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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1976
Page
2
Pecos hosts a wide family gathering for the Glorious Fourth with rodeo parades and festivities. Ex Pecosites return for the town’s 200th anniversary and the Big Day events, with many locals hosting relatives and participating in planning committees and city celebrations.
Rain halted play on the first day of the Babe Zaharias Invitational in Chagrin Falls Ohio delaying the $100 000 LPGA event. Final 18 holes moved to Monday with possible 36 holes Saturday if more rain falls. Renee Powell posted Thursday's low 74 while tournament proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society in honor of Babe Didrickson Zaharias.
The Dow hovered around 1003.77 at noon as gainers outpaced losers 9 to 5 on NYSE. Tenneco held at 32 while the NYSE composite rose to 55.46 and AMEX value index to 1.19. Volume was 8.25 million two hours in, Allis-Chalmers rose 7/8 to 24 while gold prices in London and New York edged higher.
Police reports detail Juan Natividad of 1005 Martinez cited for leaving the scene failure to control speed and no license after a Thursday crash in Mesquite. He allegedly jumped the curb struck a fence trees a gas meter and a cemetery fence causing $700 gas meter damage.
Calendar of coming events in Pecos lists Monday activities for Lions Club Amistad Lions Club Pecos Optimists Senior Citizens and Friendship Night plus Tuesday schedules for Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous Al Anon Morning TOPS Club TOPS TX 259 and Evening Optimists with locations and times.
SAN DIEGO Calif AP The Marine Corps case against drill instructor S Sgt Harold Bronson of Freeport Pa may go to an eight man trial board after the prosecution rests. Bronson 30 is charged with involuntary manslaughter assault maltreating a recruit and violating general orders in the Dec 6 beating of Lynn McClure who died March 13. Two other DIs also face courts martial. The pivotal issue is which orders Bronson followed whether standard Marine Corps Recruit Depot orders or special orders from superiors in the Special Training Branch allowed striking a downed recruit.
Barbs Le Barbs Le comments on a model placed in a trash compactor for a supposed average passenger kneeroom test. The piece contrasts calm economic talk in a restaurant with reflection on appearances. It alludes to a late movie and a test pattern as a backdrop to the reflection.
Federal law sets per donation caps of 1000 dollars to any single candidate per election and 25000 dollars total to all federal candidates and committees in one election year. Presidential candidates and immediate family face up to 50000 dollars for their own race, while Senate candidates may use 35000 dollars and House candidates 25000 dollars in personal funds.
Dan Queen Jr aged 28 died of an apparent heart attack while playing baseball in San Antonio. He was husband to Mary Allen and survived by a widow, a daughter Hilary, parents, two brothers and a sister. Bessie Carrie Scott, 84, died in Reeves Memorial Hospital and is to be buried at Fairview Cemetery in Pecos. she was born in Graham and had lived in Pecos for 35 years, with two sons N E Scott and G B Scott, a brother Claude Garrett, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren listed as survivors.
Fragmented OCR text notes Jumius as a British political writer who attacked King George III and colonial policies in the London Public Advertiser between 1769 and 1772. It includes a quoted warning to the king about truth and audience from a World Almanac reference and then largely garbled newspaper staff credits and mailing rates, with scattered county mentions Reeves Ward Lovrie Culberson Jeff Davis.
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