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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1973
Page
3
Texas Commission on Constitutional Revision plans at least 18 public hearings across the state with eight new sites added. Motions to hold sessions on Saturdays were defeated, and the panel seeks broad public support for its agenda.
Jeremiah Denton recalls his long imprisonment in North Vietnam during 1966 and the height of torture at the Hanoi camp. He reflects on the "Battle of Hanoi" and his experiences after becoming senior officer at The Zoo camp following Bobby Risner's departure. Denton frames his captivity, resilience, and eventual return.
A 67 mile Pony Express relay from Comanche Springs Fort Stockton to Sul Ross State University arena kicks off Alpine Frontier Western Days. Over 60 riders from West Texas Wranglers and Sul Ross Rodeo Club relay two miles each, delivering a proclamation read before the rodeo.
Maj. Robert B. Jeffrey of Dallas and Lt. Col. Samuel R. Johnson of Plano testified at Dallas Naval Air Station about physical and mental torture by North Vietnamese captors. They recalled executions, irons, beatings, and propaganda aims, condemning antiwar protests and praising President Nixon for peace efforts.
The report covers Pecos County wildcat re entries by No. 2 William T. Shearer and No. 12 Gomez West Unit near Fort Stockton, detailing depths, perforations, and prior Ellenburger producers. It also notes Gulf Oil plans for a 23 500 foot Gomez field drillsite and a re entry to No. 1 Collins Rooney Gas Unit.
The Associated Press survey for March 4-11 counts 350 gun deaths in the United States, a 67 percent rise from four years earlier. Homicides, personal crisis reports, and accidents are detailed with weapon types and state tallies led by California and Texas.
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