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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1975
Page
1
Stephen Bates surveys Pecos in 1975 noting rapid growth, new facilities, a hospital bond vote, and a burned replica of Judge Roy Bean’s office. Yet traffic deaths, a jail inmate death, influenza, and farm worker tensions mark the year, with sports and school events interwoven.
Pecos reflected on 1975 as a year of activity and growth, ending with a top football team near a state AAA title. Highlights included a record United Way drive of 30,000, the Fall Fair and World Championship Barbecue, a livestock show earning 29,500, and a Rodeo season over 30,000 in receipts. New businesses arrived, improved facilities were completed, and deposits rose at local banks, signaling robust economic momentum ahead of 1976 with a building boom expected over 10 million in permits.
A personal yearend note blends jokes about stubborn lists with a Parade magazine credo on no one surviving life. The author marks two years in Pecos praising its people while urging good cheer health and kindness in 1976.
A winter storm developing over New Mexico was expected to curb a warm trend across West and North Texas with much colder conditions likely by Thursday in the Texas Panhandle. Forecasters warned of reduced visibility, 40 mph winds near Guadalupe Pass and toward Carlsbad NM, and travel advisories extended from the Canadian border to Mexico. New Mexico issued a winter storm watch as rising winds and snow were forecast, while Texas temperatures fell to 15 degrees at Marfa and 48 at Galveston.
Texas Ranger Joe Cole appeals for tips about Bruce Winston Turner a 26 year old hitchhiker murdered December 16 near Sheffield on U S 290. Turner of Denver was last seen at 3 30 p m and his body found December 17 nearby. He was described as 6 feet tall 175 pounds auburn hair wearing a navy knit cap a black leather jacket blue jeans and a light blue sweater. His wallet and backpack items were missing. Call 445 4941 or 445 4676 with information.
The Pecos Enterprise will be closed Thursday for the New Year’s holiday and will not publish a newspaper that day. Enterprise offices, however, will open on Friday and a paper will be published as usual.
An earthquake struck western Greece at 11 46 am devastating towns near Athens and leaving one dead a 4 year old girl named Vassiliki Polydorou from Kastraki, with 10 injured and thousands homeless. Police said casualties would have been higher if the quake occurred earlier.
Benito Salcido's bid to lower bail from 50000 to 5000 was denied by Judge J H Starley of the 143 District Court Tuesday. Roddy Harrison argued the request noting the defendant cannot raise funds. Salcido was among six arrested December 19 at the Green Lantern Bar on narcotics charges.
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