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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1977
Page
1
Pecos High School joins National Vocational Education Week with VE display of ongoing projects and programs. VE director Jim Davee urges community visits to explore career training options and emphasizes careful investigation for rewarding futures. For information call 445 2441.
T A Cunningham head of the Independent Cattlemen’s Association told the House Ways and Means Committee in Austin that inheritance taxes drain estates and discourage effort. He warned Texas could raise more revenue if death taxes were reduced. He predicted workers would push harder and pay less tax without the levy.
Clouds and light rain dampen much of Texas with fog in the northwest while temperatures range from the teens to 60s across regions. The weather forecast predicts clearing in West Texas and continued light rain in the east and center as a Pacific storm moves offshore. Inheritance tax reforms are debated. bills seek partial relief, with HB27 proposing tax-free estates between spouses or preserved ex emptions, potentially reducing state revenue by about 51 million over two years.
Secretary Califano lifts the moratorium on a double barreled flu vaccine and urges the elderly and chronically ill to get shots. The swine flu moratorium remains, with no outbreak in the United States this year, while the Hong Kong strain remains optional for doctors.
A biblical quotation from Matthew 6 24 asserts that a person cannot serve both God and wealth. It contrasts devotion between spiritual allegiance and material mammon, warning of divided loyalty and conflicting commitments.
Forecast calls for decreasing cloudiness today with mostly clear skies tonight. Monday’s high is expected around 42 degrees with an overnight low near 2.0 degrees.
City council calls election for the wards held by Doug Fernandez Manuel Trujillo and Bob Bickley in a regular session. Election set for April 2 at the Community Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Officials will discuss regional meetings and a highway lighting contract on I-20. They will hear bail damage reports for Saragosa Hall City Hall police station and museum and consider microfilming council minutes for Texas Tech. They plan to terminate a truck driver and appoint a replacement.
One hundred twenty five prospective jurors are summoned for civil jury week in the 143rd District Court starting Tuesday. The list includes Irma Mariscal, Maria Navarette, Paul Laur ence, Olga Matta, Virginia Granado, Juanita Busby, Manuel Alaniz, John Nance Warner, Sylvia Meath, Robert Gomez and many others.
Seven Pecos doctors attended a medical society gathering at the Pecos Country Club. The 12-county turnout featured 12 speakers on medical specialties. TMA president spoke on malpractice legislation while Dr. L S Thompson urged safer treatments and noted rising insurance costs. SB 103 HB 370 were cited as balanced solutions.
David Foster named county extension entomologist in Pecos moving from Texas Tech to join the local station. He replaces transfers and will host a pest questions column for the Enterprise, with office in the Western Insurance building and a contact number for inquiries.
John Cahill is the new manager of the Goodyear store in Pecos replacing David Arias who moved to Albuquerque. Cahill 28 previously worked as retail sales manager in Roswell and prior to that in Pecos. He joined Goodyear five years ago and recently bought the School Board's Building Trades house at Fourth and Hackberry where he lives with wife Ruth. The Pecos Goodyear outlet ranked second in the nation for profit percentage in October 1976 among about 1 700 stores. Cahill is a former paratrooper who has bailed out of a plane 25 times and would consider again if a Pecos club forms.
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