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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1975
Page
3
A Houston man Kenneth E. Porter 54 reached a 1 million dollar settlement with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co to avoid trial over a wreck he said left him unable to walk. He had sought 3 million. Attorneys for Firestone announced the settlement on Tuesday.
In Harlingen Texas the Confederate Air Force Storms into its 12th annual four day air show featuring WWII bombers and fighters. Former pilots from across the U S participate as the event expands from one day to four with aerobatics static displays mock battles parachutists and the traditional missing man flight honoring those who died in air combat.
Harold Howe II, former U.S. education commissioner, argues U.S. schools overprovide formal schooling and suggests shortening high school or college by a year. He also supports offering adults extra education later in life at government expense as a mature return on investment. He links declining test scores to television and notes the rising influence of the women's movement on schools.
Oil and gas developers bid 3,423,808 dollars for exploration leases on 91,000 acres of state school land in Texas. Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong noted most bids were on lands in bays and called the sale productive, with major oil companies showing renewed interest. Lease payments go to the Permanent School Fund, which totals 1,195,610,197 dollars.
A claim explains rapid service by waitresses carrying minimal food per plate. The remark highlights logistics over technique, noting how lighter loads can speed turnover in dining rooms.
The Ford administration seeks expanded airline freedom allowing higher and lower fares and route changes. Secretary Coleman to unveil legislation at the White House, aiming to phase out strict operating certificate rules and replace rigid price structures with competitive fare pricing, reducing Civil Aeronautics Board oversight.
The FBI verified that a man who died on September 27 is James E. McCoy, ending a search for the real McCoy. VA records had said McCoy died in 1967 and was buried in a government plot, but fingerprint checks proved the recent death is the ex veteran. Investigations continue to identify the body in the grave.
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