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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1976
Page
2
Early Friday morning freeze caused crop harm in parts of the region while officials from the agricultural experiments station reported visible damage in several fields. The extent remained uncertain as farm conditions and recovery prospects were being assessed.
New York stocks slipped as the Dow hovered near 938 at noon, with volume light and little buying interest amid ongoing worries from a sharp two week decline. International Telephone & Telegraph led the active list, while the NYSE composite and ASE indices fell. Cotton futures and livestock quotes were also reported along with regional market notes.
Judge Darrell Glover will attend a Texas seminar in Austin for judges with juvenile jurisdiction from Wednesday to Friday. Sponsored by the Texas Center for the Judiciary and led by juvenile court veterans, the program covers the Juvenile Delinquency Act of 1976, Family Code titles II and III, community-based rehab plans, and reviews of recent decisions.
Hua Kuo-keng, 57, appointed to succeed Mao as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and head of the Central Committee, with army support crucial in the power shift. He had been acting head since Mao's death and is linked to Chou En-lai’s era and Lin Piao affair investigations.
Reports from Peking say Mao Tse-tung widow Chiang Ching and three radical Politburo members were arrested on charges of seizing government control. Unconfirmed sources note power struggle after Premier Chou En-lai's death and possible house arrest. details remain unclear and unverified.
Lovington Lea County agent Bob Howard warns the unusually early Friday freeze will severely cut milo in the Lovington Lea County area with reports from farmers east of the county of irrepairable grain sorghum damage. Other regional notes cover county budget moves, road and airport projects, high school homecoming events, arson probe, marijuana arrests, and hospital physician contract talks.
Loewen Standley, Safe way manager, called the Sunday grand opening fantastic as cars filled the oversized lot. The event ranks as the second largest in the El Paso division stretching from northern New Mexico to Midland. A drawing runs until Oct 30 with 27 winners sharing 500 in gift certificates, per district manager John Schouman.
Sid Kyle claims his Lazy K ranch cats grow large and backs the assertion with photos of Fred McQueen, foreman, with Russian wolf hounds chasing a bobcat. The dogs hunt by sight in daylight and outrun the big cat, a sign of reduced wolf trouble but bobcat pressure remains a sport for Rex McQueen and his hounds.
Calendar of coming events in the Pecos area includes hospital board 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon at 125 S. Oak, TOPS clubs mornings and evenings, and various civic group meetings at Federation Parlor Saragosa Hall St. Community Council Office and other venues. Evening Lions and Amistad Lions, Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village are noted.
A minor accident in vestigated by police Sunday afternoon caused no injuries and little damage but cut electrical service to three sections of Airbase Apartments. Carmen Estrella backed from a parked position and struck a utility pole at about 5 20 p m, pulling down lines and cutting power while she retrieved a baby from the car seat.
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