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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1973
Page
4
Erma Bombeck humorously contrasts a travel trailer ad with a real camping scene. A four person family, dog, and rabbit face parking turbulence and squabbling as they attempt to back the trailer into a site. The piece ends with a quip about pioneers and wagons.
Ann Landers answers readers on pot use and coping with stress, arguing personal choice versus government limits. The column cites experiences of a pot-using nurse and a housewife, plus reader letters urging experimentation and accountability. It promotes Landers's drug book and a promotional offer for Straight Dope On Drugs.
W H Leigh runs The Happy Arabians, a 320-acre ranch 25 miles south of Saragosa, after a career with Arabian American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia. He acquired Jalam Al Ubayan, later gifting it, bred Tam-Martia to Jalam, and now breeds Half Arabians and purebreds. Leigh belongs to multiple Arabian associations and works with Mr and Mrs R B Hullett to train and show the horses.
A host refuses a drink while stressing the value of being an exemplary person and a careful home life. The piece notes the impact of small acts on character and cites Psalm 101:2. Leigh advocates horse shows for Pecos, praising occupancy tax funds for communal uses and the town’s Fourth of July Parade with costumed riders to attract visitors.
Beverly St. John Beach and Luther Leon Sager wed on August 28 at 9 30 am in the Tulsa Wedding Chapel Tulsa Rev Jack L Neville officiated Mrs Sager is daughter of David Harvey St John of Tulsa Sager is son of Leonard Rk Sager of Jay Okla Best man was Albert P Sager formerly of Pecos The couple will visit Texas and Southern California before returning to Oklahoma where they will reside in Jay Mrs Sager is a former resident of Pecos.
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Shackelford, son of Mrs. Robert K. Hill of San Antonio, has been promoted to chief master sergeant, the highest enlisted grade in the U S Air Force. A communications equipment superintendent, he serves at Kelly AFB with a unit of the Air Force Security Service. He has served in Vietnam and Korea, and entered service in May 1957.
Jodi Fore, a 12 year Monahans resident, is assigned to the auto theft division with the Department of Public Safety in Amarillo. Fore assumes his new post today, with no replacement named.
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