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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1975
Page
2
Balmorhea librarian Martha Moore says the Balmorhea library will open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m., replacing the former Friday hours, effective next Tuesday. A new batch of books has arrived and patrons can select titles for immediate use or place orders.
Balmorhea council chaired by Mayor Jane Moore appoints an equalization board to advise before final naming. Housing authority seat filled for unexpired term. Balmorhea Bears beat Iraan 73 to 46 at Balmorhea Field with junior varsity 5 pm and girls 6 30 pm. Teams travel to Clint Friday and Balmorhea hosts Valentine junior varsity games Friday. Students head to Austin San Angelo and Sal Ross for college assignments. Balmorhea school trustees move monthly meeting to Wednesday night due to Tuesday games. Governor Briscoe and state legislators addressed teachers salaries and tax cuts at a statewide education meeting.
New York stocks rose slightly as the Dow advanced 2.74 to 651.44 amid mixed early trading. Government wholesale prices fell in December easing inflation fears, while Ford proposed new economic plans worried some investors about inflation. Texaco traded actively on the NYSE as the American index slipped, and Amex listings showed minor changes.
The event emphasizes local participation in Pecos as preparations for the bicentennial proceed. A skit planned for the TML meeting at the country club will not be shown during the Friday ceremony but will be performed later for Pecos residents. The skit is to be used at civic club meetings during the week after the formal ceremonies.
The Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center unveiled a $70,000 audiological evaluation unit, the largest between El Paso and Dallas, funded by a Texas Rehabilitation Center grant along with Crystal Ball Foundation and Charles B. Perry Memorial fund. It enables testing for hearing defects, tumors, and noise levels in industry, with PBRC audiologist Glen Carrigan supervising. First patient Ann Beauvais described improved sound recognition, including vowel and consonant distinctions. Referrals come from physicians.
Carrigan defends an audiology and speech therapy unit, saying staff test patients rather than prescribe. He notes physicians compare unit results with their own before treatment and stresses the PBRC charges based on ability to pay. He also seeks more hours and greater public awareness.
Catholic War Veterans of Pecos will hold an important meeting at 8 p m Thursday at Santa Rosa Hall. All club members are urged to attend.
Deaths services were held in Oxnard California for Claude Wright 74 retired Allis-Chalmers employee and son of a Methodist minister. Survivors include wife Edna of Oxnard brother Albert Wright Ventura sister Mrs R L Ellison Lubbock and two grandchildren. Graveside services for Myrtle Blanche McNabb 78 will be at 2 pm Thursday in Lub bock. She died Tuesday at Pecos Nursing Home and had lived in Pecos eight years moving from San Angelo. She was born May 9 1896 in Haskell County. Survivors include son Dan McNabb Mount Pleasant daughter Mrs P M Thornton Fort Worth two sisters and seven grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
A local calendar lists Downtown Lions Club at noon and Rotary Club at noon on Thursday, Catholic War Veterans at 8 pm, Alcoholics Anonymous sessions, Weight Watchers Monday gatherings, Arts and Crafts at Senior Citizen Center, Evening Lions Club, Amistad Lions Club, and TOPS Club meetings at various venues including the Holiday Inn, Santa Rosa Hall, Community Center Banquet Room, Lions Den, and 212 S Oak Upstairs with contact phones.
The Reeves-Loving County Jun Ginnings show and sale near Marfa reports a record 275 entries with over 200 lambs 10 pens of capons 30 hogs and 35 steers registered. The event runs Jan 24 weighing and Jan 25 sale at fair barns with judging by Dr Marvin Selke and John Kearney.
Kermit Memorial Hospital board reviews 1974 figures showing a $62,953.86 loss with 2379 patient admissions 805 surgeries 200 births and 7638 emergency lab and x ray outpatient visits. Births rose by 22 from 1973. ODESSA Council approves drainage project contract for UT Permian campus funding. Andrews votes to call a one cent sales tax election. ODESSA sheriff deputies top Texas in average monthly pay at 831 dollars per month.
A garbled OCR line references Gordo and innocence with playful misspellings. The readable fragments suggest a lighthearted note rather than a formal report. No clear event, date, or named entities emerge from the source.
Construction begins on the Martin Luther King Jr Center for Social Change amid birthday ceremonies. Coretta Scott King says the center already tackles hunger unemployment voting rights and racism and the home where King was born will open as a national historic site. The center evolved from a library into a hub of Black history and culture.
Pecos Enterprise lists publishing evenings Monday through Friday with newsstands at 15 cents. Rates include $2.50 monthly and $30 per year by earner, plus postage for Reeves County and other counties. Associated Press membership details are noted for republication.
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