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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1975
Page
1
Heeves County voters will go to 12 ballot boxes Saturday to decide a proposed 3.5 million hospital bond. The measure seeks a new 60 bed county hospital on a new site, with opposition arguing remodeling could avoid a lengthy shutdown. Absentee ballots ended with 130 cast.
New York doctors from 22 private and city hospitals ended history making action and resumed work after the League of Voluntary Hospitals revived a contract offer rejected by the CIR. The CIR said a contract exists but rank and file ratification was not required.
Pecos welcomed spring with 48 in pre dawn readings and 89 by afternoon under partly cloudy skies. Warm winds swept West Texas while South and East Texas saw low clouds and damp air from the Gulf. Temperatures ranged 36 to 74 across the state with 70s and 80s in parts of the south and plains.
Communist led forces overran Kien Duc district capital in South Vietnam's central highlands and seized a base 30 miles from Saigon. They rocketed Phnom Penh airport, killing five Cambodians aiding U.S. airlift. South Vietnam rushed 1,000 paratroopers to defend Saigon as Hanoi claimed rapid gains.
In Houston, during the Huntsville prison shootout trial of Ignacio Cuevas for capital murder, hostage Novella Pollard refused to approach Cuevas when asked to walk to a courtroom blackboard. She testified about the women hostages forced into a shield with gunmen and the deadly embrace used during the attempted escape.
The Senate Agriculture Committee moved quickly on a farm bill based on the House measure. It raises government support for dairy and cotton, sets three year effectiveness, and lifts target prices for cotton, corn, grains, and wheat while boosting milk purity to 85 percent after a Humphrey amendment.
City wide commemorative service marks Liberty Sunday in Pecos with local churches sponsoring a program at 8 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium. Clergy lead prayers readings and choirs perform as 15 locals present the bicentennial skit The Shot Heard Around the World. Eagle band will display national and bicentennial flags. Free admission. public invited.
Chief U S Postal Inspector William J Cotter testified in a secret session that in 1969 he was ordered to let CIA inspections of mail to and from the Soviet Union continue despite his push to halt them. He said he later succeeded in stopping the program four years later after the ruling official meetings.
Regional planning groups from four counties Reeves Ward Winkler and Pecos reached a cooperative agreement in Odessa to jointly pursue economic development employment and living environment improvements. The pact was one of 11 items at the PBRPC meeting along with 34 Drug Abuse Advisory committee appointments and a proposal to establish a Health System Agency for the 17 county area rather than link with Lubbock.
A blood pressure clinic is set for 2 to 4 30 PM Monday at 111 S Hickory St. It serves senior citizens and invites all to attend. For more information call 445 3272.
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