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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1968
Page
1
The Pecos City Council met Thursday morning to handle various items and approved the Corporation Court report Tax Assessor-Collector report and Treasurer's February statement in regular session.
Citizens from across the area will bring wares to swap or sell at the City-Wide Garage-Junktique Sale in the downtown district and Airlawn. Past events show profits for churches clubs and individuals with $300 in a single day reported by a local group.
James E. Kirk announces resignation from the Pecos Enterprise Circulation Manager post effective March 31. After nearly five years in Pecos, he moves to Houston to manage Westbury Lumber Company.
Delegations from Reeves County including Wendell Faulkner and J. Robert Scott joined area representatives in Monahans to discuss a regional junior college in the Trans-Pecos. A potential Pyote site was floated while a second meeting was set for April 17 at Indian Lodge with all district counties invited.
New York report outlines actions by the FDA and FTC to remove or relabel ineffective drugs. Based on National Academy of Sciences evaluations of over 3 000 medicines, about 10 percent deemed worthless will be barred, others limited in claims. Reeves County residents face local spending on pharmaceuticals of about 461 000 dollars yearly, or 22 80 dollars per person, with most of the amount for prescription drugs.
Judge D B Pouncey of the Pecos Corporation Court imposed fines totaling 1618 during February. Drunk in public led with 376, followed by 156 for minors with alcohol, 150 for drunken driving, and smaller sums for license violations traffic signals speed and other infractions. The Public Health Service notes rising medicine costs and per capita drug spending, especially among those over 65 at about 50.20 yearly.
The Veterans Administration reminds that the new GI Bill benefits apply to all veterans with any active duty after January 31, 1955. Eligible are those with at least 181 days of service. Monthly payments vary by training type from $80 to $175, with additions for dependents, covering college, high school, on the job training, and farm cooperative training programs.
The Richard Bricce American Legion Post No. 91 will meet on Monday night March 18 in the new hall at Ninth and Cedar Streets at 7 30 p.m. All members and prospective members are urged to attend.
The autos testing grounds near Pecos reveal expanding tire tests with a 150 year old cobblestone road from St Louis. Growth includes 250 staff and a $1.25 million payroll. Plans include a maypole driven tractor guide and new road designs for gravel and crushed rock testing. The serpentine road resembles a sideways roller coaster in the report.
The Pecos Police Department February report shows 48 property crimes with 15 cleared and 33 pending, 19 thefts with 4 cleared, seven burglaries all pending, seven vandalisms with two cleared, and 86 traffic offenses including 27 accidents with four injuries. Jail arrests totaled 50, including 33 for drunkenness and 12 for minor in possession. Animal Control impounded 52 dogs and 17 cats, while patrols covered 12,099 miles and 195 calls. Losses totaled $6,647.18 with $4,006.98 recovered.
A 1967 White Freightliner truck driven by Horace Franklin Kinsey Jr. collided with a 1967 Dodge sedan carrying J. Frederick Pierce and his wife Jesse May Pierce about 40 miles west of Pecos at the Davis Mountain Station. Both Pierces died at the scene. Kinsey, of Junction, was uninjured. DPS investigators continue the inquiry. no charges filed.
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