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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1976
Page
1
The Enterprise releases a 44 page issue with a 32 page Bicentennial section on Pecos area history. It features many stories and old photos, built by staff efforts and community contributions with local business support. Extra copies go to newsstands and by mail nationwide for $1 with payment.
Corpus Christi Mayor Jason Luby argued at a Texas Aeronautics Commission hearing that allowing Southwest Airlines to serve Corpus Christi would save the city thousands of dollars by enabling staff to travel round trips in a day. State officials, including Comptroller Bob Bullock, estimated annual savings of about 200000.
Pecos Municipal Park adds three rhea birds and three wallabies among new arrivals donated by L A Waters, son of Pecos native Bill Waters. The gift also includes a pair of black Indian antelope and three white fallow deer, with the wallaby pen and ostrich enclosure sharing space in the zoo.
The Red Bluff Water Power Control District of Pecos has applied to the Weather Modification Affairs Coordinator, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, for permission to conduct weather modification. Irving P. Krick Inc. of Texas will conduct activities on behalf of the district in Culberson and Loving counties and surrounding areas.
Cooler showers eased across Texas with Pecos reporting 103 and a 66 low. Reeves County and Pecos to receive 507.96 each from mixed drink tax disbursements totaling 1.6 million to counties and 1.5 million to cities. 15 percent allocated within boundaries, remainder stays in state fund. Also notes Anna tropical storm offshore and sporadic severe weather elsewhere.
Gene Douglas reflects on reader suggestions about truck drivers and weighs in with praise for drivers as honest workers. He riffs on a diet pitch from Dr Kremer and notes local weight loss efforts and a manager who slimmed down, mixing humor with small town observations.
New York AP. Citi Bank, the nation's second largest, cut its prime lending rate from 7 to 7 percent on Friday following smaller banks. Morgan Guaranty Trust, Bank of New York, and First National Bank of Chicago also lowered rates this week. The prime is the minimum rate banks charge top borrowers.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission overrode staff to keep a split sunrise to sunset dove season by zone. North Zone runs Sept 1 to Oct 14 then Jan 1 to Jan 16, with days Sept 25 to Nov 7 and Jan 1 to Jan 16 elsewhere. South Zone follows prior pattern. Daily bag limit 10, possession 20. White wing doves open Sept 4 to 12 on select days.
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