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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1975
Page
2
Bertha Matta and Juan Casias are to wed on Sunday in a ceremony announced by Bill McPherson. The note appears in the Pecos Enterprise page dated Wednesday March 5, 1975.
Mr and Mrs Alberto Matta announce the marriage of their daughter Bertha to Juan Casias of Balmorhea a Odessa wedding on March 2 She is a 1973 Balmorhea graduate and works in Pecos He is 1974 graduate and employed in Odessa They will reside in Odessa Catholic Women host Mexican dinner at Balmorhea center Sunday 11 to 2 Big Dry Goods sale at Brogado Country Club postponed to next week Migrant program funds go to TB tests eye exams Balmorhea schools receive aid Doctor visits for tests Nurse Merel Payne and Sally Dominguez coordinate trips to Pecos and Fort Stockton A horse accident sends Jack Humphries to Pecos Hospital Rodeo club members travel to Presidio for calf roping and riding Contests Elections filing closes Wednesday two school candidates Tony Parker and Helen Humphries For city and school posts more filings expected The April 5 polls will be at Community Club rooms Polls open 8 AM.
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon told Senate Finance that the House approved 21.3 billion tax cut gives too much relief to families earning between 10,000 and 50,000. He urged backing Ford plan targeting 57 percent of benefits to under 20,000. Ford delayed tariff steps on oil and vetoed a Democratic bill delaying all three tariff steps. Ways and Means continues energy proposals including oil import quotas and a 40 cent per gallon gas tax rise from four cents.
New York stocks rose at noon led by gains in utilities and industrials after Morgan Guaranty Trust cut its prime lending rate to 7 percent, halting a downturn sparked by profit-taking. The Dow industrial average stood at 759, up 1.26, while the American Stock Exchange slipped slightly and cotton futures moved higher amid favorable House committee actions. Fort Worth livestock prices showed mixed results with cattle and hogs varying by class and weight.
The Health Sciences Centers Subcommittee of Texas Tech University’s Committee 50 met February 26 to discuss goals and planning for the School of Medicine. Members include Dr. Eugenio Aguilar Jr. El Paso dentist, Dr. W.W. Akers Houston professor Rice University, Dr. Bernice M. Moore Austin executive VP Hogg Foundation, Robert Pfluger San Angelo rancher, and Dr. Ed Schmidt Pecos TMA president. The committee aids the university during its Fiftieth Anniversary celebration to craft a master plan for the Texas Tech University Complex for the next decade.
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously holds the Texas Railroad Commission cannot set aside gas contracts between La-Vaca Gathering Co and Texas Utilities Fuel Co and others. The ruling limits the commission to regulating gas disposition for public interest but not title or retroactive transfer actions, reversing lower court judgments. Austin San Antonio and LCRA had sought contract cancellations to secure gas supplies.
In Andrews, a very heavy turnout of 730 voters backed a one percent city sales tax set to begin July 1, 1975, with 613 votes for and 117 against. ODESSA Doctors at Medical Center Hospital met to urge county land acquisition for expansion and rejected leasing land for a private medical office building. CARLSBAD Planning Commission discussed a $250,000 Holiday Inn expansion to add 75 trailer spaces or possibly 60, plus a 6,400 square foot convention center on eight acres with parking for 202 vehicles. ODESSA UT Permian Basin committee members Bill King and Lee Bentch were elected to help choose a new UT Permian president to replace Dr. Amstead.
Pecos Enterprise published at 3245 Cedar St Pecos Texas carries second class postage. The Pecos mailing box is 1037 with phone 915 445 5475 and operates from Pecos Texas.
Morning Optimists at 6 30 a m at the American Motor Inn Rotary Club meets at the Holiday Inn at noon AAUW gathers at 1847 Jackson in the afternoon A Saturday Country and Western Jamboree at the tail barn at 8 p m Sunday trap shoot at Pecos Rifle and Pistol Club range at 1 30 p m Monday Hospital Women's Auxiliary training meeting at 7 30 p m Weight Watchers at Community Center Banquet Room at 7 p m Arts and Crafts at Senior Citizen Center Second and Hickory from 9 to 12 a m Evening Lions Club at American Motor Inn at 7 30 p m Amistad Lions Club at Lions Den at 7 30 p m Merry Home and Garden hosted by Mrs IR Titus at 1218 W 5th at 3 p m on the 10th Tuesday TOPS Club at E 10th St senior center at 6 p m Alcoholics Anonymous at 212 S Oak upstairs at 8 p m Pecos Business and Professional Women meet at Federation Parlor with hostesses Mrs Dot Stafford and Mrs Sallie Keim at 7 30 p m on the 11th
The Associated Press reports a gentle shift in Texas as March shows milder conditions in far West Texas with clear to partly cloudy skies and warm afternoons through Sunday. In contrast, South and East Texas remain unseasonably cool this morning while other regions see only modest warmth.
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