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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1971
Page
1
A Pecos region notice invites organizers to form a Band Booster Club with a 7 30 Monday meeting in the high school cafeteria led by Ray Whitley and Bill Carrico.
A quotation by J. Wilbur Chapman portrays temptation as the tempter peering through the keyhole into the room where you live, while sin is your retreat that allows entry. It frames personal vigilance as the guard against moral intrusion.
Thunderstorms dumped up to two inches of rain per hour across Central and East Texas while a light freeze touched the Texas Panhandle. Tornado activity reported near Elgin and Cameron caused damage to homes and barns but no injuries. Flood warnings covered about two dozen counties. rainfall tallies included Tyler 1.72 inches and Dallas 0.80. Temperatures fell to the upper 20s to low 30s across Panhandle towns with colder air expected tonight.
Reeves County agent Paul Tapp reports the first screw worm case in seven years found on the Lloyd Deacon ranch, 14 miles southeast of Pecos. Confirmation came from the Sterile Fly Production Center in Mission, Texas, with a sterile fly drop planned to prevent spread and protect livestock.
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce adds 27 new members after a full day telephone roundup. Harold Meyer notes the group as a “Team of people banded together” aiming for community progress. New members include Top Dollar Store, Airlawn Gulf, Lloyd Barber Shop, and Pecos Radio Sales.
The United Mexican-American Council, backing the Raymundo Carrasco shooting inquiry, plans its first public meeting at 7 p m today at spokesman Joe Urquidez’s home. Urquidez refutes claims of Evening Optimist Club involvement and states UMAC seeks lawful justice and civic rights within constitutional bounds. He notes Armendariz-Armendariz in El Paso and Pecos continue Carrasco case work, denying switch of counsel.
Ballots go to all known eligible producers in Reeves and Loving Counties for one committeeman and two alternates per committee. Reeves candidates: Lou Kilgore, Don Vinson, Randle Butler, Garland Rowe. Loving candidates: Arthur J. Jackson, Billy L. Blair, Mrs Glen Goodrich, Seledonio Renteria, Rex McQueen. Return by December 1, 1971.
Reports from Saigon say the Cambodian conflict worsens with a major boost in American air power over the past ten days. Cobra helicopter gunships and tactical strikes target enemy forces near Phnom Penh and along Highway 4 and 5. Cambodian counteroffensive activities plus supply convoys on the Mekong and Highway 1 are cited amid ongoing fighting western Phnom Penh.
Mr and Mrs Corrigan host semiannual $nights for 250 relatives and friends to donate a pint of blood for a meal in Chicago. Six male family members suffer from hemophilia. Blood needs total 1500 units yearly for their sons and grandson. Cytoprecipitate is injected at home to promote clotting.
Wayne Lindsey of Say-A-Stop Inc. reveals plans to convert a 40 by 75 foot building at 409 West Third Street into a Pecos youth recreation center. Donations of money, supplies, and time are sought to fund and staff the project, with a Christmas opening target and a 25 cent monthly membership to cover maintenance. A advisory board of local adults would oversee activities for ages 8 to 18.
The junior class plans an all high school talent show at Pecos High School Auditorium at 8 p m Friday with a $1 admission. Emcees Joni Jackson Moss Kent and Richard Brammer will host Witchcraft 72 featuring singing groups and poetry readings. Bands include a hard rock group a western band and an all brass combo.
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