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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1975
Page
1
Pecos and Reeves County ride a new economic surge as oil and gas dollars flow in. Seismographic crews, about 25 strong, inject roughly 2 million dollars monthly through payrolls, fuel, services, and right of way payments, supporting farmers and local business.
School employees in the Pecos area may begin filing for special unemployment assistance from the Texas Employment Commission at 8 a.m. Thursday. TEC workers will assist at the community center teen room to process claims for cafeteria workers custodians and other employees not covered by a contract. About 20 to 30 of the nearly 100 potential local claims had already been filed during the summer months.
In a reader letter bundle, concerns flare over a Texas senator's mispronounced name on national TV and the public's knowledge of his identity. The author also ponders local park needs on the Pecos north side and riffs on aging fashion, roach traps, peanut butter with onions, and a health inspector’s menudo anecdote.
An 18 year old Mona Hans Youth was treated at Reeves Memorial Hospital after a gunshot wound to the shoulder around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Salvador Martinez told police he was shot as he turned from E Third Street onto Locust Street in Pecos while visiting friends. He heard a shout then felt pain, drove to the hospital, and reported no known motive or shooter. Police began investigating the incident, noting he did not identify whether the shot came from a vehicle or a pedestrian.
Ronald C. O Bryan, an Houston optician, was found guilty of capital murder in the cyanide candy poisoning of his eight year old son Timothy. A 10 man jury deliberated 46 minutes before the verdict and hearings on punishment will proceed with the state seeking the death penalty. Defense argues cyanide purchase not proven. O Bryan known to Houston children as the man who ruined Halloween.
Construction of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce building is about halfway complete with a July 1 completion target. Mary Peyton, designer and contractor, reports rough-ins done and carpet soon. the facility will house a reception room workroom managers office and directors meeting room two rest rooms and a kitchenette. The remodel is funded by a city chamber and advertising committee joint venture and is expected to cost under 13000 dollars.
Pecos area farmers will gather in the Community Public Service Room at 8 p.m. today to discuss current natural gas contracts with Jess Daffron of El Paso and a representative from Richard C. White's office. All local farmers are urged to attend this special meeting in Washington relations context.
A reading of 108 degrees topped the statewide early spring thermometer in Pecos on Tuesday as clear weather and rising temperatures spread across Texas. Overnight lows near 60 in Pecos followed a calm, hot day with forecasts calling for coastal showers and thundershowers from a Panhandle trough. Thunderstorms also hit the northern Plains and Midwest with wind, rain, and hail, while Wyoming and South Dakota reported large hail and potential damage though no injuries were noted.
Six driving while intoxicated cases, two marijuana possession charges, and one juvenile hearing lead the county court docket for a 10 am Tuesday session presided by Judge H D Glover. Additional possible dispositions this week include two criminal non support one misdemeanor theft and one assault causing bodily injury case. Defendants on DWI include William James Stergis Panfilio Gonzales Pedro Morales Gary Durham Jack Duke and Billy McDaniel. Drug charges involve Ruby Lee Brooks Michael Fleener and Elsie Franco. Non support filings name Adan Perez and Ruben Tercero. Other matters include State versus Joe Brave for misdemeanor theft and an assault case against Warren McHorse from a Feb 13 affray. The juvenile matter concerns a Pecos youth alleged to have committed a sexual offense against a four year old girl on May 2.
The Pecos Rifle and Pistol Club schedules a 100 bird trap shoot at 2 p.m. Sunday following 1 p.m. registration. Top three trophies, prize money, and money shoots with 25 third rounds are planned. Spectators welcome and entries invited per Ronnie Doggett.
Robert Kleasen was formally sentenced to death in Austin Texas for the murder and butcher ing of a Mormon missionary last Oct. 28 behind a taxidermy shop. Four deputies escorted him to Judge Tom Blackwell's courtroom where he declared I am innocent before the sentence was passed.
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