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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1976
Page
1
The Pecos Enterprise publishes a 32 page Bicentennial special edition Friday featuring historical photos from Pecos and nearby communities. Stories draw from Alton Hughes' Just Musin series and private collections. Extra copies available on newsstands and by mail nationwide for $1. call 445-5475.
Reports from Pek ing and Tangshan describe massive destruction in Tangshan near Peking after a major quake hit northeast China. Witnesses, including a French delegation, say most buildings collapsed and casualties are high.
A persuasive argument likens the death penalty to an executioner’s act and urges collective conscience. It proposes selecting executioners like jurors, exposing volunteers to moral liability, and even mocks anonymous assent to lethal power. Local anecdote recalls Oklahoma’s anonymous executioner and a drastic voltage scale.
James Schoenfeld, the second of three suspects in the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping, was arrested after being spotted driving a van on a freeway south of San Francisco. His brother Richard was en route to Chowchilla for arraignment while Frederick Woods IV remained at large, with all three facing 27 counts of kidnapping and 16 counts of robbery. The case follows an 18 hour captivity in a Livermore quarrytied van before the children and driver escaped.
Storms lashed Nebraska Illinois and Indiana with heavy rains gusty winds and hail. Thunderstorms moved into Phoenix threatening floods while a front lingered over Texas Panhandle and West Texas. Temperatures ranged from 49 in Hibbing to 104 in Pecos as showers dotted the plains.
Pecos merchants slash prices for a two day sidewalk sale Friday and Saturday. The Enterprise lists ads from merchants offering discounts up to half price and more as warm weather remains. Shop to save and clear summer merchandise.
The government should force banks to improve service for 4.5 million people whose Social Security checks are deposited directly. House Banking Committee Chair Henry Reuss said banks fail to notify when deposits arrive, with complaints of a $1 fee for checks and bounced personal checks after deposits. He urged Treasury to issue regulations guaranteeing no hassle or delay and noted banks gain from the system.
State Rep. Richard Slack told Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission members in Fort Stockton to expect as many as 3,000 bills in the 1976 Texas Legislature with 140 days to dispose of them. He cited energy, ad valorem taxes, malpractice insurance, and Highway Department funding as top issues and urged energy attitude changes.
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