Remembering Pecos History Through the Ross Family
The Ross family arrived in Pecos in 1903 with Judge J F Ross and his wife who ran a Harrisburg newspaper while he studied law at the University of Virginia. The couple helped fund the Pecos civic fountain via a Bryan lecture and community events while 14 children grew up in Pecos.
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J.F. Ross
Pecos
Harrisburg
Ross
Virginia
Texas and Pacific Railroads
University of Virginia
el Paso Times
Editorial on San Francisco unions and city wages
The piece argues public labor peace is ending as San Francisco faces city worker strikes over pay. It cites budget cuts, high wages for street sweepers and drivers, and asks who should control city administration: voters or unions. It warns other cities may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San
California Sun
Golden Gate
The Steak Religion and Its Sacred Rules
A humor column by Gene Douglas describes steak dining as a ritualistic experience. The narrator recalls learning the unwritten etiquette, sauces as decorum, and the social penalties for ordering well done, noting the presence of a generous patron who funds others' meals.
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Gene Douglas
The
Brotherhood
Today in History April 23 1976 highlights and birthdays
On this date in history many events are noted from 1564 Shakespeare birth in Stratford to 1945 Allied meeting at Torgau and 1976 era updates. Birthdays include Shirley Temple Black Lucius Clay Vladimir Nabokov. Thought for today mentions a quote about police and women.
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Associated Press
William Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
England
George Washington
Franklin and
Cherry Streets
New York City
Torgau
East Germany
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Washington, D.C
Saigon
Ford
Shirley Temple Black
Lucius Clay
Vladimir Nabokov
Herbert Hoover
Continental Congress
Artemus Ward
Falls from Heights Plague Chicago Children Each Spring
In Chicago last year April to October twenty five children fell one to four stories and were treated at Wyler Children’s Hospital. Three died. Dr. Melvin D. Smith notes falls account for up to twenty percent of accidental child deaths in cities. Half of cases at Wyler involved children under five with a peak at age two. Factors include poor supervision and defective windows screens and railings in slum dwellings.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Wyler Children’s Hospital
Melvin D. Smith
Wyler Hospital
Migrant farm labor in Florida exposed by Jack Anderson’s reports
Washington columnist Hal Bernton went undercover with a Florida migrant crew, revealing meager pay, squalid camps, and deductions that trap workers in debt. He accuses the Labor Department of neglect and ties to corporate growers while Sen. Eastland resists reform.
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Washington
Florida
Hal Bernton
Bernton
A. Duda and Sons
Labor Dept
Fred Romero
Jack Anderson
W.J. Usery Jr
Asst
Labor Secy
William Kolberg
Usery
James Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
Eastland
Sunflower County
Miss
Know your Lawmakers Representatives
A compact directory of Texas lawmakers lists Senators John Tower Lloyd Bentsen Jr and Pete Snelson. Representatives Richard White Bob Krueger Dick Slack and Ben Howell. It includes district offices in El Paso Pecos Del Rio New Braunfels San Angelo San Antonio Austin and Pecos address details for correspondence.
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Washington
John Tower
Senate
New Austin Braunfels
San Angelo
San Antonio
W.t
Pete’’ Snelson
Capital Building
Austin
Texas
Dick Slack
Pecos
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.C. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
E Lith
Ben R. Howell
el Raso
Also Mentioned on This Page
Musin
By Alton Hughes
Ross Backed
Civic Fountain
William Jennings Bryan
Richard P. Hobson
Bryan
Hobson
Dwight Eisenhower
Larry
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co
Jane
Reeves County
Mary Nan
Byron Lackey
Brawley Oates
Esther Clark
Pecos Enterprise
Oates
Don Ellison
Iowa
Lee County
Clark Barr
Barr
Kansas City
Dixieland
Santa Fe
W Ranch
R.L. Fabrygel
Union
Nix
Era
Pecog’ O’ferrall
Enterorise
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