This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1970
Page
4
Editorial extols the Reeves County Library as a welcoming community hub. It highlights teen summer patrons, quiet reading areas, and free access to books and papers, urging residents to visit, become members, and tell friends about the library’s value and staff.
The piece notes U S transportation officials plan an air cushioned rail between L A Airport and the San Fernando Valley costing about 50 million dollars with service hoped for in 1972. It mentions a 83 million grant for another air cushion project and cites high costs for upgrading existing rail lines to high speed service including the Washington to Boston corridor.
HAL BOYLE riffs on boredom with routine vacations and suggests outrageous ideas as antidotes. He envisions goose bump counts on warthogs, flag pole sitting by politicians, a marshmallow toast orgy, spoof ads, attic love nests, savings without toasters, self-destructing TV ads, garter snakes as sock supports, backward spaghetti, a new flexible necktie, rest homes abroad, and peace pledges to cut air pollution.
The World Almanac notes Lassen Peak in California is the only recently active US volcano. It began about 300 eruptions from 1914 to 1917, and the peak is named for Danish explorer Peter Lassen who discovered it in 1848.
Baylor University Medical School researchers study insomnia using EEG brain-wave monitoring at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Lester Jordan, 26, joins as a pioneer participant in sleep research while insomniacs seek relief from pills, devices, and behavioral methods amid a multi‑million drug market.
A roundup of new titles including Southwest Books by Robert E Ford Cowboy Life on the Llano Estacado by W H Whitlock from University of Oklahoma Press and Image of Mexico II from Texas Quarterly. Also Liebman’s Politics of Puerto Rican University Students and a UT Press water quality reference edited by Gloyna and Eckenfelder Jr.
Analysis shows Sihanouk's in exile cabinet is dominated by leftist and pro Chinese elements with backgrounds in North Vietnamese or Khmer Rouge circles. The lack of a united front, plus many officials tied to subversive or communist networks, undermines his appeal and raises doubt about effective post conquest governance.
A Neenah pastor Rev. John Bouquet offers six practical steps to bridge gaps between youths and parents. He urges using their language, shared music, patience with underachievers, openness about problems, tolerance of appearance, and addressing behavior rather than character. A separate Arlington discussion highlights Jesus as fully human and profoundly connected to God in a message about intergenerational perspective.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.