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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1973
Page
2
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma spend their last full day in orbit preparing the space station for the Skylab 3 mission set to visit for eight weeks starting Nov 11.
A 37 member Texas Constitutional Convention commission voted 21 6 to establish a salary commission to set salaries for legislators and elected officials. The panel would exclude current lawmakers and would not allow the legislature to fund higher pay than the commission recommends. The commission, created in 1971, aims for a draft constitution by November 1 and would require future conventions to have non legislators as delegates.
A nationwide protest by gasoline stations may spread unless Phase 4 price controls are eased. In Washington and Indianapolis areas closures were reported, with California already seeing a third day of shutdowns. Up to 75 percent of Indianapolis stations were closed, while the Silver Spring area faced nearly no gasoline sales. Charles Einstadt, president of the National Congress of Petroleum Retailers, warned of public inconvenience if relief is not granted within days, following a Chicago meeting of about 40 state representatives.
MEMPHIS TENN AP FCC member Ben L Hooks urged broadcasters nationwide to boost employment of women and minority group members or risk FCC action including license denial. At a regional American Women in Radio and Television meeting, Hooks cited enforcement and his role in promoting equal opportunity in the industry. The event drew about 266 women broadcasters from nine Southern states and many executives from broadcast chains. Also noted were early American pine cased clocks valued at thousands today.
In Pecos Texas the editor calls service station operators to obey the law amid rising irate dealer actions. The piece stresses immediate relief is needed to prevent the paper from being responsible for dealer conduct.
The town of Pecos Texas enacts a 2 percent tax on room occupancy at hotels and motels. Revenue funds acquisition and construction of convention center facilities and promotion of tourism. Penalties apply for noncompliance with fines up to 200 dollars and 5 percent forfeiture, with delinquent taxes accruing 6 percent interest. Effective date September 30 1973. Published in Pecos Enterprise September 21 24 25 26 27 28 1973.
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