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Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1971

Page

3

Campus unrest bill stirs Texas lawmakers debate

Texas legislators clash over a campus unrest bill allowing university guards to demand on campus identity from individuals. Rep. Cobb argues it curbs rabble rousers, while opponents question constitutionality and enforcement. A related bill would penalize leaving buildings after hours and authorize peace officer commissions for wildlife workers.

Robert Heard Associated Press Austin Dean Cobb Dumas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Cobb Bob Musslewhite University of Texas System Musslewhite Neil Caldwell Angelton Caldwell John Hannah Lufkin Musselwhite Rep Don Adams Jasper Adams U.S. Supreme Court Sam Coasts Dallas Delwin Jones Lubbock Parks and Wildlife PGW

Texas Lawmakers Set Hearings on Liquor by the Drink and Oil Field Unitization

The Texas Senate and House plan afternoon hearings on liquor by the drink and compulsory oil field unitization. The liquor bill, sponsored by Sen. Joe Christie, faces a $5 000 initial fee and $500 renewal, with projected fees of about $5.1 million in two years. The unitization measure would let the Railroad Commission order operation as a unit, shifting from voluntary schemes, backed by several oil associations.

el Paso Texas Railroad Commission Sen J. P. Ward Meridian Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association West Central Texas Oil and Gas Association North Texas Oil and Gas Association Permian Basin Petroleum Association Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association Senate Texas

District Doctors Meet In Pecos Texas Medical Association Event

Dr. Walter Walthall of San Antonio headed the Pecos gathering as president of the Texas Medical Association at the District 1 Medical Society meeting. El Paso and Fort Stockton doctors led sessions on tuberculosis hand surgery coronary disease and convulsive disorders with a memorial for Dr. W H McClure and a social program including a Yellow Rose of Texas table setting and a UTEP musician.

Seminole Kermit Andrews Monahans Ector Ft. Stockton Carlsbad Artesia New Mex Sic Ector Fort Stockton James Thomas Dub Smith Pecos Commanche Irvin el Paso West Texas Odessa San Angelo Sand Hills MuStang Angfews Bonnie Dearley Walter Walthall San Antonio Texas Medical Association District 1 Medical Society E. W. Schmidt Bruce Hay Harold Lindley Country Club Laurance N. Nickey John E. Emmett John C. Hundley Ira C. Budwig Schmidt Robert P. May Morton H. Leonard Nickey Walthall Texas George Dowling TMA Dowling Russell Holt Holt Harvey Seidenstein E. S.crossett William J. Nelson Donald Rathbun W. H. McClure Morton Leonard Rueben Mutnick Mutnick UTEP District I Medical Society The Laurance N.nickey

Hoover Rites In Big Spring

Mrs. Jesse L. Hoover 61 died yesterday afternoon at Memorial Hospital. Funeral at Nalley Pickle Funeral Chapel in Big Spring at 11 a.m. tomorrow with burial at Trinity Memorial Park. Officiating Rev. Leo K. Gee. Survivors include husband Mitchell H. Hoover Pecos, son Mitchell M. Hoover Big Spring, four grandchildren, mother Bessie Coffman Big Spring, two sisters Dewitt Shive Coahoma and Emmett Cavin Odessa, brother K K Coffman Coahoma.

Jesse L. Hoover Memorial Hospital Nalley- Pickle Funeral Chapel Big Spring Trinity Memorial Park Leo K. Gee First United Methodist Church Hoover Harvard County Pecos South Adams Mitchell H. Hoover Mitchell M. Hoover Bessie Coffman Dewitt Shive Coahoma Emmett Cavin Odessa K.K. Coffman

Ethics Bill Under Debate In Texas Senate

Four senators adjourned a two hour meeting over whether a legislator's federal income tax should be public. The subcommittee must draft an ethics bill for the Senate State Affairs Committee by Wednesday unless extended. Ralph Hall urged public tax form disclosure. Charles Herring favored a private financial statement filed with a new ethics commission.

Herring Hall

Odessa Man Electrocuted on Drilling Rig Face

Marvin Cloy a 43 year old from Odessa Texas was electrocuted in Buckeye Arizona when a drilling rig he was erecting touched 12 000 volt power lines Deputies said he stood on the ground while guiding the equipment into position and the machine brushed the lines Cloy worked for Morgan Drilling Co of Odessa

Buckeye, Ariz Marvin Cloy Odessa Tex Maricopa County Cloy Morgan Drilling Co

Airman Jones Completes Basic Training at Lackland AFB

Airman Robert D. Jones son of Mr and Mrs E L Jones Jr of Pecos Texas completed U S Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to Keesler AFB Mississippi for communications electronics training He is a 1968 Seoul American High School graduate and attended Texas A&M University His wife Kathleen Woolsey of Houston is mentioned.

Robert D. Jones E. L. Jones Jr W. Seventh Pecos U. S. Air Force Lackland Afb Tex Keesler Afb Miss Jones Seoul Korea Texas A&m University Kathleen Woolsey Houston

Carpenter Rites Held for Mrs. F. R. Carpenter

Funeral services were held February 18 at Cotton-Bratton Chapel Weatherford for Mrs. F R Carpenter 88 mother of Mrs Hazel Wilson Pecos Burial was in Oakland Cemetery She died February 16 in a Weatherford hospital after a long illness She was a Baptist and had lived in Weatherford since 1943 Survivors include five daughters Mrs Lola Akin Sun down Mrs Wilson Pecos Mrs Faye Totter Idalou Mrs Wanda Springer Weatherford and Mrs Lavern Linderman Ft Worth two sons Roy Tulsa and Curtis Wheeler 23 grandchildren 40 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild

Cotton-Bratton Weatherford F. R. Carpenter Hazel Wilson Pecos Oakland Cemetery Wilson Carpenter The Baptist Church Balmorhea Lola Akin Sundown Faye Totter Idalou Wanda Springer Lavern Linderman Ft. Worth Roy Carpenter Tulsa Okla Curtis Carpenter Wheeler

Cuevas Still On The Run

Ingan A. Cuevas, 39, convicted murderer, remains escaped from Reeves County Jail after a Friday night escape by posing as a wetback. Sheriff A B Nail leads a wide search, with speculation he crossed into Mexico. He fled during inmate transport while Mexican nationals were loaded onto a border patrol bus.

Inganco A. Cuevas Reeves County Cuevas Old Mexico A. B. Nail Pecos Ramones Grocery Sheriff’s Office

Episcipalians Observe Lent Beginning at St Mark's

St Mark's Episcopal Church announces Ash Wednesday services on February 24 with 10:00 A.M. and 7:30 P.M. Eucharist and Ashes, followed by mid week Lenten services at 7:30 P.M. each Wednesday focusing on people who lived with Jesus. Father E. O. Lasser invites all in the area.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Fifth Plum Streets Jesus E. O. Lasser St. Mark’s

Texan Killed in In dochina Fighting Named

The Defense Department lists Army Pfc. Kenneth W. Tucker of Fort Worth Texas as killed in recent In dochina fighting. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Dewayne R Tucker of 1001 Cleckler.

Washington Defense Department Texas Indochina Army Kenneth W. Tucker Fort Worth Dewayne R. Tucker Cleckler

Makris Pleads Innocent In SEC Stock Probe Case

Michael A. S. Makris 43, a former Houston sulphur company executive, pleaded innocent to three counts of perjury in a case tied to SEC allegations of stock manipulation. The indictment cites denial of any business ties with Frank Sharp or the Jesuit Fathers of Houston over $200 million in securities.

Houston Securities and Exchange Commission Michael A. S. Makris Houston Sulphur Company SEC Texas Insurance Dallas Frank Sharp Makris U.S Sharp

Time Change Rapped By Movie Owners

A San Antonio drive in operator Testified that daylight saving time keeps families out during summer pushing him to show X rated films to attract late night patrons. He warned removing Texas from the federal Time Act would shift schedules and affect TV delays.

Austin San Antonio Bill Ray House State Affairs Committee Ray Texas Joe Golman Dallas Rau Golman Texas Farm Bureau National Association of Theater Owners Laredo Brick and Tile Co Hilary Doran del Rio Henry Sanchez Brownsville Mexico Sanchez Matamoros Jack McGrew Kprc TV Houston

Texas Polled Hereford group offers $200 scholarship

The Texas Pollettes auxiliary offers a $200 yearly scholarship to a deserving Texas high school graduate in agriculture. Applicants need three recommendations and must reside in Texas. Deadline is April 18, 1971, with an award announced at the Texas Polled Hereford Association Summer Tour in June. Applications to Mrs. Fred Lunsford, 4110 Blalock, Houston.

Texas Pollettes Texas Polled Hereford Association Pallettes Texas FFA Fred Lunsford Blalock Houston

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