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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1975
Page
3
Fort Worth educators report a shift away from modern math toward basic methods as Dr. James Bailey, head of the 1975 State Textbook Committee, notes a reversal in teaching trends. The return to fundamentals follows debate over the value of modern math.
U S District Judge D W Suttle scheduled to hear arguments on revoking Archer Parr's bond after his federal perjury conviction was upheld. Parr, ousted as Duval County judge, was free on a 121,500 cash bond posted by Clinton Manges. The 5th Circuit affirmed July 24, and officers arrested Parr. Manges seeks bond return while appeals continue. Parr's lawyer James Gillespie questions timing and notes controversial factors surrounding the case. Parr, heir to the Duval political dynasty, faced related tax conviction of his uncle George Parr.
Police Chief Don Porter in Carlisle Iowa began drawing food stamps after the city council refused to set his salary since July 1. The council cut his pay to 2.25 an hour and then fired him, though the mayor reappointed him. Porter says his family relies on his wife’s Des Moines printing job and food stamps to survive.
Arnold the pig, weighing about 600 pounds, devoured a cake with one candle at a birthday party held at Bethel Mason’s filling station in Fork Mountain Virginia. The birthday feast included candy, pies, chocolate soda, and even a nickel gum ball. The pig, who sleeps by a breeze from an electric fan, eats 10 to 15 pounds of feed daily and roams Mason’s station with two German shepherds nearby.
In Kingman Arizona AP reports guards protect turquoise from open pit mines operated by L W Hardy Co Inc. Hardy claims vast profits as turquoise price soars from two to fifteen dollars per pound years ago to ten to one hundred dollars per pound now. He employs 150 miners and pays copper producers by turquoise yield while security stops theft like in diamond mines.
Lifeguards say beachgoers have resumed swimming as fear fades after the Jaws film. Officials note curiosity remains higher than fear, while reports rise but actual shark incidences stay rare. Experts cite no real shark population surge and compare risk to lightning strikes.
State comptroller Bob Bullock shut down three Jackson Tire Co. outlets in Austin for owing 47,038 in state and city sales taxes. He warned that about 70,000 delinquents statewide owe roughly 60 million, with more raids planned across Houston and other cities. The owners named were William A. Jackson and James T. Jackson.
Central Texas feed dealers reject claims that pesticides in birdseed caused thousands of parakeet deaths over the past year. Texas A&M scientists tested millet and oat groat samples and found small pesticide traces. Mr and Mrs Ernest Kunz reported 3000 parakeets in June 1974, now down to 800.
The Texas Railroad Commission reported 15 oil wildcats and 16 gas wildcats drilled in the state during the last half of July. Oil wildcats included districts in Houston, San Angelo, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, Midland, San Antonio No. 2 and Pampa, boosting year totals to 230 oil and 314 gas wells. During the period 276 oil wells were completed, and 135 gas wells were finished, lifting year totals to 3,877 oil and 1,884 gas wells.
Former secretary of state Dean Rusk stated no CIA agent killed a foreign leader, though some dissident groups were involved in intelligence gathering purchases. He cited no such orders during Kennedy and Johnson administrations and questioned Kissinger’s dual roles and power. Rusk spoke in Albuquerque while visiting family.
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