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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
4
Pecos police urge a substantial raise after losing a well trained officer to better pay elsewhere. Police Chief Gene Martin asks the City Council to match nearby towns and acknowledge officers' long hours and public duties.
A Pecos campaign led by Rediger's Pharmacy and signed by Mayor E W Schmidt urges home safety to prevent accidental poisonings. The piece highlights a case of a girl who died after drinking fruit tree spray mislabeled as soda and lists six basic precautions: keep medicines out of children reach, use original containers, read labels, store separately, light when dosing, and dispose of old prescriptions.
Three monkeys in a coconut tree discuss rumors about humans. They reject the idea that humans descended from monkeys and critique human cruelty such as abandoning wives, starving children, and killing. The fable argues humans differ in moral responsibility from monkeys.
In Pecos and Reeves County the community thanks volunteers and organizations for a March 14 to 17 measles campaign administering 1756 live vaccine doses. Praise goes to the County Medical Society Nurses Memorial Hospital staff Hospital Auxiliary Candy Strippers Pecos Ministerial Alliance Pecos Public Schools Pharmacists KIM and the Pecos Enterprise. State Health Department officials Mr Black and Mr Miller noted a top turnout and the potential protection for children's eyesight hearing and health.
Senator John Tower reviews a Senate Civil Rights bill with open housing and anti riot provisions. The measure criminalizes intimidation in schooling work travel and jury service and extends protections to all citizens while preserving police duties. Open housing dates vary from presidential signing to 1970 with staged coverage. He supports anti riot provisions but opposes federal housing mandates, urging local action and emphasizing order through citizen participation.
Representative Richard C. White describes a House subcommittee hearing on establishing a National Criminal Justice Statistics Center in the Justice Department. He cites Wickersham and a 1960s presidential commission urging centralized, reliable crime data and state bureaus with uniform methods to guide policy and deter crime.
Senator Ralph Yarborough introduces a bill to curb illegal wildlife imports and U S poaching. He urges a voluntary import tagging system, cites Africa poaching, illegal leopard skins in New York, and threats to species like the whooping crane and California condor. He notes profits for poachers from alligators in Texas and urges reduced demand to save species.
A compiled list of numerous Tenants and landlords exchanging mineral and surface rights across Reeves County. Transactions include Gulf Oil Texaco El Paso Natural Gas and others with rental terms from 5 to 10 years and rents ranging from 50 cents to several hundred dollars per year. The entries cover Secs 7 9 10 16 18 26 27 32 239 305 315 in blocks 71 72 13 H&GN and PSL among others and show multiple transfers and leased portions including NE NW SE and S halves.
Absentee voting begins April 5 in person, period for filing campaign expenses runs April 24 to 26, last day for absentee voting by personal appearance is April 30, May 4 marks the first primary election, May 7 is canvass of returns, with a May county convention noted.
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