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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1978
Page
2
Pecos residents know the locust cicada well says County Entomologist David Foster. The article describes cicada appearance growth habits and their egg-laying damage to twigs and small branches with advice to control injury using sprays Levin or Tepp and pruning guidance after emergence.
In 143rd Judicial District Court Judge Joe Connally in Pecos two men received prison terms Tuesday. Calvin C. Rye 44 drew two years for probation violation after a prior felony theft by check. Thomas Lee Mayer 28 of Elmira New York was given two concurrent two year terms for two counts of felony theft involving vehicle and firearms theft from Odear Butler.
In a busy trading day on Wall Street, the Dow rose 3.73 to 843.30 as traders priced in a smaller than expected June trade deficit of 1.6 billion dollars, the lowest since May 1977. Pan American Airways led gains with quarterly earnings up sharply, while the NYSE composite climbed to 55.48 and the American benchmark rose 0.51 to 152.77. Cotton futures edged up with spot prices at 56.74 cents per pound and nearby contracts mixed. Wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans posted varied midday quotes across markets.
An organizational meeting for a Pecos community recreation youth soccer league will be held Tuesday August 1 at 7 30 p m in the Community Center. Guest speaker Frank Prokop of Odessa a West Point graduate with 20 years in soccer will attend. Contact Jim Edwards at 445 4624 for more information. The Senate voted 28 0 to transfer Gatesville reform school to the state prison system. the measure goes to the House and the site could host a reception area or a medical or drug treatment center for inmates.
Texas Supreme Court sustains Public Utility Commission formula for telephone and electric rates, ruling invested capital means original cost minus depreciation. The decision limits Bell’s challenge by accepting replacement cost adjustments but maintains the commission's discretion to set a reasonable return, with Bell benefiting from a smaller rate base. The court notes the act does not fix a specific rate of return.
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed a lower court reversal of a $1 million invasion of privacy verdict won by James H. Ashley after he was fired from Southwestern Bell. The ruling found no reversible error in the Eastland Court of Civil Appeals decision. Ashley claimed Bell, via an official affidavit, bugged his San Antonio telephone in 1974 75 and tested the line in early 1975.
Indiana resident Darrell Floyd Thompson, 37, sought in Reeves County for misdemeanor theft by check, has been returned to Texas. Sheriff Raul Florez announced Thompson was arrested on a Reeves County warrant and brought back from Indianapolis. He faces theft by check charges for an offense dated February 21 and was jailed awaiting appearance before a justice of the peace.
The Pecos Volunteer Fire Department was called to a burning travel trailer at 1320 Veterans at 12:47 this morning. The report notes ambulance transfer later, a request for ambulance aid at F and Walnut streets, and a collision between a 1976 Ford Custom Pick Up driven by Weldon Esau Richardson and a 1977 Toyota Corona driven by Sharon Harpham Hunter, both of Pecos.
The recreation director hosts an organizational meeting for a men's flag football program on Thursday August 3 at 7 30 p.m. at the Community Center. Open to all men 18 and older. Edwards can be contacted at 445 4624 for more information.
Calendar listings for Pecos area groups outline weekly meetings and contact numbers. Lions clubs Rotary and TOPS schedule sessions at local venues. Pecos AA and Alanon hold meetings at 125 S Oak with Friday open sessions. Senior Citizens Center hosts drop in days. Alcoholics Anonymous and other clubs post phone lines for details.
Balmorhea reports a baby boy born July 23 to Mr and Mrs Leonard Lethco weighing seven pounds. Visitors from Baird Dallas Junction Del Rio and San Antonio attend family events while Sul Ross biology students collect insects and Lee Renz recovers from surgery in Odessa. The Balmorhea City Council meets July 27 at 7 30 p m and the county health clinic operates today 1 5 p m at the Senior Citizens Center.
In the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas Judge William S. Sessions presided as three Lubbock residents William Bryan Froust 18 Steve Mark Burns 20 and James Troy Bass 22 pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drug abuse offense. Sentencing set for a later date. Odessa residents Steven Clay Mers Jack Dean Reeves and Russell Blane Bowers also entered pleas through counsel with sentencing pending pre sentence reports.
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