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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1972
Page
2
Congress increased withholding to align with yearly tax liability starting 1972, reducing under withholding but causing overwithholding for many middle income couples and itemizers. The IRS offers an Employee Withholding Exemption Certificate to adjust payroll withholding toward actual liability.
Mrs. Sarah Lindora Goodner dies in a Borger hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Mintone Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at West Lawn Cemetery. Born October 23 191 in Bowie Texas she had lived in Borger only four days. Survived by husband Lonnie son Bracy of Baytown and three daughters Linda Chapman Al gus Edna Smith and Lonita Coggin, plus a brother and two sisters and grandchildren. Pecos Funeral Home handles local arrangements.
The Pecos Enterprise lists mail subscription rates by Reeves County and other areas. Rates shown include six months for nine dollars and one year for eighteen dollars within Reeves County, with higher amounts for all other mail.
The Democratic National Committee seeks free air time on CBS to answer Nixon's Sunday night CBS appearance with Dan Rather. The request follows similar actions after NBC and past ABC coverage. FCC upheld ABC's refusal. McCloskey also seeks equal time citing Nixon's prim ary advantage.
The United States and South Vietnam accepted a Communist proposal to resume the Vietnam peace talks after a four week suspension. Washington had called off meetings on December 16 and 23 to push North Vietnam and the Viet Cong toward serious negotiations. Both sides canceled the December 30 session amid a heavy U.S. air attack, with mutual accusations of wrongful action.
The Texas Highway Department releases current highway conditions across districts. Amarillo to Yoakum report ice and snow varying from scattered to extensive with bridges and hills noted as hazardous and some districts reporting no improvement expected today.
Interior and Agriculture Departments announce a three percent grazing fee increase for cattle and sheep on federal lands, lower than last year's hikes. The changes affect permits under the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, impacting about nine million head of livestock held by roughly 25,000 operators.
Nixon has spent more time away from the White House than in it during his first three years, tallying over 300000 miles across all 50 states, Virgin Islands, Guam, Midway and 19 countries. He trails Lyndon B. Johnson in total mileage but exceeds Kennedy and Truman, with most travel by air and about 551 days away from Washington by Dec 31, 1971.
The article outlines President Nixon's rising travel rate with two foreign trips per year since 1969 and a 1972 plan likely to exceed that. It highlights offshore homes on both coasts and extensive domestic travel including many visits to Florida California Key Biscayne San Clemente and trips totaling over 220 000 miles in the U S. It also covers local opposition to a Wilderness plan discussed after a Marfa Alpine meeting with about 75 residents voicing disapproval.
Limited number of today's issue is available at The Enterprise office for ten cents each to show out-of-town friends that Pecos really shows.
A commentary notes that a person who frequently alters a will is described as a fresh-heir fiend, highlighting the fickleness of legacy planning.
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