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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1978
Page
1
An entry shows Southwest Microfiin at 2601 E. Yandel with P O Box 10054 in El Paso Texas 79994, indicating a business mailing address and location details for correspondence.
Four students enrolled in Mentone School system amid long standing issues in most districts. Loving County voters weigh consolidation with Wink as elementary pupils would be bused if approved. The 1935 building features original gym curtains and large rooms lit by West Texas sun while space is shared with local courts during courthouse remodels.
Pecos Eagles beat Borger Bulldogs 3-0 in bi district action at Eagle Field. Alex Garcia threw a near perfect game with 5 strikeouts no walks and two hits as Pecos capitalized on two Borger errors to seize game one. Flores, Serrano and Arreguy sparked the offense including a first inning double by Arreguy and a second run on a Borger overthrow. The win gives Pecos a 1-0 lead in the best two of three series with game two set for Friday in Borger and possible game three if needed.
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce membership committee met Tuesday to plan this year’s drive. The kickoff runs through June 1 with follow-up calls to potential members. Committee chair is Chris Hinz, with members Fred Dominguez Charlotte Slack Jo Ann Beauchamp Paul Morrison Jay Dycus Fred Pearce Ken Dulaney Yolanda Hinojos Greg Johns Alton Hughes Sandy Lawerence Frank Apolinar Mike Burkholder Joe Stafford Royce Cassell and Yvonne Martin.
Texas ranchers hit by severe drought win permission from ASCS to plant and harvest hay on set aside land. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen criticizes rules on cactus feeding and pushes for aid, noting disaster declarations and Emergency Livestock Feed Act eligibility, while officials discuss costs and legal avenues.
Temperatures rose to 100 in Pecos with a 65 degree low. The AP forecast calls for widely scattered afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms through Sunday. Expect warm afternoons and mild nights with highs mostly in the 80s to 90s and near 102 in the Big Bend, while Panhandle lows dip into the 50s to 60s.
Texas Supreme Court sustains the practice of reappraising property for taxation on a rotating basis across city sections. The ruling affirms lower court decisions from Lubbock and Eastland Court of Civil Appeals. The case involved Brunken Toyota Carlsbad Auto Pollard Friendly Ford and Dow Crow trustee suing Lubbock ISD the board of equalization and tax official John Brooks.
The Pecos City Council meets tomorrow at city hall at 7 30 a m to hear a 4 54 acre annexation request for Jack E Blake near the Holiday Inn now proposed for C 2 zoning. Other items include street parking and speed limits on Cedar and Eddy, a lease with Pecos Athletic Association for the old Army pool, discuss placement of sleeping policemen at Elizabeth and Iowa, a public hearing at 8 30 a m on Cecil Lee blocks in Clark Addition rezoning from R 3 to Industrial, an engineering contract for a 3 million gallon water storage tank, and plans to review wastewater treatment improvements.
Irving Texas AP report says Norbert Lynn Young 27 Hereford Texas holed up in a motel with his wife and 2-year-old son for eight hours. He threatened to shoot anyone who came near. He surrendered at about 8 30 a m after police brought in his Amarillo based lawyer. No shots were fired. Young is wanted for parole violation in Hereford and jail escape from Taos.
Three civil suits filed in the Pecos Division of the U S District Court for the Western District of Texas. United States of America versus Willie C Whiteside and Charles Ester Whiteside of Kermit for collection on default of a Veterans Administration loan plus interest. U S Sec of Labor Ray Marshall versus Presidio Produce Co Inc of Presidio for alleged violation of Fair Labor Standards Act. Marshall versus Joe Turner Turner of Presidio County for provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to hold its regular monthly meeting at Chamber Office at 5 p.m. Thursday. All members are invited to attend.
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