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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1970
Page
4
A California woman’s rattlesnake incident illustrates public intervention costs as police and SPCA respond. The piece argues individuals should act to save money, urges reducing taxes, and stresses defense as the sole area demanding federal action while condemning expansive domestic programs.
Senator Robert W. Packwood voices strong support for President Nixon, arguing the President has accomplished much and deserves renomination by acclaim. He counters Democratic criticism of the war in Vietnam and inflation, blaming Congress for slow progress and stressing the need for responsible legislation.
The column mocks competing claims over who first reached the Americas, citing Thor Heyerdahl's Atlantic papyrus voyage, alleged Asian precursors, and Tibetan and Russian theories. It notes conflicts among Italian, Norse, Irish, Russian and other identities in a lively, editorial tone.
HAL Boyle notes that staying in the country can provoke many anxieties from neophobia and xenophobia to nyctophobia and lyssophobia. He lists a Pandora’s box of ailments feared by weekend dwellers and suggests the allure of country life may come with psychological side effects.
World Almanac notes camels were among the first domesticated animals. The hump stores fat not water, helping heat dissipation in extreme desert conditions. Deerweight 1976.
Robert E. Ford reviews The Es puela Land and Cattle Company by William Curry Holden. The Spur Ranch saga traces open range to fenced land and farming, showing cowhand toil, predators, droughts, and investor risk in early 20th century West Texas.
Old Whitney National Guard unit once the pride of the 34th Infantry Division was absorbed into a Waco unit as Whitney builds a $600,000 junior senior high school. The town’s volunteers also funded a community hospital, turning barracks into a landmark for local pride and service.
Texas Education Agency estimates public school operations will cost about 2.3 billion dollars in state funds for the 1972 73 biennium an increase of roughly 377 million dollars Welfare Department projects nearly 2 billion for the period adding 300 million dollars in state welfare funds Both would drive substantial added revenue needs and trigger possible reforms urged by Lt Gov Ben Barnes amid rising caseloads and court rulings.
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