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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1976
Page
3
Calendar of coming events in Pecos area includes Rotary Club and Pack 91 meetings, PTA gathering, veterans event, Lions clubs, Optimists, and Alcoholics Anonymous sessions. Also notes TOPS groups, women’s club supper, art club paint-out, and a historical Chicago fire remark.
Louie Hall 41, a deputy for six years, won the Democratic primary in Stephens County with 1,669 votes over five white opponents and faces no Republican opposition. Hall, 6'2" and 250 pounds, emphasized his record and character while planning to pursue a bachelor’s in law enforcement. Breckenridge Police Chief Paul Alexander called him okay.
The Ford administration asks Congress to push back the start date for new federal day care center standards to October 1. The request follows a Senate vote upholding President Ford's veto of a July 1 postponement bill that would have provided states with 125 million dollars to meet the standards. HEW says it will not begin enforcing the standards immediately while Congress considers Ford's alternative.
The Dow rose 2.76 to 989.22 while gainers led losers on the NYSE and the ABA index edged up 0.12. Cotton futures climbed on frost concerns with May 1976 and July contracts rising, last trading day for May in view. Livestock and cattle quotes released from Fort Worth and Amarillo show steady to mixed prices across hogs cattle and steer beef.
Retired Navy admiral Jackson R. Tate recalls a shockingly warm April reunion with Zoya Fyodorova, the wartime lover who sparked political fallout decades earlier. The visit, arranged by a reporter and editor, lasted about two hours at Tate’s Florida home.
The April wholesale price report is expected to reflect recent price hikes as the labor department notes a nearly 6 percent rise in 22 basic commodities since March. Farm and gasoline prices climb while food and fuel declines tempered inflation in Q1 and forecasters anticipate continued gains into Q2.
Governor George Wallace told of a Dallas incident during his campaign when six construction workers mistook his motorcade for a funeral procession. They removed their hard hats and held them over their hearts in tribute as returns came in.
A technical paper at the Offshore Technology Conference details Aquapolis, a $60 million Japanese floating city prototype off Okinawa. Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, it withstands typhoons, houses a 41 person crew, and includes desalination and power systems with shops and a theater.
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