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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1976
Page
2
The House voted overwhelmingly to reprimand subcommittee chairman Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes on two counts of financial misconduct. This marked the chamber’s first member punishment since 1969 when Adam Clayton Powell was fined and stripped of seniority. A brief debate featured three speakers before the reprimand.
An all points bulletin led to James Schoenfeld’s capture at dawn on U S 101 near Menlo Park by San Mateo County deputies and local police. He was taken to San Mateo County jail in Redwood City as FBI agents transported his brother Richard for arraignment in Chowchilla. Bail set at $1 million. Richard to Oakland hospital cell for observation.
Wall Street opened higher but markets drifted into a slack, neutral pattern led by a Dow retreat to 978.45 by noon. NYSE volume sagged to 5.97 million, cotton futures rose slightly on demand, and Fort Worth livestock quotes showed unsettled ranges for hogs and cattle amid thin activity.
John Barfield, Balmorhea vocational agriculture teacher, attends a three-week workshop at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. Co sponsored by Tarleton and the Texas Education Agency, the program certifies teachers to run pre employment lab programs in high schools. Instructors include TSU professors Carl Chumney Ted Ford and Clif Morvant. The curriculum covers electricity motors soil and water conservation small engines tractor maintenance welding and more. A cynic is any man unfortunate enough to be married to an optimist.
Monahans City Council agreed to cover half the cost of street decorations, budgeting 4500 dollars to be paid over three years. The article also notes bids for Hurd Memorial Airport runway resurfacing and other regional civic actions.
Calendar notes coming events in Pecos with daily items focusing on clubs and meetings. Friday Day Camp Parents Night at Girl Scout House 715 S Park 7 to 9 p.m. Monday Evening Lions Club American Motors Inn 1 30 p.m. Amistad Lions Club Lions Den 7 30 p.m. Pecos Optimists Chapar ral Village Steak House. Tuesday Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon 8 p.m. 125 S Oak St phone numbers listed Morning TOPS Club 9 30 a.m. Federation Parlor TOPS TX 259 meets at St Community Council office 6 p.m. Evening Optimists at Saragosa Hall 8 p.m.
Death notices and service details for Eugene Aaron Gene Kelly 73 outline a Friday service at First Presbyterian Church, Sunset Memorial Gardens burial in Odessa, and a life in Pecos after leaving the highway department. Survivors include wife Lonnie, siblings in Odessa Houston Midland Andrews, and nieces and nephews. Gloria Rodriguez 17 listed with pending Pecos Funeral Home services after being struck by lightning near Cayanosa during a storm.
Earlier today Estrella Bar at Fifth and Locust was burglarized with rear door forced and an unknown amount of beer taken while a display radio was reported stolen from R&S Electronics at 716 W. Third St between 12:30 and 12:45 p.m. A pellet gun pellet or BB gun damaged a vehicle windshield on Maple Street between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. The ambulance transferred a patient to Odessa at 5:39 p.m. and city newspaper staff listings and pricing details follow.
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