Pecos retailers face uneven Christmas sales but hopeful outlook
Local merchants report sales down by varying amounts from last year yet 1973 remains strong. Some firms see losses around 25 percent while others match the prior year. Industry observers note national inflation and late Thanksgiving dampen demand, though last minute shoppers often salvage the season.
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Pecos
Detroit
Washington
Don Doan
Gibson
Dean
Tive
Commerce Department
New Orleans
Times- Picayune
Minneapolis
Que Paso? Chronical of Pecos editor and area quirks
The column notes Julius Gassett’s 50 years as a Pecos newsboy, starting in 1924 in San Antonio, and describes his current long-time paper route. It also mentions Christmas gift ideas from Sonny Windham of Robinson Chevrolet, a farmer economy point, Kentucky speed enforcement, a possible Texaco gas well near Alamo, and a cautious note about mineral rights in Pecos.
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Julius Gassett
Gassett
San Antonio
Pecos
Sonny Windham
Robinson Chevrolet
Sonny
Texaco
Alamo
Rockefeller VP inauguration expected to air tonight
Nelson Rockefeller headed for confirmation as the 41st vice president with a likely House vote against him. House leaders predicted 125 to 150 votes in opposition, with opposition from Los Angeles area members and many from New York Massachusetts Missouri and Tennessee. The vote was set after six hours of debate and inauguration to follow in the Senate chamber with live TV first in its history. Chief Justice Warren E Burger would swear in Rockefeller as officials attend.
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O'Neill
Los Angeles
New York
Massachusetts
Missouri
Tennessee
Carl Albert
House
Senate Chamber
Senate
Rockefeller
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
Cold front grips Texas as temperatures plunge nationwide
A cool front sweeps into Texas lowering Pecos to 35 degrees and leaving northwest areas chilly. Highs around 61 in Pecos with many spots near freezing, schools dismissing Friday at 2:30 for Christmas break. Readers see clearing to partly cloudy skies with a trough over the Panhandle and Central Texas upcoming.
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Pecos
Trans-Pecos
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Ray Whitley
Marfa
West Texas Mountains
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Amarillo
Wink
el Paso
Dalhart
Junction
Midland
Mineral Wells
Childress
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Lubbock
Tyler Oe
Clower urges state utilities commission bill
State Sen. Ron Clower says he will introduce legislation to create a three member elected utilities commission with authority over telephone electric natural gas and private water industries. He cites Texas service costs and a Senate subcommittee report on Southwestern Bell as the basis for the proposal. Travel advisories and winter weather stretched from the Midwest to the East with snow and rain impacting Illinois Indiana Missouri Michigan Ohio Kentucky North Carolina and Virginia.
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Dallas
Ron Clower
Garland
State Utilities Commission
Texas Telephone Service
Clower
Senate
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Illinois
North Carolina
Midwest
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Montana
Utah
Pacific Northwest
New York
Vermont
California
Central Plains
Seaboard
Senior Citizens Clinic On Health Screenings Set
Free blood pressure check and diabetes screening offered for all seniors at the Senior Citizens Center located at Second and Hickory Streets at 2 p.m. Monday. Bring cards from the last clinic.
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Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory Sts
Pecos museum sees tourism surge and park plans
West of the Pecos Museum reports over 12 000 adults and about as many children visited the Pecos facility, with hopes for higher tourism after moving the Judge Roy Bean replica nearby and opening a downtown city park west of the museum. City razing Sagebrush Inn for park space to honor Old West heritage and encourage donations. Santa schedules four Pecos appearances Saturday downtown and at Airlawn, Foodway, and S Eddy Street, starting at 9 30 a m.
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Pecos
State of Texas
Pecos Museum
Archie Scott
Friends of
Scott
Judge Roy Bean
Sagebrush Inn
Friends of the Museum
Santa
Jolly Gent
Oak Street
Airlawn
Foodway
S. Eddy Street
Nixon lawyer is sentenced for back-dating Nixon papers
Edward L. Morgan, a lawyer who illegally back-dated the deed turning Richard M. Nixon's pro-presidential papers to the government, was sentenced to four months in prison and 20 months' probation by U.S. District Judge George L. Hart Jr. The judge said Morgan's situation cried out for mercy and decency.
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Washington
Edward L. Morgan
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
George L. Hart Jr
Morgan
Telephone trouble calls fall below projections
Continental Telephone manager Ron McReynolds reports Pecos exchange problems are diminishing and not fully reported. He notes 5.6 trouble calls per 100 phones in service this month, below the eight per 100 target, with clear times improving and some unreported issues likely. He cites busy signals in the 445 24 and 445 49 groups as business lines often all in use.
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Pecos
Continental Telephone
Ron McReynolds
McReynolds
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Echo Prints
Pecos High
Eagle Echo
Marlene Coleman
J.C. Penney Co
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Penney
Sears
Jack Yost
Liberty House
San Francisco
R.H. Macy
Manhattan
É Que
John Pitts
By Jim Adams
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Nixon
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