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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1971
Page
2
The Record 143rd District Court documents a civil action in which Walker F. Means and Ann Means sue First State Bank of Monahans and others to recover title to land and seek damages.
The Texas Research Foundation near Dallas released Renner lovegrass a new pasture grass for spring planting. Trials show good cattle acceptance and high beef yields with the plant identified by its wide leaves and upright growth. Seed supply is limited and priced high.
Plain clothes officers in the Dallas police department must wear badges on their coat breast pockets and be accompanied by uniformed police when executing arrest or search warrants in the city. The department has distributed clip-on badges to the Mexican American community.
DPS Director Colonel Wilson E Speir announced that starting September 1 Texans can obtain a laminated personal ID card with a color photo. The card, same size as a driver license, lists birth date height sex and eye color and carries a unique DPS number. Applicants must appear at a Driver License Field Office on or after Sept 1 provide identity documents be fingerprinted and pay 5 dollars. Disabled veterans with 60 percent or more service connected disability will receive free driver licenses if other requirements are met.
A fragment describes a mother recalling a day of shock and loss as her son faces a vanished routine and a man in a lunch pail scene. The text conveys sudden danger and a car crash affecting a family as the school day ends.
Adm. John B McCain Jr. praised Richard Nixon at a dinner stating the president is ideals istic about a peace generation and realistic about leading a strong America. McCain backed Nixon's South Vietnam policy and said the plan to reduce U S personnel and pursue Vietnamization is safe and reasonable.
Dr Hall Dewlett, Dallas director of public health, predicts a fall and winter epidemic of the virulent Hong Kong flu. He notes the 1968 strain first appeared in Hong Kong and then spread worldwide, and believes nothing can stop its spread in Dallas as it did before.
AP reports a historic first as President Nixon and Emperor Hirohito will meet for 50 minutes during Hirohito’s flight from Alaska to Europe after his Elmendorf stop. The Emperor’s itinerary includes Denmark and several Western Europe nations.
A survey of 271 manufacturing firms shows pollution-control outlays totaling $487.2 million in 1970, up 24 percent from $394 million spent in 1969. The data reflect a trend toward heavier investment in environmental containment and facility upgrades.
Harold Meyer explains the Chamber of Commerce as a spokesman for the business community and a provider of community services. He argues Pecos needs a central, volunteer organization to address common problems and opportunities for both business and citizens.
Permian Basin unions announce the 15th annual Labor Day Celebration in Odessa at 2:30 p.m. September 6 in Barn A of the Ector County Coliseum. DL Willis, Odessa Central Labor Union president, notes speakers, Miss Union Queen 1971, fried chicken, family activities, and further plans to follow. Tickets from union halls or by calling Odessa 366 5254 or Midland 682 2700.
The text states watermelons are a refreshing gourd family fruit native to Africa, introduced to America by Africans, and depicted by Egyptian artists about 4,000 years ago. It also contains a garbled end: Spyright & 15 Aeliaper Betarys rise Axsr.
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