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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1977
Page
1
Pecos residents express strong objections to raising the Social Security eligibility age from 65 to 68. They argue that longer waits would reduce recipients and break promises, preferring to collect later but oppose successive increases. One speaker notes personal impact, delaying benefits by three years.
Senate faced a deadlock over natural gas pricing as Byrd led an all night effort to defeat a vote on lifting price controls. Abourezk and Metzenbaum pressed for dozens of roll calls and hundreds of amendments while cots spread on the floor as senators drank coffee and argued over whether to replace Carter's price controls with industry backed deregulation. Carter warned he would veto any plan to lift federal controls, arguing consumer protection against rising bills.
Sergeant First Class Paul Shafer, a New Mexico native, is assigned as the Army representative for Pecos and Reeves Brewster Presidio counties. He is a recent graduate of the Recruiting and Career Counseling School and formerly served three years as an infantry sergeant at Fort Lewis. Shafer has aviation maintenance background with overseas service in Germany and Vietnam and work at Fort Rucker Alabama. His wife Sandra, from Washington State, joins him in Pecos at 32 South Cypress Room 7 with contact 445 4918.
Gov. Dolph Briscoe said President Carter is wrong to threaten a veto of an energy bill that would deregulate natural gas prices. He praised the Senate version for moving toward unfettered prices, while noting the House version would keep regulation at higher levels. Briscoe declined to say whether he would campaign for Carter again, and he reported campaign funds exceeding $1 million.
Mayor Francisco Benavides of Crystal City Texas says federal aid may resume natural gas service after the town of 8,000 lost supply last Friday. He calls the aid plan elating and says it will let residents return to cooking with gas instead of wood fires.
Pecos Fall Fair set for Oct 6-8 invites Women’s Division entries with no fee or limit. Four classes cover canned foods clothing handicrafts and foods. Entries due by Oct 5 for classes 1 2 3 and by Oct 6 for class four. Also notes energy aid and legal dispute in Crystal City involving La Vaca and CSA steps.
The Associated Press notes continuing extreme heat with dawn temps in the upper 70s and forecasts of up to 104 degrees in East South Central and Southwest Texas. Panhandle highs near 90s, light rain in El Paso and Amarillo, with partly cloudy West Texas and clear skies elsewhere. Forecasters expect no relief, with Tuesday’s high at 105 and overnight at 17.
Funeral arrangements for Florencio Gomez Nunez Jr. 26 of Monahans are set for 10 a.m. Friday at St. John’s Catholic Church in Mona hans. A rosary is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Shepherd Funeral Home in McCamey. He died Tuesday on the job with a survey company and is survived by his widow Olga, one daughter Michelle, his parents Florencio Nunez Sr. and wife, three brothers Johnny Trofilio and Alfredo, five sisters Mary Contreas Rosie Priscilla Dianna and Becky, and grandparents Mercado Gomez of Pecos.
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