Hospital chiefs optimistic after Capitol visit plan revisions
O Ray Hurst head of the Texas Hospital Association said HEW officials promise not to enforce cost cutting guidelines as written. Gov Briscoe and Hurst met with Hale Champion and Sec. Califano and heard changes, expanding the exceptions and preserving local control amid rural access concerns.
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O. Ray Hurst
HEW
Texas
Hurst
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Joseph Califano
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hale Champion
Champion
Congress
Hospital Association
Califano
Reeves County Hospital Faces HEW Rule Challenge
Reeves County Memorial Hospital meets the 60 bed standard for a county of about 18 000 to 20 000, yet occupancy runs about 50 percent. HEW requires an obstetrical unit with 500 annual births and 75 percent occupancy, while the hospital averages about 300 births yearly. Officials warn adoption could have led to closure or major service cuts starting Jan 1 1978.
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Reeves County
Health Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Reeves
Pecos Council to Hear Gas Rate Increase Tomorrow
Pecos City Council will meet tomorrow at city hall at 6 p.m. for a public hearing on a proposed gas rate hike by Southern Union Gas Company. City officials and a gas company spokesman will attend. Ben Matta will take the oath as the new councilman, filling the unexpired term of former Mayor Pro Tem Bob Bickley.
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Pecos
City Hall
Southern Union Gas Company
Ben Matta
Matta
W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Pecos Christmas Parade lineup announced for December 12
The annual Christmas parade titled The Twelve Days of Christmas will start lineup at 3 30 p m on Veterans Blvd with judging at 4 p m and kickoff at 5 p m. Fifteen floats compete led by the color guard and Pecos school bands. Santa and His Helpers sponsored by local merchants closes the event.
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Veterans Blvd
Eddy Street
Highway 80
Third Street
Cypress Street
Fifth
Oak
First Street
Highway 285
Sixth
Cypress
Pecos
Santa
Merchants of Pecos
Help ing Hand project seeks warm coat and Christmas aid
The Enterprise reports a community drive to aid an elderly woman in her 80s. She needs a size 12-14 coat, size 6-6 shoes, a rug, a heater and a Christmas tree with decorations as she hopes to host her four grandsons from Pyote Children's Home for Christmas. Call 445-5475 or write P O Box 2057 Pecos.
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Pyote
Enterprise
P.O
Pecos
Tex
Pecos Deacon Named Advance Gifts Chairman for Diocese
Rev. George Vasquez of Pecos has been named advance gifts chairman of the 1978 Diocesan Development Fund for the Catholic Diocese of El Paso. He will work mostly in the Desert Vicariate with assistants Mrs. Kendall Osborn and Mrs. George Vasquez. The fund supports decentralization and spiritual growth programs. Vasquez belongs to St. Catherines Church, owns Terrazas Furniture, and is married to Louis Matta with a Pecos family.
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George Vasquez
Pecos
Advance Gifts
el Paso
Desert Vicariate
Robert Hinojos
Vasquez
Kendall Osborn
Geroge Vasquez
St. Catherines Church
Terrazas Furniture Store
Louis Matta
Georgia Mendoza Wins Free Turkey Contest
Georgia Mendoza of 118 S Mulberry wins a free turkey in a local merchant sponsored contest by The Enterprise. Mendoza deposited her ticket at Wackers on Eddy Street. The weekly entry runs in Friday's issue with a grand prize portable TV to be awarded end of contest. Readers may enter multiple times.
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Georgia Mendoza
S. Mulberry
Enterprise
Non-union coal mines join nationwide UMW strike sympathy
Non-union mines across Ohio Maryland Kentucky and other states halted operations on day two of the UMW strike triggered at 12 01 a m after wage talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association expired The union seeks full health benefits a grievance right to strike and a wage rise to 114 36 over three years Pickets prompted by the union's action affected rail shipments and mine activity as officials and members planned further moves.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Ohio
Maryland
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
BCOA
Tommy Gaston
Orie Hunt
Pike County
Robert Carter
UMW District 30
Tony Abar
Washington
Miller
Nine out of ten workers overwithhold social security taxes
GAO reports nine of ten American workers have too much tax withheld from weekly paychecks. Most prefer refunds, though overwithholding harms low income earners. The average 1973 overwithheld amount was 380 dollars, with refunds typically issued in March or April.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Treasury Department
Pecos Barstow Toyah ISD Board to Meet Tomorrow
The Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow at 5 30 p m. in the school administration building at 1302 S Park. The agenda includes the 1976 77 audit report the tax report and the school board visitation schedule.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School
Post Office Deficit Triggers Saturday Mail Cutbacks
The Postal Service reports a 652 million deficit for the year ending Sept 30 and projects widening losses next year. Officials warn that service cuts, including Saturday deliveries and small post office closings, may occur while injury compensation costs surge from 639 million to 1.2 billion next year.
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Washington
Postal Service
Francis X. Biglin
Biglin
Congress
Labor Department
Mail
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Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin, Texas
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Harold Elder
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Jackie Bowers
Brenda Steel
Ruth Bell
Terry Johnson
Mrs. Bozeman
The
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Geneva Stutts
Marcella Meek
Pecos Deacon
Turkey
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