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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1977
Page
2
Balmorhea updates the 1977 78 calendar with teachers reporting August 17 and students August 24. New students must have shots and kindergartners birth certificates. Holiday in service days stay, Chamber of Commerce meets Monday with Tony Parker presiding. The Welcome Banner arrives for the Festival on September 5.
Mrs. Joan Parker visited her parents in New York and will return home Thursday. The Balmorhea football team and coach Tom Randall left for Van Horn for physicals. Bloys encampment begins Tuesday at Skillman Grove near Ft. Davis for a week of camping and speeches. The Balmorhea school board meets Tuesday to finalize facilities for the Aug. 22 start. City Council meets Aug 11 with Mayor Humphries. Ordinances mailed: city secretary term limits, fireworks ban, $100 arson reward, speed limits, Butane transfers, weed control, stray animal control. adopted last year.
SWIG announced at a July board meeting the opening of the 1978 Call Option Program to fix base levels for 1978/79 cotton. The option uses the New York Futures price to establish a base, with final settlement valuing the average basis by quality. Deadline to enter is May 15, 1978, with fixation by May 15, 1979. SWIG's Seasonal Pool remains the main marketing option. cottonseed intake is expected to rise from 29,000 to over 50,000 tons.
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce adopts two position papers on pending federal bills. It strongly supports H.R. 1348 to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, criticizing federal bureaucracy for overreach, vague regulations, and burdens on private business, and it notes concerns about a revised stance on the Rio Grande wild and scenic river designation.
Rain spreads across the southeast with a flash flood watch in South Carolina while thundershowers linger along the south Atlantic coast and parts of the Gulf Coast and Midwest. Cool conditions persist near the Great Lakes as the nation sees a mix of sun and showers.
The Texas Department of Health promotes Immunization Action Month with partners to boost immunizations across the state. Data show long term declines in rubella diphtheria pertussis tetanus polio and measles, but 1977 sees rises in rubella and measles. Over 200000 Texas babies born yearly need protection, and adults are urged to update boosters especially for diphtheria and tetanus.
VA Regional Office in Waco warns that many widows and spouses of disabled or deceased veterans may lose education benefit eligibility if action is not taken within 18 months. Eligibility rules cover up to 45 months of schooling for wives widows and eligible children ages 18 to 26 with various end dates and conditions.
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports Christie Kiefer argues football functions as a free-for-all ritual. He says elements of primitive ceremonies appear in the stadium setting with music, uniforms, cheers, and crowd activity. The essay links ritual renewal to the game atmosphere.
A psychologist describes football fandom as ritualistic and capable of altering social behavior. He notes heightened heart rate, flushing, sweating, trembling, and temporary insensitivity to pain during rituals, with fans often calming and less irritable after a game, able to cope with others for a week.
Marvin V. Hughes, 62, died at 12 30 a.m. at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring. Services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Born May 22, 1912, he was a World War II veteran and a Baptist. Survived by his mother Mrs. Bessie Hughes of Pecos, a son Floyd Hughes of Midland, a brother James A. Hughes of Pecos, a sister Mrs. Florence McNeil of Pecos, and two grandchildren.
Forecasters predict more scattered showers and thunderstorms across West Texas after earlier rain in the South Plains and northeast Panhandle. Rain amounts were under a quarter inch as temperatures rise into the 90s with some Central and South Texas locales nearing 100.
Thursday at the Senior Center on 119 S Cedar features a game day at 25 p.m. with four participants. Friday offers Arts and Crafts and a salad luncheon from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the same location. The piece ends with a quip about the original hippie seeking pot at rainbow’s end.
Former Odessa city manager Ron Neighbors faced censure from two councilmen who cited a bureaucracy viewed as insensitive to the public and multiple power abuses as reasons for demanding his resignation. The roundup also notes hospital board meeting in Monahans on a new four million dollar bond, ongoing theft cases in Andrews, and scholarships at Sul Ross State University.
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