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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1977
Page
2
Balmorhea enrolls about 360 students after adding 20. third six weeks ends next week as St. Mary’s from Marfa visit for four basketball games with Balmorhea going 3-1. District opener vs Presidio set for Jan 18, juniors play Presidio Jan 19.
Public health officials in Texas study a possible link between swine flu inoculation and Guillain Barré syndrome, a rare paralytic disease. The Texas Medical Association notes the disease’s unclear cause, variable symptoms, and limited cures with recovery typically in weeks to months. mortality is low but a small fraction never fully recovers. Estimates suggest 10-20 cases per million people, equating to 120-240 cases annually in Texas.
The Dow fell .75 to 987.12 at noon with losses deepening to 16.78 for the year’s first two sessions as advancers lagged decliners about 7 to 5 on New York Stock Exchange listings. Lubrizol traded a 625000 share block as investors digest a prospective acquisition plan amid thin early volume.
Coast Guard officials say hope fades for locating the tanker Grand Zenith missing since Friday after carrying 8 million gallons of No 6 oil. Seven planes from U S and Canadian coast guards along with U S Navy and Air Force units searched about 100 000 square miles off Newfoundland and the U S Northeast. The Panamanian registered ship with 38 crew aboard was last heard 60 miles south of Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
Des Moines Iowa AP reports the worst drought in 104 years raises fears of small corn soybean and hay crops as farmers haul water for livestock. USDA says winter wheat prospects look poor with lower harvest forecasts and shrinking surpluses while December temperatures stay among the coldest in a century across the Northern Hemisphere.
Pecos County Sheriff Pete Ten Eyck announces Bill Harris of Palo Pinto County as chief deputy and John Brown of Edna as deputy. Harris is a veteran officer in his 50s. Brown is 28 and previously served on Edna police. In Austin, the governor's Criminal Justice Division approves a $1 million grant to bolster DPS narcotics enforcement along the Rio Grande, following earlier funding attempts related to Starr County.
A heart attack call was logged for a guest in room 116 at the Holiday Inn at 1 30 a m. Burglaries reported at Lee Lumber Company with $50 cash taken and $100 in damages, safe entry failed. A hit and run damaged a car on Elm Street. A juvenile attempted entry at a residence and was found skipping school. Dog bite, residence robbery, and several marriage licenses issued are listed along with county court charges and community notices.
Doris Welch writes about Peggy McCracken Nova Gutierrez Gene Douglas in a ceremonial note. Closer look reveals Rubén Baca Emily Galindo Carlos Nichols and Mary Carpenter named in association with the occasion.
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