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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1977
Page
1
Representatives passed a bill to provide state university freshmen and sophomores more experienced teachers but defeated a bill requiring pawnshop owners to photograph people who hack things. The pawnshop measure failed 64 to 75 after an earlier 83 to 59 vote.
The Senate backed a 30 to 0 vote approving 15.8 million dollars to help 27 colleges pay rising utility bills through Aug 31. The House sent a bill limiting graduate student teacher assistants with a 81 to 58 vote. The measure caps TA hours at 25 percent of faculty teaching and requires TA prior teaching or co teaching experience.
Crockett Junior High Band members earned 33 first division medals at the UIL solo and ensemble contest in Odessa. Solo winners include Suzanne Flores Suzanne Gross Sherman McLain Jean Osborn Amanda Ramonez and Donna Strodtman Cornet Jimmy Galindo clarinet Robin Helberg bass clarinet Karen Holloway and Anna Miramontes. Ensemble honors feature a flute trio Gross Sherman McLain clarinet trio Buri Browning Marina Lara and Lou Weinacht clarinet quartet Lydia Cabral Robin Helberg Michelle Stafford and Joyce Soboda.
Weather Watch features Arturo Gomez Tracy McAmis Calissa Schaefer and Lydia Cabral Glenda Hibbens Suzanne Vasquez in ensemble groups. Soloists placing second include Diana Blevins Delaney Jackson Anabel Natividad Tammy Strain Malinda Vick Danny Moody Jeff Lovelace Randy Reese. Ensemble second division members span flute trio French horn quartet Trombone quartet baritone trio and cornet trio. Carlo Rountree praises preparation and thanks Dacia Ball Cindy Dawson Pam Weinacht and Southern Wells for piano accompaniment.
Pecos Barstow Toyah ISD calls for bids to build two portable structures at Zavala Junior High to house classes in commercial cooking sewing and small engine repair. Bids open April 14 with use planned for fall. project approved at last week’s board meeting.
Cub Scout Pack 191 will walk a mile after school Thursday starting at Austin Elementary to SH 17 and TraPark. Each scout collects donations for his participation to fund pack expenses led by cubmaster Leo Cobb.
The league invites all interested persons to meet at the Community Center Banquet Hall at 7 30 p m Friday to discuss coaching umpiring scorekeeping and other help roles led by David Smith, eager for volunteers.
Reeves county reports December sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds totaling 12,886 dollars, reaching 69 percent of the 1976 goal. Texas 1976 bond sales total 288,236,151 dollars at 106 percent of goal. Ward 148 percent, Midland 127 percent, Ector 97 percent, Pecos 72 percent.
Speaker Bill Clayton announced he will run for a third term as House speaker in 1979, rejecting moves to other offices and dismissing a full speaker's race. He said he has 90 firm pledges and wants to prevent floor rumblings that could derail key legislation. Other lawmakers mingle with potential bids, but Clayton plans to stay the course.
The Award of Service recognition began in 1964 to honor a top worker in the Pecos Chamber of Commerce women’s division. The award will be presented at the chamber banquet Tuesday night, as the division expands with a new project to take senior citizens to vote.
Kamal Jumblatt leader of Lebanon's leftist bloc was killed in a machine gun ambush near Deir El Kamar while traveling by car in Bankline. Two aides died. a large police hunt for unknown assailants is under way. Jumblatt's death threatens fragile postwar stability and reflects ongoing sectarian tension.
Wind gusts above 40 mph whipped through Guadalupe Pass on the El Paso to Carlsbad route as a cool front lingered from Beaumont toward Laredo. Showers dotted South Texas with fog near the coast early morning while highs reached the 70s in the south and the 80s in parts of the state.
Luis Guerrero, 31, longtime Barstow resident and current council member, runs as a challenger for the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District board. He highlights business experience with CIT and Intertex Gas, military service, and familiarity with the community.
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