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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1975
Page
1
Warm air moves inland pushing aside a weak cool front across far West Texas. Highs reached 87 in Pecos with 47 overnight. Forecasters expect more clouds and scattered thundershowers through the weekend as mild weather persists despite a weak cold front.
The Bicentennial Committee at Pecos adopts a year long calendar of events starting March 23 1975 with a city wide religious service at the high school auditorium to honor Patrick Henry. Highlights include The Shot Heard Round the World play, a Paul Revere birthday ball, an agricultural symposium, flag week, an effigy of King George III, and Mexican Heritage Week with Mariachis.
Washington AP reports wholesale prices fell 0.8 percent in February from January, the third straight monthly drop, signaling cooling inflation at the wholesale level though prices remain 14.6 percent higher than a year earlier. Congress weighs President Ford’s job proposal to fund summer work programs. up to 760,000 youths and 310,000 adults could gain employment if approved.
Big city mayors welcomed President Ford's request for additional federal money to fund summer jobs for youths but argued for more, citing Newark's Kenneth Gibson and Syracuse's Lee Alexander. They urged Congress to approve about 706 million more and extend the public service program for adults beyond December 31. The White House said the move follows Labor Department guidance to phase out the program by July 1. Also noted are declines in wholesale prices led by farm products and processed foods, with hopeful signs of later relief for consumers.
Israeli troops stormed the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv and killed seven guerrillas then flushed out the eighth captive after a brief gunfight. A mob attacked the ambulance as locals reacted to the worst terrorist strike in the city. Two Israeli soldiers were among the dead. hostages numbered at least 30 with no confirmed American casualties. Rabin toured the scene as Kissinger condemned the raid as violence.
A blaze of undetermined origin damaged the interior of a seismograph office about 4 32 p m Wednesday. Firemen found flames near the ceiling of the building next to Pecos Tire Service. Fire marshal Dick Wadley suggested a mobile fuel tank exploded as the possible cause. Witnesses heard a small explosion before the fire spread. Damaged area was slight with only an icebox and personal items destroyed.
Ten candidates filed by the 5 p.m. deadline for Pecos city and school elections on April 5. Seven city posts and three school board seats are contested. Incumbents Williams and Reynolds join new hopefuls in school and city races. Voters cast ballots 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Pecos Community Center with five school precincts and a Barstow center as a polling site.
City officials report February permits up 63 percent from a year earlier with Winters and Jirous Construction of Oklahoma City issuing the lone commercial permit for a 25 000 dollar drive in restaurant at 511 W Third St. Most permits cover home repairs and additions including a 37 00 dollar bedroom and a 600 dollar carport. Other permits include a 250 dollar porch and 1 000 dollar stucco renovation. Three building moves and a demolition of the Smallwood hangar were also approved.
Judge F H Ryan urges Pecos residents to back a new hospital, arguing the worn facility, frequent roof failures, awkward interior layout, and rising population threaten medical care and local doctors. He notes his 13 years as county judge and multiple roof repairs, warning without a new hospital families may move away.
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