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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1972
Page
2
In Saigon area fighting flared as enemy units infiltrated the defensive belt while government rangers pulled back under a counterattack in Quang Ngai province. A riverside hamlet 18 miles north of Saigon was driven from by the Communists after an all-night engagement.
Washington AP reports Lever Brothers Colgate Palmolive and Procter and Gamble agreed to uniform phosphorus content labeling for 89 percent of household detergents. FTC shelves proposed rule and cites no change in labeling rules. In Austin a jury acquitted Dean John Gronouski of drunken driving after arrest following a December open house. He said he had only one drink and was surprised by the stop.
A 42 year old San Antonio woman received a cadaver kidney in a three hour operation at Bexar County Hospital. One kidney was flown to Oklahoma City VA Hospital for another patient. Names of donors and recipients were not released.
Virologists at Baylor College of Medicine report a sewage treatment system that nearly eliminates viruses in discharges. In tests disclosed Wednesday to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the triple treatment reduced up to 99.97 percent of viruses in raw sewage.
Walter T. Duncan, a Texas financier and land speculator, had a $1 million debt to a government agency in default when he donated $305,000 to President Nixon's campaign last month. He previously backed a Democratic primary candidate before supporting the Republican presidential bid.
In Hot Springs Virginia AP says top industrialists at the fall Business Council meeting foresee strong expansion in 1973. They warn of rising interest rates and the need for continued controls to curb inflation. Attendees include officials like George P. Shultz and Peter G. Peterson, and they consider Nixon’s re election virtually assured.
No. 1 McDonald operated by Hilliard Oil & Gas Co of Midland completed as a lower Leonard gas discovery seven miles southeast of Girvin. It flowed 1,760 Mcf/d gas with 53 bbl oil and 80 bbl water on a 10.5 hour test at depths 4,000 to 4,435 feet after acidizing and fracturing. Location details place the well in section 41, block 12, H&GN survey, near the El Cinco multipay field. Additional notes describe related Pennsylvanian gas and Connell oil tests and other nearby wells in Pecos County.
The Pecos Enterprise publishes weekday issues from Pecos Texas with mail subscription rates listed. Reeves County in state Texas covers six months for nine dollars and one year for eighteen dollars while all other mail is six months for eleven dollars and twelve months for twenty one dollars.
The guidelines urge accompanying young children on trick or treating, limit visits to known neighbors, daylight hours if possible, and to accept only wrapped candy. Children should inspect treats at home, homes with lights on are welcoming, masks are discouraged, costumes should be light and reflective, pedestrian rules and flashlight use are advised, and pumpkins should be lit with flashlights not candles.
Mrs Helen Lu cille Stutts of Elmo died Tuesday after a months long illness. Funeral services were held at 4:00 p m in the Anderson Clayton Chapel, Terrell. Born November 13, 1902 in Van, she moved with her family to Kaufman County, lived in Toyah 23 years, then Elmo two years. She married William Neely Stutts on July 5, 1930, had one child who preceded her in death. Survived by husband W N Stutts of Elmo, five sisters Annie Wieland and Alice Love of Terrell, Olga Hilton of Mesquite, Myrtle Dudley and Theo Stout of Elmo, plus many nieces and nephews.
Police said an AM FM radio and eight track tape player with tapes were taken from Apt 3, 512 W Second St, Oct. 19. Ambulance transfer at 9:45 p.m. from 619 S Pecan St to hospital. Births: baby girl born Oct 19 to Tim and Sharon Lanoue at 605 Plum St.
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