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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1977
Page
3
AP reports at Albuquerque convention the GI Forum leaders oppose President Carter’s plan to require daily citizenship proof for Hispano Americans. Pedro Jimenez condemns any Spanish-speaking identification as unacceptable.
Thousands of spread-out crews from 48 states join the fight against the 80,000-acre Marble Cone fire in Los Padres National Forest. R.A. Jones, 24, an Arizona State sociology major, and Wayne Mangum, 36, a Forest Service foreman, describe the toil and thrill of battling the inferno while chasing protection for the forest.
NIH scientists report a new experimental drug ara-A adenine arabinoside shows success against herpes encephalitis, a brain destroying virus. Parke-Davis produced the unpatented medication used on 28 hospital patients in tests coordinated by Dr Charles A Alfred Jr at the University of Alabama and 15 affiliated sites.
Queen Elizabeth II urged feuding Protestants and Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland to forgive and forget years of sectarian bloodshed. Speaking at the New University of Ulster Coleraine she said reconciliation offers hope and urged unity to ensure the community survives. IRA threats and a campus bomb incident framed the visit amid heavy security.
Kevin Flood, 23, chief horticulturist at Paramus Park, tends 50 trees and tropical plants in a six tiered waterfall area. He collects $300 to $500 every six weeks from coins in pools to fund local charities while lamenting vandals who damage plants and litter.
Wholesale prices fell for a second month in July as farm and processed food costs declined. The 0.1 percent drop in the overall index follows a 0.7 percent fall in June, marking the first back-to-back decreases since early 1976. Demand trends and volatility in farm prices remain factors.
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance completed a fast one day swing through Arab capitals. He arrived in Damascus from Amman after meetings with King Hussein and Syrian President Hafez Assad. He said Arab governments moved closer to Israel’s demand for normalization, but the gap did not narrow in Israel talks.
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