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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1968
Page
8
City police logged 65 offenses in January with 38 cleared and 27 pending. Offenses against persons included five cases: one murder, one death by own action, one accidental gunshot, and one threat to bodily harm. Property offenses totaled 41 cases.
In January there were no sex crimes or narcotics offenses. Fourteen theft cases were cleared, seventeen pending. One firearms case was cleared, discharging of firearms within city limits. General offenses totaled 19 with eight cleared and eleven pending. Property loss value reached $1510.45, recovered property $374.02. Twenty three accidents, two injuries, no fatalities, damages $11,502. Public service activities numbered thirty. Animals: 38 dogs, 20 cats impounded. 15 dogs and 20 cats disposed. eight dogs released to government research. Two dog bites reported. Sixty one calls with no tickets issued.
The article explains wheat barley and oats as cash crops and soil builders. It notes wheat as a bread crop grown widely, barley for winter grazing and soil formation, and oats for animal feed and human foods. It urges using crop residues to conserve moisture improve soil properties and reduce erosion and cautions against burning or removing residues.
Scout groups in Pecos and Carver School area outline spring and summer plans. Troop No. 91 of Pecos, sponsored by the Evening Optimist Club, is likely the largest troop in the district, with David Reyes as scoutmaster.
Final voter registration figures confirmed by Reeves County Tax Collector Assessor Mrs Pearl C Barker show a total of 4940. This compares with 4068 in 1966 and 3718 in 1967, reflecting growing interest in the upcoming general election in November.
Mrs. Orson Hawkins will resume Spanish lessons at the Earl Bell School with classes on Tuesday and Thursday. New Spanish books ordered have been received.
Bob Sundown half Cheyenne, after two and a half years, nears Odessa to end his trek from Kimmer Wyoming in a sheep wagon with hydraulic brakes and four small animals. He travels through many states, supports himself by horse shoeing, paints with oils, and plans to stay in Odessa a month to shoe the Sheriff's Posse horses before returning home to ranch land and cattle work. Sundown carries seven laying hens for food and travels with Muggs the dog and a Belgian hare, noting a California incident with Hell's Angels and a nearby stand off with a shotgun and rifle. He says local authorities backed him through the encounter. He hopes to inspire by the pioneer spirit as he nears home.
The 1968 program keeps advance payments to participating farmers. Signups run Feb 5 to Mar 15. Advances up to 50 percent of diversion payments for cotton and feed grain, excluding wheat certificates and price supports. Diversion for corn and grain sorghums based on withheld acreage from Oct 25, up to 50 percent of the base 25 acres or larger, as in 1966.
Police activity this week includes thefts and vandalism with several incidents. D and H Chevrolet security notes two batteries stolen from cars on East Third while West End Fina Station saw a Remington cash register, tickets and cash stolen.
Accidents report a stolen bicycle recovered with parts from two other bikes at the old Crow Packing Company building. Patrolman Benny Golliher issued a citation to Harry Hobson Collins of Monahans for failure to control speed after his 1968 Chevrolet collided with the left rear fender of a 1967 Buick driven by Stanley Keith Kelly of Vermont at the Third and Cypress light Tuesday at 4 07 p m.
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