Pecos pilots resist FAA plan to deactivate DME at Varner airport
Local flyers rally to halt the move by the FAA to deactivate part of the Vortac system at Pecos Ager John Varner airport. The DME aids instrument navigation by showing distance to the field, crucial in poor weather. Pilots say the action would affect more than 30 DME equipped aircraft and disrupt approach procedures for transients. The city is already investing in runway and lighting rehabilitation to boost use of the facility.
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Pecos Ager
John Varner
Varner
FAA
Wink Flight
Bill Potts
Warner
DME
Pecos
E.W. Schmidt
Schmidt
John Warner
Ed Robinson
Robinson
City Officials Get Pay Raise In Special Session
City council approved salary increases for the city manager police chief water superintendent fire chief city inspector and municipal judge effective January 1 1918 J J Maxey will earn 1350 per month Gene Martin 1075 no clothing allowance S B Hunts 1075 J T Prewit 375 Connie Gomez 275 Alfred Gomez and Dickie Wadley 860 each A second item discussed a lawsuit involving the city county schools and lawmen with a decision to meet the school board before action on the Horton case arising from a Pecos bus accident two buses east of Pecos on U S 86.
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J.J. Maxey
Gene Martin
S.B. Hunt
J.T. Prewit
Connie Gomez
Alfred Gomez
Dickie Wadley
Andy Horton
Pecos
U.S. 86
Major sugar refiners indicted for price fixing
Six major sugar refiners were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to raise and fix sugar prices for at least three years before 1973 across 19 Western and Midwestern states. The Justice Department also filed two companion civil suits to bar price information exchanges, closing a year-long probe into the $2.5 billion U.S. sugar market. A government spokesman said the actions do not involve the recent price rise, though pricing practices remain under investigation.
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San Francisco
The
Justice Department
U.S
Asst
Thomas KE. Kauper
Antitrust Division
Police investigate wrecks Thursday no injuries reported
Police logged four accidents Thursday with no injuries. At 10 10 a m a car driven by Ene dina G Mirales striking a truck at SH 17 and U S 80 started the day’s incidents. A three vehicle crash at Third and Bois D Arc at 12 53 p m involved Enrique Romaro James Toone and a Fraley pickup. At 6 06 p m Felicano Lomas and Betty Brown collided at Jefferson and Johnson streets. The final crash tied Allen Eastup and Aurelio Natividad at Country Club Drive and the I 20 service road.
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U.S. 80
Enedina G. Mirales
Verhalen
Willard V. Hodge
Adams St
Romaro
W. Third
Toone
Fraley
Felicano Lomas
Fort Stockton
Betty Vick
Merchants sponsor free movie night at Texan Drive-In
Merchant sponsored free shows begin at 6 p.m. Monday at the Texan Drive-In. The event aims to let one parent take children to the movies while the other shops. Pecos stores stay open evenings for Christmas shopping. Films are Culpepper Cattle Co. and The Hot Rock rated PG.
Bitter cold grips region with 27 degree low
Chill winds pushed temperatures down across the area with an early morning low of 27 degrees and a high near 57 earlier in the day. No thunder showers materialized near Pecos as other regions saw scattered showers and some snow in higher elevations while much of the Southeast stayed clear.
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Taxi franchise renewed for Pecos for year
Pecos Cab Company owned by Andrew W Harris received a one year extension for the citys taxi service through December 12 1975 in regular council session Other items included progress on Pecos Day Care Center repairs at 335 for floors windows walls and fixtures and preparations to meet state child care regulations The council also reported on demolition of the Sagebrush Inn on First and Oak streets with salvaged lumber to be reused and the purchase of an 8000 gallon underground gasoline tank for 2497 to allow separate storage of non lead and leaded fuels by city employees
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Pecos
Pecos Cab Company
Andrew W. Harris
Harris
J.J. Maxey
Maxey
Moon Se kwang hanged for attempted assassination of Park
Moon Se kwang, a 22 year old Korean born and raised in Japan, was executed in Seoul for attempting to kill President Chung Hee Park and killing the president’s wife, Mrs. Park, during Independence Day ceremonies. Moon cried at the bar and prayed, leaving a will expressing sorrow and wishing his wife a happy life. Park was not harmed as he ducked behind the lectern.
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Seoul
South Korea
Moon Se-kwang
Chung Hee Park
Moon
Japan
Justice Ministry
Park
Korea
National Theater
Balmorhea Coffers Strained by Interstate Proximity
BALMORHEA faces a sharp economic downturn as I-10 runs two miles away, with Rick Moon reporting restaurant declines near 50 percent and Raul Flores noting at least 30 percent fall in business. Gas stations limp on, one shop closed, and locals blame lack of interstate signs and detours.
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John Pitts
Balmorhea
Rick Moon
Rick
Raul Flores
Ness
Exxon
Frank Tercero
Tercero
California
Alton Parker
Parker's Liquor and Grocery
Parker
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