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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1972
Page
3
Manila reports President Marcos says President Nixon will send Dr. Robert T. Chase from Stanford Medical Center to operate on Imelda Marcos. Surgery aims to reconnect tendons in her right hand after the assault.
Domestic drilling activity reaches its highest levels in three years with 1972 completions likely to surpass 1971. January to October totals show 22 920 completions and 114.4 million feet drilled, while November rigs average 1 188 in 34 states, signaling a notable industry upturn amid shortages.
A group of 30 elderly Dominican Sisters at St. Dominic's Villa in Houston has been placed on Old Age Assistance rolls, with first checks expected this month or January. Officials say vows do not bar aid, and questions regarding diocese financial responsibility were resolved in the nuns favor.
In Firebaugh California James and Mickey Boccabella keep Arnold a pet pig weighing about 800 pounds. The dog barking giant, vaulting from two pounds at birth to over seven feet long, has a bedroom and sleeps twenty hours daily. Arnold enjoys car rides and donuts, bringing comic fame to the family.
The West of Pecos Museum housed in the old Orient Hotel and Saloon presents 31 rooms of artifacts detailing pioneer life in the Permian Basin. Highlights include an Indian mummy, a gun collection, railroad and rodeo rooms, era furniture, and a center lobby with period renovations. Over 750 Texas Historical Markers honor sites in Pecos and Reeves County, including the first commercial rodeo and Pecos cantaloupe origins.
Twenty girls from 13 cotton producing states reach the finalist list for the 1973 Maid of Cotton. Texas nominees Becky Bradshaw Marion James and Debra Ann Ploch advance among state title holders Barbara Barnett Karen Sue Guice and Brenda Riker. The winner will appear at the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day.
The South likely got the name Dixie from ten dollar bills printed in New Orleans by the Citizens Bank of Louisiana. The bills bore the French word for ten, Dix, and the song’s original lyric referred to the land of the Dixes.
The National Council of Churches urged an immediate stop to U.S. bombing in Vietnam and planned penitence and thanksgiving services when hostilities end. It backed peace negotiations and urged a cease-fire agreement without delay.
The Supreme Court 8-1 ruling ends union power to fine defecting strikers who quit the union first. Justice Douglas noted a member who resigns loses union protection, prompting unions to consider changing constitutions to deter resignations though legality remains uncertain.
The Texas Forest Service announces eight new national champions and fourteen new state champions in the latest Texas Registry of Big Trees. Revisions include new national champs such as Texas Oak and Allegheny Chinkapin, with other additions and updates across counties and species. Residents may request nomination forms and obtain copies of the registry from the Texas Forest Service in College Station.
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