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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1974
Page
1
Local dealer Ed Robinson reports brisk small car sales with a Vega leading demand amid rising fuel concerns and potential rationing. National figures show the big three auto makers down 27 percent in the first 10 days of 1974, though small car sales increased. American Motors cites a 33 percent rise in that span.
General Motors suffered the steepest drop with 43 percent fewer sales than 1973, Ford down 14 percent, and Chrysler 7 percent lower. In the last quarter of 1973 the big three posted year‑over‑year declines. A missing girl, Sylvia Navarrette, 13, was returned home to Pecos by sheriff's deputies after being missing since December 18.
An abandoned 1964 Buick found near a Van Horn drug store is linked to the bodies of Eddy Gene McCormack of Big Spring and Ernest Eugene Johnson of Barstow. Tire tracks and a blood stain connect the vehicle to the slain pair, who had worked for the same trucking firm and were seen at a local tavern. Fire damaged Jack Harrison's car on Hickory Street but caused no injuries.
Investigators connect McCormack and Johnson deaths in West Texas to Benfield arrest in Phoenix. A missing wallet and a found auto tie to the case while another body near Flagstaff prompts arrests over a stolen credit card. Weather shifts from warmth to cold amid fog and floods across the nation.
State highway patrols will begin enforcing the 55 mph limit at 12:01 a.m. Sunday on all posted roads. Col. Wilson Speir reports the public is informed, with tickets to be issued only for substantial violations. A 60-day moratorium blocks insurers from counting speeding tickets for rate hikes during that period.
The Pecos Independent Basketball League invites all coaches and managers to Las Palmas at 7 p.m. for the final meeting before league games. Attendees will receive schedules and league rules.
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