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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1978
Page
6
Evening listings cover game and film broadcasts from 7:00 to 12:45 pm. Highlights include Raid On Entebbe dramatization, classic movies such as The World of Henry Orient, and comedies Laverne and Shirley and Three's Company. Local weather note mentions Maine geography.
A morning to late afternoon TV grid lists programs including Morning Faith Thruhrs at 6:30, LILIAS YOGA AND YOU, News Today, Good Morning America, Sesame Street, CBS News, Captain Kangaroo, Mister Rogers, All the Buck Can News, Leave It to Beaver, The Phil Donahue Show, Hollywood Squares, Price Is Right, Love American Style, High Rollers, Happy Days, Electric Company, Pass the Buck, Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud, Love of Life, Sanford and Son, $20,000 Pyramid, Zoom, Rebop, Young and the Restless, Gong Show, Ryan's Hope, and Search for Tomorrow with various weekday notes.
A fragmented TV guide lists daytime soaps and prime time classics through highlights like All My Children Days of Our Lives and General Hospital, plus game shows and cartoons. It includes a composer nationality quiz asking to match Bach Britten Chopin Liszt Mozart to Polish Hungarian Austrian British or German with answers hinting at 2 and a question mark.
Vernon Texas AP short cowboy Shorty Newman stands five feet tall yet works as a fulltime cowboy on the half million acre W T Wag goner Estate near Vernon. One of 36 cowhands he picks smaller horses, earns respect, and embraces the hard day at 4 a.m. All you have to do is get the job done and love cowboying. For him size means little in that saddle and in the dusty chores that define real ranch life.
Washington AP reports a Commerce Department study by the National Fire Data Center profiling fire fatalities. It finds males 62 to 63 percent of deaths though they are 49 percent of the population, with nonwhite males disproportionately affected. The young and elderly account for about half of deaths, while estimates of annual U S fire deaths range from 6000 to 12000, with 7000 to 9000 deemed most plausible.
Texas has more licensed insurance companies than any state and $132.6 million in premium taxes annually, per UT Bureau of Business Research. 1,704 companies licensed in Texas, with 680 national HQs, and rapid growth from 1966 to 1976 boosted tax take. Todd notes declines in company count due to mergers, yet premium volume rose. Life insurance per family averages $30,600, above the national $30,100.
George Vasquez of Terrazas Furniture is recognized as businessman of the week. He and his wife Lois have six children, run the 133 S. Oak store, and plan a future face lift after purchasing the building. Vasquez stresses community service, church involvement, and member roles in local groups while expanding showroom and appliance lines.
President Carter said allowing 200 million pounds more beef, mainly from Australia and New Zealand, will save Americans about 500 million dollars this year in cheaper hamburger. He expects overall beef costs to rise up to 23 percent from last year, with imports easing price pressure during the outdoor cooking season. Agriculture Secretary Bergland projects a small price relief, while analysts question the magnitude of the impact.
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