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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1977
Page
6
A dense listings page detailing network schedules across multiple channels with programs like Bewitched Adam 12 Police Woman MASH and The Love of Caporeto. It includes news reports, talks, sports, weather and late night shows alongside daytime fare and public affairs programming.
A scanned TV day sheet lists daytime programs from Noon to 4:00 including The Gong Show, Days of Our Lives, As the World Turns, Family Feud, The Price is Right, Sesame Street and Mister Rogers Neighborhood. It shows channel slots, program names, and time blocks with a mix of cartoons, soaps, game shows, and children's shows.
Reader questions offer home tips on painting a porcelain laundry tub black for a planter and converting handkerchiefs into decorative items. A reader notes freezing specialty breads works for open-faced sandwiches. others discuss patchwork use of printed handkerchiefs and practical plant-watering tips.
A reader asks Polly for ways to stop neighbor cats from using a rock landscaped side yard as a litter box. The columnist suggests trying moth spray on the rocks, noting odor may deter cats but would need frequent replacement if effective.
Comptroller Bob Bullock announced Texas 1976 revenue at just over 4 billion dollars, up 16.8 percent from 1975. Natural gas tax led gains with 48.1 percent, sales tax up 18.2 percent, motor vehicle sales tax 275.9 million, and franchise tax up 35.4 percent. Bullock noted strong consumer spending and projected 2.9 billion more for the next budget period.
Talia Shire will star opposite Henry Winkler in the cross country film Heroes. The reunion pairs Shire with Winkler from Yale Drama days as production starts in February after her TV movie Kill Me If You Can. She plays a young woman who backs out of a wedding and meets a Vietnam veteran on the trip.
A devotional piece from Metter Georgia urges simple sincere prayer as a personal conversation with God. It cites Psalm 145 18 and urges specific requests and constant calling on the Lord, noting God is near and willing to answer.
Vocational Office Education students join national Office Education Association members in OEA Week activities Feb 6 12 to raise public awareness of vocational student organizations. Pecos High plans contests in typing interviewing filing clerical skills and a parliamentary procedures team at Odessa College next month.
Local residents welcomed relatives visiting from Alpine Odessa Del Rio Monahans and Sanderson plus Friona and Dallas. Guests included Felix Castillo with newborn Denise Marie and Ernest Gallego's Pecos family. deputy clerk Stella McAnally visited Midland. Kay Mooneyham and Shana Mooneyham joined Cleo Welch. Bertie Dancer with Melvin Webb's family. Anita Prieto and Johnny Prieto visited Pecos relatives. Dan and Crystal Hunn traveled from Friona. Carlton Williams shopped in Dallas for William's Department Store.
Dick Van Dyke says there are too many award shows and praises the public poll format of CBS’s The Third Annual People’s Choice Awards. He reveals plans to co star with Carol Burnett on her CBS variety show next fall and discusses their upcoming joint project and rehearsal for Same Time Next Year.
Frank Sinatra will headline NBCs three hour television movie Contract on Cherry Street. He portrays a big city police detective going undercover to dismantle a crime syndicate in New York City. Filming starts this fall for Columbia Pictures Television.
A lighthearted warning turns into guidance on cautious movement as people try to stay active. The piece notes that in busy environments slips and stumbles can lead to toe injuries and emphasizes careful steps and proper footwear.
Congress reshuffled tax laws last year yet April 15 remains the filing deadline. Key tips include signing and dating returns, attaching W2 forms, choosing the correct filing status, and noting that head of household status requires a dependent. Consider itemized deductions, Social Security tax withheld, and keeping records for up to three years.
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