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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1970
Page
4
A Deming retirement community resident's "Prayer for Old Age" offers sage counsel for all: listen more, avoid long recitals, mind own affairs, stay friendly, keep humor, and curb bitterness. The piece appears in Daily Leader, Lovington NM.
The Chinese are now a separate racial group with a distinct identity but may use white facilities if the white group agrees. About 8,000 Chinese residents are deemed too small to justify separate amenities. They remain colored under immorality laws and face residence and cohabitation restrictions.
A reader from Jo Ann Wein writes to Fran praising the Enterprise for world and hometown news. She thanks the staff for printing submitted items, notes some delays, and encourages continued effort and perseverance in reporting.
HAL BOYLE collects nagging lines a husband hears from wives turning everyday irritations into a comic collage. He riffs on marital chatter about dresses, TV soaps, anniversaries, leftovers, weight, money, sex talks, and aging with playful irony.
Local residents report a neighbor boasting of a new invention to make the world better. The claim has drawn curiosity and skepticism, with no independent verification yet.
The Chicago Plan aimed to place 4,000 minority workers in construction jobs this year but has only trained 150 in the first group. Labor disputes and a home building slump hinder progress, with officials citing funding delays and contractor union negotiations as contributing factors. The program, tied to the Coalition for United Community Action, faced protests and investigations as it sought to expand opportunities in Chicago’s building trades.
A humorous column notes a spoof group Proud Intelligent Guardians of Society and a California trip where a police officer received a pig card. It also mentions a love meter from Mechanix Illustrated, letters praising editorial work, a misprint in a Little League photo, and a cantaloupe pie recipe with steps and ingredients.
Janesville family led by Jack Pregent and his children Joe Dan and Ann set up a basement workshop to manufacture about three thousand lapel buttons and bumper stickers after school and weekends. They hope orderly process can express opinion and keep the United States prospering.
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