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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1973
Page
1
East Pecos Junior High students wrote letters of sympathy to the Johnson family after the death of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Eighth graders expressed condolences, noting Johnson as a great Texan who did much for the country and peace.
The Pecos unit of the Texas Pecos Trail Association formed Tuesday night with Pecos chamber officials directing the effort. Harold Meyer was named chairman, Wendell Faulkner was elected vice chairman and treasurer, and a promotional push across about 20 Pecos Trail cities was discussed. Membership costs are 35 for individuals and 15 for organizations.
Mrs. Mildred Ridgeway of Houston learns her son Marine Pfc. Ronald L. Ridgeway is identified by North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. He was missing since Feb 25 1968 near Khe Sanh. believed dead after a body was buried in St Louis. He will soon return to Camp Pendleton California.
Marine Private Ronald L. Ridgeway is listed among returning POWs but is the nephew of Mrs. Charles Smith of Pecos. The Smith family learned Ridgeway was alive after a Houston call, while Ridgeway’s mother attended a funeral for a son before being reassured of his survival.
Rare books donated to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin will be on display Thursday from 3 30 to 5 p m in First National Bank parking lot. The exhibit, insured for 1 000 000 and guarded, travels through 29 area towns after a spring book drive.
President Nixon announced Henry Kissinger would travel to Hanoi to open direct communications with the North Vietnamese and discuss postwar reconstruction seen as a potential investment in peace. He also said he would meet in the spring with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu at the Western White House.
The Pecos Barstow school district announces first semester honor rolls. Included are Pecos High School and East Pecos Junior High with multiple students earning Highest Honors and Honors. Numerous names span categories and grade levels with notes of continuations on the next page.
The National Cotton Council concluded its 35th annual meeting in El Paso Texas after two days of discussion urging reliance on private marketing efforts for future business prospects rather than government programs.
A group of about 10 to 12 parents will visit Pecos High School Friday at the invitation of Principal Frank Kelley to observe and discuss last week's events including a student protest of the haircut policy and alleged discrimination. Representatives from the United Mexican American Council will lead the tour with interpreters if needed. The visit includes lunch in the cafeteria and Q&A with administrators.
The Nixon administration proposes a 45.1 million cut to the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in the next fiscal year. Most savings come from watershed and flood prevention operations, dropping from 138.3 million to 102.2 million, while watershed planning increases slightly from 7.4 million to 7.6 million.
Clark Ford, president of Reeves Loving County ACS, to lead the 1973 Cancer Crusade. Bond Bradford named business gifts chair, Mrs. William C. Smith special gifts chair. campaign starts March 1 with house visits April 3. Ford to be general chairman. planning meeting held at Mrs. Smith’s home with multiple local appointees.
Girl Scouts in Pecos begin selling five cookie varieties mint butter shorties sorted sandwich peanut butter and chocolate chip each box costs 1. Delivery runs March 16 to 23 with troops earning 10 cents per box. Proceeds fund council properties camps equipment and camperships.
A California man, about 40, died in a two car collision on Interstate 20 five miles west of Pyote at 6 45 p m Tuesday. Henry Pierce Bryan Jr of Toyah, the second driver, was uninjured. The victim, trapped in a Volkswagen bus, was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to Pecos Funeral Home. His name was withheld pending kin notification. The investigation by DPS Patrolman Rusty Hill was not yet complete and no charges were filed.
Senator John C. Stennis, a key Southern bloc leader and veteran defense proponent, is in very serious condition after being shot twice during a hold up outside his Mississippi home. At Walter Reed Army Medical Center doctors reported guarded but stable vital signs and a long surgery completed.
A powerful earthquake, magnitude 7.5, rocked central Pacific coast Mexico and Mexico City. Ten people died in Colima and Jalisco states while 160 were injured. Homes and public buildings were damaged, and utilities disrupted, as authorities dispatched aid.
President Nixon said Congress has not been responsible in fiscal matters and he will continue to impound funds if it would mean increasing taxes. He framed the stance as a check on legislative spending and tax policy.
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