illness. His son Jean Claude, 20, named successor and announced as new president. Port au Prince remained quiet as the national radio announced the cabinet with two holdovers.
Southern senators urged Congress to enact a national school desegregation policy administered by the White House arguing the government applies different standards to North and South. Sen John Stennis planned to offer the measure to a Nixon administration bill authorizing 1.5 billion dollars yearly for desegregation aid.
President Nixon has accepted honorary membership in the U S Table Tennis Association. The move was reported by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and delivered without public announcement. Graham B. Steenhoven, association president, said Nixon accepted Wednesday.
CHICAGO AP. Charles F. Pfenning of the American Train Dispatchers Association announced a national wage and benefits contract with the railroads. The 2,755-member union won a 43.6 percent increase retroactive to January 1, 1970, expiring in April 1973. The deal marks the largest wage rise ever won by the union or any railroad union.
General Lon Nol reportedly formed a new Cambodian government after yielding to pressure from Chief of State Cheng Heng and army officers. He remains premier despite partial recovery from a stroke two months earlier, ending the Republic's first political crisis.
Security forces launched a major operation to seize nine jungle strongholds of youths staging an armed rebellion against the Ceylonese government. A communique said rebel territory is rapidly dwindling and reported 25 insurgents killed in the Kegalle area with no government casualties.
Dania Florida amid its worst dry spell in 25 years City Manager Woodward Hampton banned lawn sprinkling and ordered restaurants to serve water only on request Police will issue warnings to violators and he warned he may personally enforce restrictions on Monday providing a tense response to water shortages.
Herschel E. Moore, 31, an armored truck guard, shot and killed Robert Basurto, 39, who faced him with a pistol as Moore left a Highland Park market with several thousand dollars in checks. Basurto earlier robbed armored trucks and died at the scene from a neck wound.
A Texas appeals court upheld the public right to know in a Pecos Toyah annexation dispute. The 4th Court of Civil Appeals reviewed a case involving the Pecos Barstow School District and Toyah, ruling officials must study the court decision before appeals.
Representative Richard Slack announced the House Appropriations Committee approved 500000 for new construction at the West Texas Children's Home operated by the Texas Youth Council. He noted the grant would aid the children, and also secured 101000 annually for the Pecos River Compact Commission to protect water rights development in Texas.
Pecos High School volleyball coach Mrs. Cecil Yvonne Stickels has been chosen for the All State Selection Committee for region I Conference AAA. The committee convenes at the State Volleyball Tournament in Austin on May 23 and 24 at Texas Gregory Gym. eight players will earn all state honors. Kathy Wadley of Pecos High is Pecos’ only all district honoree this season.
The Morning Optimist Club hosts its annual oratorical contest at 7 30 P M at the Community Center. The winner advances to Zone 10 in Albuquerque New Mexico on May 15 with possible progression to national levels in the Optimist event.
The second conference by area American Mensa members focused on gifted children education will run May 1 in Van Horn Texas. Several guest speakers will attend with Professor Bruce D Mattson of Texas Tech University as a special guest speaker.
Gov. Preston Smith meets with Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin at Kelly Air Force Base to discuss Texas drought conditions. Hardin will tour South Texas, with Texas lawmakers and federal officials in attendance, as Smith expresses disappointment over lack of a major drought disaster declaration by President Nixon.
Airman First Class Ronald B. Stephenson son of Mr and Mrs I B Stephenson Pecos Texas has graduated from the technical training course for air force communications equipment repairmen at Sheppard AFB Texas He is assigned to Dyess AFB Texas with a Strategic Air Command unit A Pecos High School 1966 graduate he earned a B A from Texas Tech University His wife Jewel daughter of Mr and Mrs J Anthon Woods of Pecos Texas accompanies the family
Pecos firemen answered a 9 35 this morning call eight miles north on Highway 285. The blaze burned on the Atlantic Richfield lease.
An organization meeting will be held Friday night in the Security State Bank coffee room to organize the Pony League for the new season. Cecil Jim Lee urges interested individuals to attend and help recruit managers umpires coaches and officers needed to start another season.
The Chanters of McMurray College perform at the First United Methodist Church Pecos tonight at 7 30. Repertoire includes works by Bruckner Tschesnokoff Gretchaninoff Haydn Morgan Schuman and Berger with soloists Ricky Brooks Donald Burton Barbara Eich Sid Fowler Tom Fuller Mike Knight John Leach Sherry Penkert Gloria Pineda Anita Ryan Pedro Tamez and Diane Tull invited crowd from Pecos area expected to attend.
The Pecos High School Eagle band went to Permian High School in Odessa on Wednesday to compete in concert and sight reading contests. Pecos placed second along with Lamesa and Ft. Stockton, while Andrews Kermit Ector and Colorado City took third. Monahans and Snyder won first. Mr. Bill Carrico, Eagle band director, said judging was pretty rough this year and praised the band's strong performance.
A Texas boy and an Arizona girl have been named students of the year by the Distributive Education Clubs of America. The awards spotlight outstanding DECA members from two states and reflect the program’s focus on business and leadership disciplines.
Wayne Sparkman wins the Evening Optimist oratorical contest at Saragosa Hall earning a spot in Zone K with clubs from Ft. Stockton McCamey and Van Horn The Zone K winner advances to the district contest in El Paso Wayne is an eighth grade student at East Pecos Junior High Harold Williams of Houston is top leader at the national conference Bonita Marie Gephart of Phoenix is named top girl Rhonda Gill of Long Beach is vice president and runner up in student of the year Stigler High School wins chapter of the year Four day conference draws about 5000 youths marketing and distribution group has 125000 members Pecos DE students Bill Mauldin and Lester Eban attend
Fair conditions continue tonight and Friday as cooler air moves in tonight with lows near 34 to 50. Friday will be mild with highs ranging from 62 to 78 degrees.
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