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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1973
Page
1
The Pecos street Christmas lighting will be turned off though decorations remain. The Pecos chamber of commerce thanks citizens who called in with opinions. The city bears lighting costs, and the move aligns with national energy guidance amid no local shortages.
The Airlawn Christmas parade, sponsored by the chamber of commerce, starts 10:30 a.m. Saturday from the Airlawn shopping center, route via Eddy Street Third Street downtown Cypress Street to Fourth, back up Oak to the museum. Participants include Santa's float, Covnosa Baptist Church, Ladies Lulac, Santa Rosa CYO, Young Homemakers, Pecos school bands, Boy Scouts, and bicycle divisions with prizes of 75 dollars for best float and 15 dollars for each bike age group plus a senior prize.
The Texas Highway Department will postpone bid openings for 33 highway projects until fuel supply conditions improve. Bid sessions planned for December 5 and 6 are rescheduled on a priority basis, with some projects moved to January. State highway engineer Luther DeBerry said no projects are dropped and firms cannot price bids due to uncertain fuel availability.
A bicycle valued at about $80 was reported stolen from Rita Landrum at 2120 S. Park St. The theft occurred while she was away on a three week vacation. the bike was missing upon her return Tuesday.
Dr. Jim Hefner of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station reports a string of cold snaps prepped crops for an 18 degree freeze on Tuesday night. Temperatures fell from 6:15 am to 7:30 am for 1 hour 45 minutes, causing leaf drop on cotton and flowering loss on fruit trees while others should resume growth as warmth returns.Fall onions in a new irrigation trial were not yet evaluated for damage. onions are watered with a drip system using plastic tubing to keep soil moist, offering a cheaper alternative to surface flooding.
Manuel Parra Lopez age 23 and Enrique C. Carrasco age 22 remain jailed after being charged with possession of marijuana. They were arrested by Patrolman Jimmy Roundtree as their southbound vehicle was stopped Tuesday.
Police arrested a man identified as Russell Leck after he allegedly left the Town and Country Restaurant without paying. Leck was found on W Third Street and charged with defrauding an innkeeper. Officers then jailed two men, Carrasco and Roundtree, following a vehicle pursuit on U.S. 285. Carrasco allegedly admitted to drug offences and surrendered three bricks of marijuana and two pistols. The suspects were transferred to the county jail.
Timothy J. Willis, a Chicago native, travels about 130000 miles yearly painting flag poles at Pecos schools federal buildings and city hall. He climbs poles without ladders using two ropes and jokes about taking on crop dusting work while facing hazards from falls hornets and traffic. Willis remains optimistic enjoying the challenging life and watches for a crop dusting pilot job.
The House voted to adopt year round daylight saving with the Senate expected to act soon. The plan would move clocks ahead one hour on the first Sunday after enactment and keep the policy through October 1975 for study by the Department of Transportation, with possible energy savings cited but uncertain.
White's Store Inc celebrates a three day grand opening at a spacious new Applewood center in Wichita Falls starting Thursday. The move from 320 Oak St to 1000 S. Eddy St aims to meet public demand and expand facilities for better service in the trade area.
The Seventh-Day Adventist disaster relief van touring Pecos this week offers clothing for 200 families and hot meals via emergency generators. It visits Safeway parking lot to be inspected. The service acts under a national Red Cross partnership and tracks extensive aid from past disasters.
Cold snap grips West Texas with Pecos at 20 and Texas A&M station at 18 as a frigid front moves through the state. Tornadoes and snow flurries accompany severe weather across the South and Midwest, with related damage in Beaumont Port Arthur and extensive injuries from Alabama to Tennessee.
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