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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1975
Page
1
A Pecos ambulance team executes a routine emergency response after a car crash near Carlsbad. The piece reviews rapid deployment, hospital care at Memorial Hospital, and the efficiency of the service, noting 66 minutes for a 120 mile round trip and detailing life saving gear in the ER and adjacent X-ray room.
A $20,672.03 sales tax check from state comptroller Bob Bullock arrived in Pecos after merchants filed monthly or quarterly reports. The city collected $22,148.16 in the period, with the state retaining a 2 percent fee. Councilman Carl McGee notes large checks occur when many merchants file monthly rather than quarterly. Comparable amounts are listed for Monahans Balmorhea Odessa and Midland.
Mrs. David Northcutt reports seven Odessa College extension courses in Pecos lack sufficient enrollment to be offered this year. Psychology 231, Math 135B, Shorthand, Physical Education Volleyball and Welding 161 162 163 require more registrations. Interested students may enroll before classes begin August 28 by contacting Mrs. Northcutt at 445 3694.
West Texas Pecos Barstow Toyah school district faces a $3.26 million drop in tax valuations due to reclassification of prime farmland and lower cotton prices. Land north of the railroad is valued at $7 per acre, between tracks at $9, south of Verhalen at $11, with potential further value cuts from rising farm gas costs to $1.85 per 1 000 cfm. Fewer farms could shift tax burden onto remaining property owners as agriculture contracts.
John Pitts recalls a 4:05 a.m. wake up episode filled with frustration and lack of cigarettes. He describes hunting for a light, dialing time, and seeking behavior control tactics, then smoking at Roper's despite advice to quit. He confirms his son’s claim is false about finding him on the kitchen floor rubbing sticks.
Reeves Memorial Hospital interior redesign featured major alterations such as removing indoor patios. A marathon hospital board session addressed growing discontent with plans approved earlier, with Chairman Joel Daniel stressing patient satisfaction and noting a $60,000 architect bill. He defended giving staff control over interior design while seeking to resolve doctor and staff concerns. Continued on Page 2.
In Wilmington police used tear gas and nightsticks to disperse a Black crowd protesting the bail release of a white man charged with shooting 13 year old Sheila Farrell who lay critically wounded. Demonstrators smashed windows near a downtown mall during the midday protest.
Pecos and Barstow B P W members seek the names of all servicemen killed in action in the Korean conflict and the Viet Nam war. They plan to cast and place the names on the front of the courthouse. Contact County Clerk Catherine Ashley at 445 2012 or 445 3516. Mounted and foot patrol restrained 200 300 protestors as they rallied on the mall. All stores closed during the demonstration.
Three Pecos High School yearbook staffers and sponsor Mrs. Irene Turk returned from the 18th annual Southwestern Council of Student Publications session in Lubbock. Eagle editor Monya Hooker, business manager Cookie Painter, assistant editor Cecile Montgomery, and Mrs. Turk learned layouts writing copy and financing with Barc Curtis of Taylor Publishing Company leading sessions. Hooker was a top contender for Miss Workshopper. Back in Pecos the group chose paper type and cover for the 1976 edition and will begin selling ads as school resumes.
Gulf Oil Corp. says gasoline could rise up to seven cents a gallon once federal crude price controls end, but the company plans to delay increases to customers. President James Lee says there will be no profiteering and urges responsible industry behavior to regain public trust.
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