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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1974
Page
3
Barstow elementary students performed a Christmas program at the Barstow gym with first through sixth graders taking part. Younger pupils sang carols while older students presented international holiday customs and a manger scene. The Barstow Lion's Club donated bags of goodies for the children.
Irene Garcia notes visits of Chris Crawford in Odessa with his mother and brother Bruce and Chucky. Joe Juarez and daughter Jo Ann of Odessa visit Vic Juarez family. James Crawford and Kim of Rockwell visit Raymond Crawford family. Nancy Lou Garcia and daughters Irene and Becky travel to Odessa to see Lencho Polanco family. Polanco returns to Barstow with the Garcias. Mrs Dotson, Barstow pioneer, dies in Las Cruces at about 90.
James Angleton, named in reports as involved in the spying flap, resigns as CIA chief amid controversy. The move comes after scrutiny of covert operations and intelligence leaks affecting U S security.
Carol Thiessen, a Kansas housewife, left family to aid South Vietnam orphans. In Saigon she oversees about 80 children at Hope One, helped host a 350-child Christmas party, and coordinates donated toys, ice cream discounts, and a Santa visit from CIA staff.
Ford administration welcomes a partial rollback of U S Steel price hikes after a meeting with Council on Wage and Price Stability. U S Steel cuts the rise to about 4 percent for two thirds of its product line, with some items still up 7 to 8 percent. Bethlehem Steel and Wheeling-Pittsburgh also announce smaller or targeted increases as industry leaders respond to inflation concerns.
Pecos Rotary Club members and their wives heard the Pecos High School Choir under Bill Carrico at the annual Christmas program during a luncheon. President Bill Gordon Moss presented a gift on behalf of the Rotarians to Zephne Goldswain, a South African exchange student departing Pecos for home via Europe.
The National Weather Service projects varying odds of above or below normal winter temperatures across regions. The Federal Energy Administration says normal winter means no distillate shortages, with minor shortages possible under colder conditions, while natural gas supply to homes remains largely secure. The piece notes John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, wed in the White House on Feb 23, 1828.
The Watergate coverup trial centers on Nixon absence as defendant as jurors begin a Christmas recess. Judge Sirica expressed restraint while Frates argues Ehrlichman and Nixon misled him, using an orchestra metaphor. The defense notes Nixon as missing orchestra leader as they rest until Thursday and the trial resumes Friday.
Pecos High students enjoyed two programs on Thursday and Friday an educational lecture on atomic energy by Texas A&M professor Oren Ims and a Christmas music program by the high school choir. The events featured student seminars, trophy presentations by coaches, and a choir performance with soloists and piano accompaniment before students were dismissed at 2 30.
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