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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1975
Page
1
Three local physicians report a two week to two and a half week influx of patients with flu like symptoms. The sickness has burdened doctors and patients and some have required visits to Memorial.
Demolition experts carried a ticking bomb from the George P. Miller Federal Building to a street tub and detonated it as police and ATF officials evacuated the area. The device, weighing 10 to 15 pounds of high explosives, caused a fire in an attache case and minor window damage on the building’s third floor. The Weather Underground claimed responsibility and warned of further threats.
About 40 to 50 physicians from Iraan Monahans Kermit El Paso Fort Stockton and other towns will converge on Pecos for the District 1 medical meeting at Pecos Valley Country Club starting around 9 a.m. Dr. E W Schmidt president of the Texas Medical Association will give the keynote after lunch, addressing government relations in medicine.
Vice principal Dalton Moseley says Pecos High School will let suspended students stay in the nurse's office and continue work on assignments. The policy targets offenses like fighting disrespect to staff and repeated detention absences, aiming to assist families and boost attendance funding. principals and the district superintendent approved the plan, already tried elsewhere.
Emergency pay raise bill for state employees trimmed by $15 million under Gov. Briscoe pressure. Head's substitute sets 13 percent raises for lower ranks, 9 percent for mid-level staff, and $174 monthly for high earners. Senate had approved 93 million with a different schedule. Passage needed by midnight Friday to avoid delays to March 1.
Washington AP reports government leading indicators fell 2.4 percent in December with November revised to a 3.5 percent drop, marking five straight monthly declines totaling 11 percent. The decline is the steepest sustained drop since 1948, sparking debate among economists about predictive power.
In Odessa, testimony resumed in the murder trial of Larry Ross and Selwyn Gholson, accused of killing state trooper Hollie Tull after a Walburg State Bank robbery. Sixteen witnesses testified, including survivors who were shot in the head during the robbery, with bank official F R Leschber and relatives describing the robbery’s deadly sequence.
Governor Dolph Briscoe asks lawmakers for an 11.6 billion two year state budget, about a billion less than the Legislative Budget Board proposed. He notes a 1.1 billion balance after spending, cites zero base budgeting, and aims to expand some programs while trimming others to meet needs.
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