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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1973
Page
2
The Texas Highway Beautification Act requires owners of signs within 660 feet of Interstate or federal aid primary highways to file permit requests and obtain a $25 state license plus post a $2,500 bond per county. Permits cost $5 each. bonds max at $10,000 for owners with signs in more than three counties. Exemptions apply to certain signs and government postings.
Reeves County reports 462 non-working non-students ages over 16, with 246 under 65 and 222 65 or older. National transfer payments fund retirements, keeping many out of work, while 42.8 percent of Reeves men over 65 stay in the labor force.
Washington A P reports a three part classroom guide from the Agricultural Research Service defines farm animal terms such as bull cow beak billy goat and bristle. The guide targets early education and notes the egg as the chick's birth place and stresses the animals' roles in daily life.
In Boston the 15 year old Nick Cook makes a long distance call of 44 600 miles to his home in Mission Hill. The call is routed through an Anik satellite 22 5000 miles above the equator using RCA Global Communications equipment to show domestic service capabilities.
Wall Street showed a mixed day as inflation worries lingered and Nixon plans drew attention. Dow Jones fell to 917.82 while the NYSE index slid to 56.28. American and oil shares moved with gains in Phillips Petroleum Exxon and Standard Oil of California while cattle markets reported varied activity in Fort Worth Texas.
Deaths Services for Otis R Lan drum 36 of 2208 S Park resident held at Calvary Baptist Church at 3 pm Saturday. Lan drum died of an apparent heart attack at Pecos home Friday burial to be in Kentucky today Pecos Funeral Home handling local arrangements. Independent Pecos newspaper published by Pecos Enterprise Inc every evening except Saturday and Sunday at 324 S Cedar Pecos Texas 79772 P O Box 2057. Mail subscription rates in Reeves County include 6 months 10 50 1 year 21 00 All Other Mail 6 months 12 50 12 months 24 00 Second Class Postage Paid at Pecos Texas 79772.
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