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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1975
Page
1
President Ford reluctantly approves a 24.8 billion tax cut aimed at curbing inflation but warns against adding to a projected 60 billion deficit. Lawmakers praise restraint on spending yet fear delaying social programs. Sen. Dick Clark urges holding spending without gutting needed domestic programs.
Pecos Housing Authority awards Southwestern Builders of El Paso a $155,000 contract to construct a new day care center at the East Side Civic Center site near 10th and Orange. Groundbreaking slated for soon with occupancy expected late September or early October. Funding comes from PHA reserves, with no city tax funds used.
Bob Bickley announces a bid to return to Pecos city council arguing his business and community service record fit the role. The 56 year old, a Pecos resident and SWIG Cotton Oil manager, highlights experience with the school board chamber of commerce and church leadership.
Easter Sunday storms swept the northern tier from the Rockies to New England delaying egg hunts. Snow totals reached 26 inches in North Dakota with gusts to 70 mph in the central Rockies. Temp contrasts across Texas and the South ranged from 13 to 79 degrees as floods persisted in the Midwest and river basins. Three deaths were reported in storm related incidents and several areas faced widespread travel and camp disruptions.
The American Cancer Society will sponsor a free showing of Breast Cancer: Where We Are at the State Theater at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Tim Nesbitt, Reeves County Cancer Society president, says the film is the most complete report on the subject. Dr. Justin J. Stein of the American Cancer Society notes it illustrates new detection equipment and techniques, emphasizes mammography and thermography, and promotes breast self examination as life saving and reassuring for survivors.
Two people remained in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital after weekend auto accidents. Juan Rayos Florez, 201 N. Oak, was injured Saturday when his car hit a tree and a utility pole during a U turn on E. Fifth by the park, knocking down a cable TV pole and tree and halting Fifth Street for over two hours. Susy Madrid, 16, was also listed in satisfactory condition after being struck on the 100 block of West D Street at 9 01 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were listed in two additional weekend police investigations.
City street seal coating begins about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday on about 114 blocks east of Maple to Cedar. North south boundaries are Second, Walthall and Washington streets. Streets have emulsion rack coating. asphalt and rock will be laid Tuesday. City manager J J Maxey asks residents to avoid parking on north south streets to ease work.
A man about 40 was found dead under a bridge west of Kent near Cherry Creek Saturday. Officials suspect he may be Frank Pendleton Jr. of Dallas, but no positive identification has been made. truck driver news sparked the search as officers gather papers and clues. Nearby counties aid in the investigation while authorities consider the Dallas link.
Washington AP reports officials expect a last minute rush as Ford era clemency ends at midnight. By Friday 22,556 of about 120,000 eligible had signed up across three programs, with numbers broken down for the Presidential Clemency Board, Fort Benjamin Harrison, and the Justice Department.
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