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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1970
Page
3
Amarillo city commissioners approve an ordinance restricting drive in theater content to protect minors. The measure bans nudity sexual conduct sexual excitement and sadomasochistic imagery visible from public streets, prompting legal challenges but defended as legally narrow.
Francis Marion Law, 93, key figure in revising the National Banking Act after 1933 and a drafter of the FDIC charter, died in Houston. Former chairman of First National Bank of Houston, he led the American Bankers Association and said in 1957 he worked with the administration to secure needed legislation.
Apollo 13 investigator Edgar Cartwright says excessive voltage fed to a heater circuit welded closed two weeks before launch caused overheating of an oxygen tank. Tests show 65 volts versus 30 volt design limits risking insulation damage and sparks. The April 13 explosion derailed the moon mission and endangered astronauts.
Kenneth R. Thompson 23 of Grand Prairie was charged with armed robbery of a Travis State Bank drive in teller Monday. Texas Ranger G W Burks arrested him at Love Field Dallas and he faced Peace Justice Buck Smith with bond set at 100000. Teller reported about 1150 dollars taken.
The Kiwanis Club will hear Special Agent Paul D. Sjodal of the FBI when it meets Thursday at 7 p.m. at Foster's Restaurant. Sjodal, a Texan born in El Paso, has served in multiple FBI offices before returning to Texas in 1968. He played varsity basketball at TCU and the University of New Mexico.
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin leads a federal class action claiming six gypsum companies and the Gypsum Association conspired to fix prices and monopolize gypsum wallboard and related products, allegedly controlling about 90 percent of U S sales. Defendants include Fibreboard, Flintkote, Kaiser Cement and Gypsum, National Gypsum, Georgia-Pacific, U S Gypsum, and the Gypsum Association.
In San Antonio the head of the regional Office of Economic Opportunity told the city’s status commission that discrimination against women starts early. A federal hearing is set in Austin on a dispute between EODC and SANYO over program funding and a move to replace parts with neighborhood corporations.
Democratic Senate candidate Lloyd Bentsen warned the radical left could trigger extreme measures that curb freedom. He told the Chamber of Commerce violent demonstrations fail to yield progress and warned of potential push toward repression if unity is not sought.
Thieves struck Gibson's Discount Center again last night after a prior raid yielded 12 pistols. They entered through a ventilator, smashed ceiling sections, and hauled away twenty pistols. A display case was looted and $10 in change left the cash register empty. Patrolman Robert Diaz and Officer James Titus investigated the break-in between 10:15 and 11:13.
Lincoln Park, a mobile home park town four miles northeast of Denton, approved beer and liquor by the drink by 24 to 4 and a 1 percent city sales tax by 26 to 2. Dallas lawyer Parks W. Bell, now mayor, plans two more package stores and on premise liquor use. Bell co-owns the park with John B. Foster of Arlington. Nearby Denton hosts North Texas State University and Texas Woman's University.
Pre trial hearings are scheduled for Friday afternoon in several criminal cases to be tried during Criminal Jury Week in the 143rd District Court beginning June 22. Defendants include Pedro Chavez Otis Williams Victor iano Chavez Porfirio Vuela Ontiveros Lewis H. Queen also known as Ernest Ray Pinion Lorne Earl Sprague Joseph Finn Francisco Gomez Garcia Charlie J. Peterson James Harold Thompson William Paul Hampton Severo Fuentez John Pierce and John Bardin.
Preliminary 1970 census figures show Austin in Travis County up to 246 799 from 136 545 a decade earlier with an additional 77 354 residents in the county. The district total reaches 537 511 while nine rural counties lose population and San Marcos grows with Southwest Texas State University enrollment.
Van Horn hosts the 13th annual Frontier Celebration featuring an NJRA rodeo teen and adult dances and a public barbecue. Events run four days at the community center arena with trophy prizes over 1200 dollars and saddles as top awards. The Lions Club sponsors the event and Rotary runs the concessions. Music by the Lyox band and Troubadors rounds out the schedule.
Notification for readers to call Circulation by 6 45 PM if the newspaper is not received by 5 30 PM with guaranteed delivery and a provided contact number 445 5475.
Mrs. Shirley Wooldridge 24 of Paris Texas and her two year old son Charles died in a highway wreck near Paris at 1015 am Monday. Two other children Rhonda 5 and Donald 4 survived in hospital in good condition Tuesday. Services for Mrs Wooldridge and her son are set for 10:30 am Thursday Fry Gibbs Funeral Chapel Paris with graveside in Pecos Cemetery Friday. Survivors include her father Jessie Wright Sr of Big Spring mother Helen Lamb of Carlsbad and brother Jessie Wright Jr of Brady.
Paul Randolph announces a planning group meeting of the Merchants Committee for Friday June 5 at 10 00 am. Members listed include Carlton Williams Denis Baustert Reeca Pigman and Don Doan. Items will be brought to the full Merchants Committee at a forthcoming session.
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