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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1971
Page
7
AUSTIN AP says 121 tornadoes struck Texas in 1970 causing about $155 million in damage. Col Wilson Speir cites Lubbock and High Plains twisters as most destructive. He notes Celia and Ella hurricanes, 40 train derailments and fires, and praises civil defense readiness and shelter capacity.
A Texas Parks and Wildlife Department report estimates 65 to 135 mountain lions remain in Texas. The decline is strongest in East Texas with current strongholds in the Trans Pecos, South Texas brush country, and Edwards Plateau.
Recent visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thoma son and their granddaughter and family from Petersburg Nebraska. A Toyah injury occurred when Mrs. Ben Cleveland was hurt in a Durant Oklahoma crash. Toyah Booster Club hosted enchiladas supper for about 75. Toyah City Hall suffered front damage from a wind event and a nearby fire was extinguished.
Toyah residents Mr. and Mrs. A L Gibson were feted by family and friends for 25 years of marriage. The event featured a surprise covered dish supper at Toyah School with about 60 attendees, silver wedding decor, and a 25th anniversary cake. The Gibsons, long active in civic life, have four children and ties to El Paso, Sul Ross, and the University of Texas at Austin.
A reader laments a failing marriage as her husband seeks success and younger looks. Helen urges self improvement, college, energy, and action, while a second letter debates world cleanliness and personal change. Other notes include summer love reflections and art school posing concerns.
Coors bottles to be returnable for one cent each, starting in Texas and expanding across multiple states. The program applies to 24 carton and 6 pack bottles and quarts, with all sizes included. Coors reports prior aluminum can recycling success and plans to switch to all aluminum tall cans by 1971, boosting recycling value to 10 cents per pound.
Cash Box magazine lists the week s top ten. Standouts include One Bad Apple Osmonds Mama s Pearl Jackson 5 Rose Garden Anderson Have You Seen the Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival Sweet Mary Mansion If You Could Read My Mind Lightfoot I Hear You Knocking Edmunds Watching Scotty Grow Goldsboro Mr Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Amos Moses Reed. The remark notes a sleepy worker has a better system than most.
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