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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1970
Page
10
A bus of schoolchildren stops at a rest area on U S 80-89 to read a monument dedicated to Tom Mix. The rough stone marker shows a horse and riderless silhouette as the inscription recalls Mix who died in 1940 and notes 1880 to 1940. Gene Autry once performed at the 1947 unveiling before 300 friends.
Tel Aviv AP reports twenty four Arab women in the occupied West Bank formed a handicraft cooperative. Trained in sewing under an Israeli Labor Ministry course, they rented production quarters and are negotiating with companies for orders. Their venture marks a first for West Bank women in crafts with the aim of securing work and income.
AP News writer Kay Bartlett explores how noon escapes shape work life in New York. From Elmer Leterman’s daily ritual at the Four Seasons to Central Park al fresco meals and gym lunches at the Federal Reserve Bank, workers trade calories for culture, exercise, and social rituals during the midday break. The Danube then closes the piece, noting Europe’s second longest river.
The Pecos Selective Service Office lists weekly Thursday hours from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information call 905-885-2008. The notice appears with location in Carlsbad New Mexico and refers to SSG Alvis E. Lawrence.
English host David Frost rises in U.S. TV with his syndicated talk show surpassing 70 stations. He earns about $10,000 weekly, won an Emmy, and received an honorary degree from Emerson College. He tapes multiple interviews in LA and New York and values prepared, probing dialogue.
Highlights include Wiley Post completing the first solo round the world flight in 1933 and Napoleon capturing Cairo in 1798. Dillinger shot by FBI in 1934, Senate blocks FDR court plan in 1937, Palermo falls in 1943, Villarroel killed in Bolivia uprising 1946, Panama Declaration 1956, Eichmann dispute in 1956, Amin arrested in 1960s, Nixon’s 1970 Asia trip begins.
AP Business Analyst John Cunn notes brokers faced anger as clients lost money. He cites Thad Bowman of Shearson Hammill & Co who says client hostility faded as bear market losses grew evident, suggesting brokers should test the water and encourage participation to regain business.
London AP reports Bishop Mervyn Charles Edwards of Worcester will resign September 30 at age 68 to make way for a younger successor. He previously served as vicar of St Martin in-the-Fields from 1947 to 1956 before being consecrated Bishop of Worcester. He talks sex in the church crypt.
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