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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1971
Page
2
The menu for Thursday lists baked ham, potato salad, buttered fiesta corn, Easter cookies, hot rolls, butter, orange juice and milk. Friday is an Easter holiday no school. Cashew plants are related to ivy and sumac families. The text notes an appetite for the whole bag.
Crippling strikes one family in five, per the Texas Easter Seal Society which funds a year round program of direct services, education, and research. The organization launches its annual campaign from March 1 to April 11, Easter Sunday.
Hospital news lists admissions and discharges by date from March 29 to April 5 1971. Names include Consuelo Muniz Billie Vandiver Mary Shelton Thea Young Rosa Emma Jiminez Linda Wallace Pat McMahon Ester Moody Guadalupe Villela and others with several births noted twin boys and a baby girl for families such as Ramon Munoz and spouses.
Texas police urged reducing the current 12 month license suspension for drunken driving to two months citing enforcement gaps. Col. Wilson E. Spier said only about 10 percent of 1970 DWI arrests resulted in suspension, with up to 80 percent receiving suspended sentences. He linked alcohol impaired deaths to 40 to 50 percent of Texas auto fatalities.
Senator Jack Hightower serving as governor for a day praises the Texas Highway Department for near total mobility across the state. He commends employees in West Texas and notes the department’s safety rest areas roadside parks scenic turnouts and tourist information centers aiding almost 1.2 million travelers last year.
A reader asks how many civilians were killed by atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and which lieutenant was forced to stand trial. The letter includes the line Calley Blues about being made a soldier and wartime duty, plus sentiments about Vietnam.
The Texas Easter Seal Society raises funds during the annual Easter Seal campaign running from March to April, supporting rehabilitation for thousands of children hurt in avoidable accidents last year and helping many regain mobility and independence.
The Associated Press reports frigid air across Texas with dawn readings dipping to 19 degrees in Marfa. Other lows included Junction 23 and Abilene 36, Corpus Christi 39, Brownsville 48, and Galveston 50, while highs ranged from 57 to 73. Sunny but cool through Thursday.
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