Farmers tell woes to the government
Farmers met with a congressional committee to press their case on natural gas pricing. They cited 1975 costs of 35.01 cents per thousand cubic feet and argued the 1.85 dollar rate is driving many out of business.
24 Feb 1976
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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1976
Page
1
Farmers met with a congressional committee to press their case on natural gas pricing. They cited 1975 costs of 35.01 cents per thousand cubic feet and argued the 1.85 dollar rate is driving many out of business.
Three candidates file for city offices including mayor and two council seats for the April 3 election. Incumbent Bill Pigman faces Jimmy Gomez for mayor. Gomez attends University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa. Council hopeful Jesus Muniz enters in filing week. Carl McGee and Don Doan have not announced council runs. For the school board two posts open with incumbents Mitchell and Perea filing. challenger Patty Montgomery also filed. Deadline is 5 p.m. March 3 per city secretary Dwyane Dobbs.
County residents named as 100 veniremen must appear at 10 a.m. Monday for possible jury duty per County Clerk Catherine Ashley. Names include Maria Lopez Jacquez Herculano Aguirre Bernadina Anaya D.R. Bowman Marcos Munez Sharon Deane Smith Parlie A. Pettit and many others. Changes in passport procedures announced by District Clerk Jane Ross due to office move to Midland. Applications for passports now handled by 143rd District Court Clerk office weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Pecos Jaycees host a two day rattlesnake roundup March 6 7 at the fair barn with a flea market. Fort Worth Venomaires will run a snake handling exhibition. Prizes range from 10 to 75 dollars based on snake counts. admission 75 cents. rattlesnake meat sold. Local landowners are asked to contact Jaycee members to locate hunt spots and Richard San Roman handles space reservations.
West Texas stays cool and dry with daytime highs near 76 and lows around 25. Mild temperatures persist through Wednesday with decreasing cloudiness. Fog reduced visibility in Beaumont Port Arthur Orange area but expected to lift after sunrise. Other regions see clear skies, light coastal breezes, and scattered showers in the Pacific Coast to Rockies. Unseasonably mild conditions extend from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast.
Texas cities and counties shared 2.7 million dollars in mixed drink taxes for October to December 1975. Pecos city received 521.88 and Reeves County 577.77, with 10 percent tax refunds sent by State Comptroller Bob Bullock on February 17.
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