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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1971
Page
3
AP reports import car sales eased in September after dock strikes cut supply from Europe and Japan and a 6.5 percent import tax raised prices. Domestic car demand surged with hopes October may push total U.S. auto sales above 4 million.
Construction begins on a five story Holiday Inn in Itasca using 162 prefabricated modules from Anwan Industries. Modules include rooms with furnishings and amenities and are installed with a plug in electrical system. Company says time and cost savings are substantial and that 30 story buildings could be possible. Leaders Antoniou and Fosco set crane sequence to place first module.
A national survey by the Urban Observatory Program finds residents favor sales tax increases over property tax hikes to raise revenue. California's state Supreme Court rules the public school financing system funded by property taxes is unconstitutional, a decision likely to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Miami Beach AP report covers a National Biological Congress discussion on weather modification. Dr Louis Battan asks who owns rain and notes varied views on seeding storms. NOAA official Genetry cites Project Stormfury limits and asks who bears damages if seeds redirect hurricanes. Drought in South Florida spurred cloud seeding, easing drought but drawing crop complaints.
Beginning in January Southwestern University will allow students to apply classroom training in real settings. The Academic Affairs council approved a program placing interns in hospitals ghettos community centers or storefront law offices for three hours of academic credit under professional supervision. Director Benjamin T. Jordan expects 15 20 internships available.
Howard Cummings, a former dog trainer, now runs a cooperative lot in Glendale where his dog Gidget, a half collie half sheep dog about three years old, retrieves tickets and occasionally directs traffic. Passersby laugh at her antics, and Cummings notes a special bond with the canine, who may have film pedigree from Universal Studios.
Yellowstone National Park geologists report the Norris Geyser Basin showing the greatest thermal fluctuations since the 1959 Hebgen Lake quake. About 100 features fluctuated since early September with a hot pool erupting to 30 feet, though no earthquake threat is seen. Changes may persist into the park centennial.
The Balmorhea junior class prepares a Halloween Carnival and coronation for Saturday. Events include fortune telling, dunk tank, bingo, cake walk, haunted house, pie throw, and greased pig race from 3 to 7 pm. An enchilada supper follows 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the cafeteria. Tickets are 1.25 for adults and 0.75 for children at the door. The coronation starts at 8 pm in the auditorium with elementary dukes and duchesses named.
Eight Balmorhea FFA boys attended the State Fair in Dallas showing lambs in three classes. Participants included Ronald Weaver Craig Huelster George Toone Billy Dale Toone Kirby Rankin Manuel Brijalba and Don Kerley with chaperones Mr and Mrs Mike Martinson Mr and Mrs Dale Toone and Kirby Rankin.
Harvey Davis brings daughter Tracie home from Kermit Hospital after strep throat illness and complications. Lance Crenshaw elected chief of Tatanic Lodge 1300 at Odessa Scout meeting. Birthday celebration held for Lance and Don Kerley at Ben's Spanish Inn in Pecos on Oct 14. Rainbow Girls bake sale downtown Oct 30. call Tissie Ann Elliott to order. People may contact Pat Purvis for Balmorhea column notices.
Fourteen firms from several nations vied for the Kuwait telephone cable contract. The award went to Standard Electrica, a unit of the ITT group, for Spanish produced cables.
A $2.5 billion layer of mud lies under the Red Sea bottom, more than a mile deep, rich in silver copper lead and zinc. MIT ocean engineering expert Joseph B Lassiter II says with new tech the slurry could become a bonanza.
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