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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1972
Page
2
Former columnist Walter Winchell, 74, is reported in improved condition at UCLA Medical Center. Hospital spokesmen would not disclose the nature of his illness. He has been a patient at the center since November 19 and has had multiple hospital visits in recent years.
Singer Jack Jones must pay his ex wife 1000 dollars monthly plus household furniture a chess set and a painting under a four day divorce settlement in Superior Court Gretchen Jones 22 will vacate the Sherman Oaks home soon The couple married September 5 1970 in Houston separated eight months later and divorced December 16 Mrs Jones is a former airline stewardess
Former House Speaker John McCormack, aged 80, made his first Washington visit since his wife died last month. He appeared well and met with his successor Speaker Carl Albert and other House leaders while closing out the hotel apartment he and his wife used during his House years.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower announced she had earned 83000 from crewel designs marketed by four women's magazines. The money was designated for the Girl Scouts to aid low income areas. She distributed a grant to the local San Antonio Girl Scout Council, which received about 39000 and matched it with local cookie-drive funds.
A USC safety researcher reports the statewide Buckle Up for Safety campaign failed to raise belt use. Gerald Fleisher notes only one of six to one in ten motorists wear a seat belt, based on a survey of 24 000 drivers in California.
An irate woman complained to police after a sign reading topless waitresses our girls can't be tapped for service appeared at a Sterling restaurant. Police explained the sign referred to service, not attire, and promised to check. The log later noted a sidewalk check for a long line of people.
Records from the past decade show 194 convicts for bank robbery totaling $2,018,944 and sentences of 1,711 years. If paroled after one third of terms as allowed, the average robber would net about 40.2 cents per hour of prison time, assuming loot is kept.
The Pay Board, split along lines, conditionally approves a 10 percent raise for about 140,000 railroad trainmen this year while the UTU faces uncertainty over a long delayed wage pact. The board ties future raises to implementing streamlined work rules, with a 5 percent next year still in question.
Wilbur G. Park of the Internal Revenue Service in Pecos outlines four student tax rules for 1971. Singles earning 1700 or more must file. those under 1700 with withholding should file for refunds. single students should claim one exemption. married dependents require separate returns unless a joint return is filed for a refund.
A long list of oil and gas lease transfers details assignments in Pecos Reeves and nearby counties. Parties include Gulf Oil Corp Union Oil Co of California Texaco and others with tracts up to 1920 acres for five to ten year terms and rentals ranging from 20 to 1920 dollars.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals loosens limits on photographs of victims and blood in homicide trials. The 4-1 decision says admissibility follows general evidence rules and fails to exclude gruesome images unless used solely to inflame jurors. The ruling in Favis Clay Martin’s Amarillo case upholds the conviction and life sentence.
The Oct 11 offer from the United States proposed a six month path to an agreement. It included withdrawing all U.S. and allied forces, exchanging prisoners, a cease fire in Indochina, and a new presidential election open to all South Vietnamese factions. Thieu and his VP would resign a month before the election, with a provisional caretaker government to take over.
The humor column notes that pipe dreams may lead to quitting smoking and jokes that many towns rival Los Angeles in smog but lack strong press agents. It contrasts hardship of a parent with three teens and one car to urban smog woes.
Three women summoned for the jury at the conspiracy trial of antiwar priest Philip Berrigan and six others say they oppose the Vietnam war. They asked to be excused but Judge R Dixon Herman reserved ruling.
Nine persons perished early today in a fire at the Green Home for the Aged at Cincinnati's north edge. Three escaped, believed to be a patient a nurse and the operator. The elderly residents were found in beds. authorities withheld names pending welfare checks.
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