Speech Therapy Aims to Help Pecos Students Speak Clearly
Six year old Johnny cannot pronounce words, part of Pecos school system's five percent needing speech therapy. Brenda Kruse and Pat Elkins, under Rex Shipp, lead early screening for kindergarten to first grade, then expanded through high school with referrals. The program prioritizes severe cases and addresses articulation, bilingual, and auditory issues, using the Non-Slip method with symbols and dolls to reach non verbal children.
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Johnny
Pecos
Brenda Kruse
Pat Elkins
Rex Shipp
Miss Kruse
Kruse
Texas Tech
Mrs. Elkins
Ford to unveil plan to reorganize intelligence agencies
President Ford will announce a streamlined intelligence community at a 7 p.m. televised briefing in the East Room with CIA Director George Bush expected to gain control over all spy agencies. A 5 p.m. briefing for congressional leaders precedes the news conference.
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Washington
Ford
Ron Nelsen
CIA
George Bush
Administration
Congress
Questioning American labor unions and their power
A critical piece arguing unions have raised living standards yet threaten democracy and public safety. It cites Hoffa Boyle and Teamsters influence in Alaska, claims of corruption and inefficiency, and calls for drastic reform to curb union power.
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America
Teamster
Jimmy Hoffa
Tony Boyle
United Mine Workers
Longshoreman's Union
Russia
Alaska
Teamsters Union
Anchorage
Teamsters
Jess Carr
Fairbanks
New York City
Wall Street Journal
New York
Statistical Bureau of the European Community
United Auto Workers
Washington, D.C
Washington
Cape Canaveral
Florida
John Glenn
Earth
Archibald Cox
Hoffa
Boyle
Reeves County association hosts learning disabilities meeting
Reeves County Association for Children with Learning Disabilities plans an informative meeting February 26 at 7 30 p.m. at Carver Resource Center 600 E 12th St. RCACLD staff will describe their functions and programs in the teaching process. Members and other interested persons are urged to attend.
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Reeves County Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
Carver Resource Center
E. 12Th St
Rcacld
Draft boards in Texas close as Selective Service suspends operations
Colonel Melvin N. Glantz announced that Texas board offices will close on February 27, ending registrant processing and the obligation to register. Nationally, Selective Service will reduce to a minimal standby posture with five regional offices and a small headquarters to plan for restoration in emergencies and to train reserve and National Guard officers.
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Draft Board
Texas
Melvin N. Glantz
Selective Service
Fort Worth
San Francisco
San Antonio
Chicago
Atlanta
Baltimore
National Guard
Selective Service National Guard
Hearst Kidnap Tale Resumes In San Francisco Court
Patricia Hearst returns to court to recount her terror at SLA abductors a day after jurors toured her captivity closets. Defense says she will testify all day as prosecutors note she was the sole survivor among six bank robbers.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Libera
Tion Army
SLA
Barey
Browning
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph Hearst
Los Angeles
Pacific cold front ends Texas warm spell
Pecos and Texas towns cooled as a Pacific front moved in with a cool, humid air mass. Temperatures fell from the high 70s to 41 in pre dawn as thunderstorms and rain drenched parts of the drought plagues areas. Officials reported strong storms and possible severe weather in Central and East Texas with lingering heat elsewhere.
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Pecos
Texas
Associated Press
Pecos River
Mineral Wells
Stephenville
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Austin
New York
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Ohio
Illinois
O'Hare Inter
National Airport
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Augusta
Athens
National Weather Service
Doug Ward named coach for Almost Anything Goes show
Ray Powell leaves his post as coach of the Almost Anything Goes team to recover from surgery. Doug Ward, 33, teacher and coach, replaces him and will now guide the team. Ward is Sul Ross University graduate and former show referee. Tickets allocated 1,400 with 600 sold in one day. taping is March 14 at 7 p.m. in Monahans Stadium.
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Ray Powell
Powell
Doug Ward
Ward
Doug
Sul Ross University
Monahans
Gaines
Gary Gaines
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Chamber
Terry Burns
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