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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1973
Page
2
In Miami Florida three boys age 13 and 12 faced first degree murder charges after admitting they doused Charles Scales a 38 year old homeless man with lighter fluid and set him on fire as he slept behind an abandoned building Saturday night The youths also face two counts of assault with intent to commit murder for burning two other men.
Tokyo reports quote Prime Minister Kakuci Tanaka urging collaboration among North America Europe and Japan to tackle urgent issues such as pollution inflation and energy and food shortages at the first Trilateral Commission meeting. News from AP also notes a midair collision near Okinawa with one survivor and several missing.
Balmorhea hosts a Halloween carnival Saturday at 9 AM to 5 PM on the school lawn with booths and cake walks. The high school coronation at 8 PM crowns the Halloween queen with nominees Velma Carrasco Billie Fay Lozano Irma Baeza and Feresa Granado. The community library moves to the former Dallas Street clinic building with 2000+ books and will hold open house Sunday 5 to 8 PM. The Balmorhea athletic club also hosts a father son banquet Tuesday in the school cafeteria with a guest speaker and a coaching award.
Toyah hosts annual Halloween carnival at the school starting 6:30 with chili pie tea and coffee. Activities include spook house dart throw apple dunk cake walk bingo and more. Junior high football ends season with a loss to Sierra Blanca. 4-H weiner roast at Gibsons tank with 15 to 20 attendees. New babies born to Peach of Odessa and to Gibson of Toyah with family details. Education officials attend Texas meeting in El Paso Juarez trip noted. Rifle scope prize at Balmorhea-Wink game. Second graders demonstrate good book rules in socks. JV and junior high score lines vs Marta. Band Jamboree praised. Social events include bridge club and bingo.
The 1973 Nobel Physics Prize was awarded to two Americans Leo Esaki and Ivar Graever and Briton Brian Josephson for discoveries in quantum tunneling and superconductivity. Esaki’s tunneling work and Graever’s evidence for the energy gap in superconductors led to the prize. Josephson earned recognition for theoretical predictions of supercurrent behavior through a tunnel barrier.
Death notices state P M Dick Chambers died today in Midland where he had lived since April. Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel. Born February 3 1888 in DeLeon he married Alma Townes in 1908 and moved to Pecos in 1932 to run a dry cleaning business until retirement in 1957. He was a charter Pecos Golf Association member. Survivors include his widow two daughters Weldon Malone and Art Gibson two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
London reports on President Nixon dismissing Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Times of London correspondent Fred Emery quotes the FBI sealing Coxs files and a “Gestapo” air in October as sober officials fear military intervention. Telegraph calls the move a disturbing gamble. Express brands it arrogant and threatening.
The Associated Press reports a surge of unidentified flying objects across Texas. In San Antonio radar operator Jim Stephens tracked a winged red-lit craft for 10 to 12 minutes, while a commercial pilot could offer no extra details. Brownwood, Pecos, and Dallas area residents reported radio outages, green and red lights, and sightings near Hideaway Lake and East Dallas. San Angelo residents described a red-light “falling star” that hovered for about 30 minutes before fleeing west.
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by Baton Rouge journalists Larry Dickinson and Gibbs Adams over contempt fines for reporting on a public 1971 hearing. The ruling upheld a lower court finding that they violated an anti reporting order, reinforcing limits on prior restraints under First Amendment protections.
A satirical note on nosy publications likened to noosepapers that dislike homicide and a jab at bartenders for bad Old Fashioneds. The piece adds a new collective noun, puddle of puppies, to playful linguistic coins.
A list of community group meetings and events across Pecos and Barstow including Lions Club TOPS Eagle Booster Club PTA and Rotary sessions at various venues. Notable items include Pecos High Homecoming activities with exes events and a spaghetti supper at Pecos High School cafe.
Lawanda Lamb of 1002 E 10th Apt A reported Sunday that a thief stole her purse from her car parked in front of her home. The billfold held 350 in cash. Patrolman Robert Diaz investigated.
Joe W Martine of 911 W Dickinson Ft Stockton TX applies to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Wine and Beer on Premises License. Operating as Pizza Hut at 524 S Cedar Pecos Reeves County TX, notice published in Pecos Enterprise October 23 and 24 1973.
Reeves County State notice announces a hearing on October 29 1973 at 10:00 A M in Pecos County Court to consider B M G Incorporated pizza hut on premise license to sell wine and beer at 524 S Cedar Street Pecos Texas. The owners officers listed include Herbert H Blankinship Joe W Martin and Carroll B Grafa III. Contests require security for cost as provided by law. Catherine Ashley Reeves County Clerk.
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