Agriculture committee approves dairy and grain price supports
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill raising regulated floor prices for dairy products wheat corn and cotton. It would lift dairy supports to 85 percent of parity and lift target prices for wheat corn and cotton with potential taxpayer costs up to 3.72 billion if grain prices fall. Farmers back the measure but seek higher targets. President Ford previously vetoed similar legislation.
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House Agriculture Committee
Ford
Agriculture Department
U.S
Peyser
Ford signals Cambodia aid may be trimmed
President Ford warned Cambodia could fall to Communists if Congress delays more military assistance within days, but he softened the demand for the previously cited 222 million. White House aides would not confirm the exact acceptable total, while McCloskey urged 116 million. Ford also discussed unemployment, tax cuts, and Republican prospects for 1976.
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Ford
Cambodia
White House
Congress
Paul McCloskey
Calif
South Vietnam
Electrical problems force emergency landing of army helicopter
FAA spokesmen report an army helicopter landed about 45 miles northwest of Pecos in Culberson County after electrical problems suggested a fire. The craft rested in ranchland and a Fort Bliss recovery helicopter located it. there were no injuries. Repairs were under way and the helicopter would be flown out once completed as troopers extended the nighttime search.
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Culberson County
Federal Aviation Agency
Wink
FAA
Pecos
Fort Bliss
el Paso
DPS
West Texas
Pecos bonds and Trailriders honor featured in seniors column
Lynn Webb notes upcoming bond votes on March 22 and April 5 for city school and hospital referendums, then salutes Pecos residents who drew the West Texas Trailriders to town. He estimates riders and supporters spending at least six thousand dollars locally, urging a warm Pecos welcome and noting plans for a city sports banquet to honor youth. The column ends with a light Thought for the Day about aging and a dime’s use as a screwdriver.
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Lynn Webb
Pecos
West
Enterprise
Absentee voting opens for city and school posts
Absentee voting in the April 5 city and school board election starts at 8 a.m. March 17. City ballots list Manuel Trujillo, John Pitts, Bob Bickley, Doug Fernandes, Mary Apolinar, Karol Curcurato and Arnie Calderon. school board names are Isabel D. Flores, Elvin Reynolds and Paul Williams. Absentee ballots for the city can be cast at the city secretary's office 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through April 1, with mailed ballots due by 10 a.m. April 3. school ballots are cast at the school administration offices 1302 Park St. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Easter break closes school offices March 27–31. Voters away on election day are urged to vote absentee.
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Isabel D. Flores
Elvin Reynolds
Paul Williams
Manuel Trujillo
John Pitts
Bob Bickley
Doug Fernandes
Mary Apolinar
Karol Curcurato
Arnie Calderon
Dwyane Dobbs
Dobbs
Park St
Escaped convicts given life terms
Two Colorado convicts from a trio that terrorized four states last August were given life terms for the Aug. 24 murder near Stephenville Texas. Dalton Williams and Jerry Ulmer, both in their 20s, waived jury trial and appeals after pleading guilty to murder and related charges.
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Stephenville, Tex
Colorado
Dalton Williams
Jerry Ulmer
Herman Fitts
Jacqueline Ott
Texas
Williams
Ulmer
Here
Richard Mangum
Canon City
Mangum
Carrico to judge festival at Reno Jazz Fes tival
Pecos High School band director Bill Carrico is chosen for the third straight year to judge the International Jazz Festival in Reno Nevada. The event, sponsored by the University of Nevada, is the world’s largest with 300 bands across six sites in the city and features finalists from 27 states and four foreign countries. Final class winners often tour Europe for up to three weeks the next summer. last year playoffs drew 8,000 at the Reno Coliseum.
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Pecos
Bill Carrico
Reno
Nev
University of Nevada
Europe
Reno Coliseum
Dusty West Texas Skies Mark Fronts and Frigid Air
Dusty skies sweep West Texas as a late winter front pushes south from the Plains while a Midwest snowstorm spurs a blast of cold air toward the Upper Texas Coast. Forecasters warn of cloudy, colder conditions tonight and Saturday with overnight lows in the 20s across Northwest Texas and parts of North Central and Northeast Texas.
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West Texas
Pecos
Midwest
Texas Panhandle
Texas
East
Piney
Houston
West
North Central
Plains
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis County
Balmorhea girl wins Reeves County spelling contest
Balmorhea Junior High School student Anna Jasso, daughter of Manuel and, will travel to Lubbock for the regional spelling bee after winning the Reeves County contest in Crockett Junior High cafeteria. She outspelled 23 competitors by correctly spelling evangelical and exaggerate to claim top honors while Joyce Svoboda placed second and Randi Parmer finished third.
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Harold Elder
Carol McReynolds
Mattie Ford
Kandi Palmer
Reeves County
Anna Jasso
Balmorhea Junior High
Balmorhea
Manuel Jasso
Lubbock
Miss Jaso
Jasso
Joyce Svoboda
W.G. Svoboda
S. Plum St
Crockett Junior High
Sively Harder
Crockett
Randi Parmer
Gaye Parmer
Washington, D.C
Mattie Bell Ford
Richard San Roman
Why I support the new hospital
Bruce Hay M D argues the community needs a hospital as the current facility fails to meet federal specs and lacks beds. Remodeling is impractical and would require closing the hospital during work. He asks readers if they want to live in a community without a hospital.
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Bruce Hay
M.D
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