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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1973
Page
3
NASA officials weigh restoring Skylab 1 by placing a protective cover or balloon to shield the lab from 120 degree cabin heat. The plan aims to make the space station habitable as temperatures rise and threaten mission viability.
Vivid vignettes unfold around the world from a Persian Gulf dhow to Swiss bankers and a London church scene. The piece threads five Savile Row figures near St. Pauls with subtle national symbols as it hints at a common thread linking disparate moments.
Exxon USA announces a 406 million expansion to Baytown increasing capacity from 350 000 to about 630 000 barrels per day and adding units for low sulfur fuels jet fuel diesel and heating oil. The plan also enlarges Baton Rouge and Bayway plants and notes permits and standards for air and water quality.
Europe’s largest collection of American Indian costumes weapons and implements has been on display since 1928 in a museum at Radebeul in West Germany. The exhibit honors German author Karl May who wrote frontier novels long before visiting the United States.
Gov George C Wallace marked one year since the 1972 shooting in Laurel Maryland stating he may never walk again. He has used a wheelchair, faced pain and depression, but shows gradual improvement and continues treatment including acupuncture.
The coat's sale set a record as the skins sold for 1100 each at auction. The 1966 price highlighted exceptional demand for luxury fur.
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Skylab project may be doomed if heating and power problems cannot be solved. NASA would need 450 million and 15 months to prepare a second station, funded by the President and Congress, with unlikely support after a costly failure.
In Seagoville Texas residents fear baboons roam their town while a park operator disputes any escapees. Police say they shot a doglike animal at a mobile home park after a resident report, with officials inviting a park representative to inspect the carcass at the station.
Washington AP Japan agrees to limit U S softwood log imports to 9.5 million cubic meters for the next fiscal year starting July 1, a 10.9 percent drop from 1972 imports, in a voluntary deal to ease Japan’s lumber shortage and curb prices.
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