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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1973
Page
3
Antensive search for a missing boy narrowed to four radio direction finders after five days of effort yielded no solid data. State Police Chief Martin Vigil said no evidence supported the distress call and no target person remains identified.
Phase 4 widens controls with small and midsize firms allowed price increases to cover costs since late 1972 while large firms face 30 day notice. Exemptions apply to small firms, lumber and public services. Gas and beef freezes extend, and insurance and health sectors face special rules.
President Nixon signed a $22.9 billion three year highway measure aimed at easing urban congestion by unlocking Highway Trust Fund for mass transit. The act lets funds support bus rail capital in years two and three and broadens flexibility for state and local transportation planning.
Ruth Hoffman 57 held a large gathering at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City for over 100 relatives and friends after learning of terminal bone cancer. She wore rumpled white pajamas and greeted guests as they signed a guest book and shared hugs. She cherished talking and singing to loved ones, including her grandson Scott Gage.
Elmer Wayne Henley 17 attended Fulbright Methodist Church youth programs August to October and told police of a sex and torture murder ring led by Dean Corll. Henley faces multiple murder counts with a pending psychiatric examination sought by his attorney.
Descendants of Geronimo plan to press a new bid for damages from the U.S. government after the Indian Claims Commission paid over 16 million for land seizures. They seek additional compensation for 27 years of internment in camps in Florida, Alabama and Oklahoma, arguing the case belongs before the Supreme Court.
In Plainview Texas a Saturday night carnival disturbance spilled into fighting among youths. Police fired warning shots to disperse a 45 officer response. at least 17 arrests were reported as three officers were injured and order restored.
The Walter Naumburg Foundation will run a piano competition for U S musicians aged 17 to 30 during the 1973 74 season. First prize is 2500 plus two recital expenses in Alice Tully Hall and a guest appearance at Aspen. Second prize 1000 and third 500. Tape screening in January, followed by preliminaries semifinals and finals in Town Hall open to the public.
In Houston a group of parents express anger at police handling of missing sons linked to the city’s mass sex murders. Walter Scott says his son Mark vanished in 1972 after a trip to Mexico. others report similar frustrations and feel drug issues and lack of police action worsened their losses.
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