Sunlight Fatal For Two Girls With Rare Skin Disorder
Terri Addington and her sister Lisa, ages 12 and 10, suffer xeroderma pigmentosum and cannot be exposed to sunlight. Doctors warn ultraviolet rays cause numerous tumors, with Terri having 200 to 300 tumors removed over seven years and multiple major operations recently. Treatment relies on strict sun avoidance and frequent tumor removals.
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Terri Addington
Lisa
Pete Dosser
Dosser
Terri
Billie Ritchie
Noon market report faces rate worry and cotton dips
The New York noon market slid as rate hike fears weighed on stocks with the Dow down 4.01 to 828.72 while NYSE losers outpaced gainers. Cotton futures fell amid profit taking, with March at 59.30 and July at 60.50 as midday prices declined. A truck radio theft and a minor two vehicle collision added local crime and traffic notes. Fire damaged a room at the Omar Porter residence, with subsequent cleanup and investigations.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
Hat
Fed
Avon
NYSE
New York Cotton Exchange
CBS
Winkles Trucking Company
SH 17
James Shadburn
Alamo St
Joe Luis Corral
Spain frees captive Communist labor leader Camacho
In Madrid the 57 year old Marcelino Camacho was released by court order from prison where held since Sunday amid a pending amnesty protest for political prisoners. He had been pardoned on Nov 29 and pledged to continue the amnesty campaign.
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Madrid
Spain
Marcelino Camacho
Camacho
Communist Party
Carabanchel
Veto battle over 1976 tax cuts looms in Congress
President Ford and congressional leaders clash over extending last year’s tax cuts with or without a spending ceiling of 295 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. Senate Democrats say a veto could stand, while Ford insists on a ceiling. Long signals a close vote and possible override efforts next week.
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Washington
Ford
Conss
Russell Long
D-La
Congress
James T. Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Finance Committee
Lynn
Long
School Menu Highlights Week Meal Plan
Tuesday features tacos with beef and cheese, pinto beans, lettuce and tomato salad, peaches, snickerdoodle, cornbread, butter and milk. Wednesday serves fried fish with potato salad, green beans, orange gelatin with fruit, hot rolls and milk. Thursday offers baked cheese sandwiches and fries with tax sauce, shredded lettuce, blueberry cobbler and milk. Friday turkey and dressing with giblet gravy, sweet potatoes glazed, cranberry sauce, buttered peas, sugar plum pudding cake, hot rolls and milk.
Balmorhea Council appoints housing directors
Balmorhea City Council in regular session reappointed Sally Dominguez as housing authority director and named Rosenda Carrasco to replace Tom Carter, both serving until December 13, 1977. The council also moved 15000 dollars in waterworks funds to certificate of deposit maturing December 14, 1976 for revenue bonds. Secretary instructed to manage maturing deposits by December 15. The meeting noted 3582.43 dollars in current taxes collected to date. The Order of Eastern Star held a meeting at the Masonic Temple with Shirley Spence of Sanderson visiting as district deputy.
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Balmorhea
Jane B. Moore
Odes O’rear
Arlton Bottoms
Pecos Cook
Jack Hoffman
Chamber of Commerce
William Sprinkle
Catherine Farrington
Alfred Pax
Moore
Sally Dominguez
Balmorhea Housing Authority
Rosenda Carrasco
Carrasco
Tom Carter
Christmas meeting remembers deceased member Dave Thompson
A salad supper was served to members and guests after the meeting with refreshments and a Christmas gift exchange. The charter was draped in memory of deceased member Dave Thompson.
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Dave Thompson
Educators to preview legislative program in El Paso
Educators attend open hearing at 9 a.m. Saturday at Region XIX Education Service Center 6611 Boeing Drive El Paso on the tentative 1977 Texas State Teachers Association legislative program. District XIX chair Vershel Smith coordinates with Bob Dougherty Rosa Hereford and Joe Seale to explain goals and gather member input.
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Texas State Teachers Association
Boeing Drive
el Paso
Vershel Smith
Grandfalls
Smith
Bob Dougherty
Dallas
TSTA
Rosa Hereford
Killeen
Joe Seale
Austin
Paper Delivery Guarantee Notice
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Community notices and club events in Pecos update
Local notices list events at various venues including Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at 125 South Oak Street with multiple phone contacts, blood pressure clinic at Senior Citizens Center, Lions Club gatherings at American Motor Inn and Lions Den, morning TOPS and TOPS TX 259 meetings, immunization clinic on West Third Street, and Rotary at Holiday Inn. The note adds a historical tidbit about the first three Purple Hearts awarded by George Washington to Connecticut men. The Pecos edition price and delivery rates are stated.
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Senior Citizen’s Center
Second
Hickory Streets
Evening Lions’ Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federation
10Th St. Community Council
Third St
Ramada Inn
Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
George Washington
Connecticut
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Beth
el Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchildam
Elec
Gen Foods
Mrs
Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great A&p
Gulf Oil
Gif Star
Hous LP
Int Paper
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Arcor
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Jenney Phill Pet
RCA
Safeway
Ars
Standard
Sun Oil
Texaco
Texas
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Xerox
Francisco Franco
Republic
Carlos Arias Navarro
Luis Carrero Blanco
Barcelona
Paris
Santiago Carrillo
Arias
Gordo
Gus Arriola
wAeneey
Council
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Shirley Spence
Sanderson
Chris Gilbert
Allen Gilbert
Spence
By Frankie Kingston
Pecos
Treenty
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Buckner News Alliance
Cedar St. Pecos
Tex
John Pitts
Lynn Wea
Nova Gutierrez
Dine Oshorn
Mary Shute
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Wreman Mary Carpenter
Reeves Indy
Happy
Lupe Garcia
Kentucky
S. Eddy
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