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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1971
Page
1
Four members of the House Armed Services Committee spent Easter in Vietnam and praised Nixon Viet Namization policies. They said antiwar demonstrations in the United States boost North Vietnamese morale and acknowledged American policy is succeeding.
Four Mexican American leaders petition Catholic bishops to allocate 8.5 million dollars in anti poverty funds to Spanish surnamed Americans. They note Spanish speaking Catholics are 25 percent of U S Catholics and cite the 1970 census showing them as the poorest group.
E G Marsh director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife office in La Porte flew over the Trinity River above Lake Livingston and estimated tens of thousands of fish dead along a 40 mile stretch. He cited last week’s rains and warmer weather causing a bottom to bottom turnover that churned up domestic and industrial waste in the river bed. This debris reduces oxygen killing fish.
President Nixon taps John G. Veneman, undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare, to lead the drive to pass his top domestic bill welfare reform. The appointment highlights a high‑level aide who shares the workload but not the public visibility of the president’s top Cabinet figure.
An Oklahoma Employment Security Commission study shows economic collapse across 22 counties as drought drives widespread outmigration. The report warns that nonagricultural workers suffer as conditions linger and drought persists beyond the 18 month horizon.
AP reports massive fish kills and widespread ground fires hit the Florida Everglades during a six month drought. Officials warn fires burn peat soil called muck four to five feet deep, often smoldering underground then resurfacing in ragged lines, threatening wildlife.
Pentagon sources confirmed Capt. Samuel L Gravely Jr 48 a former railway postal clerk from Richmond Virginia will be Nixon s nominee for rear admiral Senate confirmation is required His wife recalls his early days when Negroes could not do much and he cleaned up at a pool hall in the past nearly 30 years ago
Senator Gale W McGee backs Nixon Southeast Asia policy and support for South Vietnam leader Nguyen Van Thieu in re-election efforts arguing self determination and Vietnamization not compatible. Senator Frank Church criticizes propaganda by U S Information Agency and calls for safeguards.
Four speakers from the Texas State Historical Survey Committee led the Region 1l annual meeting at the West of the Pecos Museum in Pecos. Talks covered preservation, museum techniques and archival cataloguing with a film on archaeology and a luncheon for 51. Region ll includes Reeves and 13 West Texas counties with many attendees from El Paso Marathon Fort Davis and more.
The Evening Lions Club reports strong progress on a project to provide hearing aids for children with hearing difficulties. Local donors James Hudgens of Bell Garage and Morris Giere of Palm Springs contributed two aids each, crediting Pecos Enterprise coverage and coordinator Mary Ann Cravens. Citizens are urged to donate unused or repairable hearing aids for refurbishment.
The Catholic War Veterans post Gonzales-Garcia-Perea, led by Commander Ysabel Flores, will celebrate a 7 p.m. Mass at Santa Rosa Catholic Church on National POW Day. The observance supports prisoners of war and missing in action in Southeast Asia and calls for humane treatment and release.
Balmorhea High School announces valedictorian Valynda Farmer and salutatorian Cay Crenshaw for the 1971 class. Farmer, daughter of S.S. Skidmore, boasts a 95.7 average and holds multiple honors from DAR and FHA, plus student government leadership. Crenshaw, daughter of O A Crenshaw, has a 91.8 average, named Miss BH S, and earned awards in acting, cheerleading, and sports. Graduation set for May 27 at 8 p.m.
Senator John Tower arrives in Odessa on Saturday May 1 to open the Presidential Museum exhibit Or i ginal Cartoons of the Presidents with a 1 45 P.M. reception and remarks on The Influence of Cartoons on the Presidency. Mrs Bentley Hawley chairs the exhibit committee and has gathered cartoons dating to the Jacksonian era from more than fifteen noted cartoonists. John Ben Shepperd chairs the Presidential Museum Board of Directors invites area citizens to attend and hear Tower.
Balmorhea State Park announces the pool will open on weekends from May 1 to June 1, 10 30 a m to 8 p m Saturdays and Sundays, with longer hours beginning June 1 for the rest of the summer.
Joni Thompson and William Kaddatz of Pecos won top UIL Region honors at Odessa Junior College on April 24 1971 advancing to the State UIL Meet in Austin April 30 Thompson led in the Region spelling contest for 4A and 3A while Kaddatz captured the Poetry Interpretation title Thompson has multiple UIL honors including band typing and science awards and is active in Future Teachers of America and Girl Scouts with extensive extracurricular leadership roles.
The Pecos Optimist Club accepts donations to fund youth work. Each $1 donation buys a ticket for a drawing at Safeway granting five minutes to grab groceries up to a $100 meat cap. The May 29 drawing will award five additional prizes beside the top winner.
Mike Brooks was treated and released at Memorial Hospital after a rollover on FM 1216 near Pecos around midnight. Passersby freed him from the wrecked pickup, which was set ablaze. Pecos volunteer firefighters extinguished the burning vehicle. DPS officers Fred Parrott and Ben Burch had no further details at presstime.
Lillian Bounds, 58, sustained fractures from second to ninth ribs after a car rolled from a family driveway in Jackson. The 1971 Ford LDT left in neutral rolled down Jackson Blvd, jumped curbing, struck a tree, and ended in the boulevard south lanes. She remains in Memorial Hospital with significant pain but fair overall condition.
Chavez is listed in good condition at Memorial Hospital under treatment for burns after a butane tank exploded last Friday at the M. H. McKinney Farm. He suffered first to third degree burns on his back and arms.
Cpl. Biff Johnson of the U S Marines is returning home today from Vietnam. He notified his parents Mr and Mrs Mitford Johnson that he would land in Midland and be picked up there. Johnson has served over eleven months in Vietnam and will spend 30 days at home before receiving further orders to complete his three year tour.
West of the Pecos forecast shows fair skies through Thursday with warm afternoon temperatures and mild nights. Daytime highs reach 75 to 82 with nightly lows near 42 to 58.
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