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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1970
Page
2
A short reflection contrasts showing a parent flaunting a child's report card with the need to concentrate on work. The piece warns that keeping thoughts on tasks matters more than displaying one’s knowledge. It frames discipline as essential for sustained results.
Joint army and guerrilla patrols in Amman urge residents to resume work while an arms agreement holds. Sporadic machine gun fire is heard on city outskirts. Egypt reports 60 Israeli air raids on the Suez Canal, five Egyptian soldiers hurt and one Israeli plane down. Israel confirms a raid near the Jordan River with two Arab prisoners. In Copenhagen, 50 Arabs occupy the Jordanian Embassy for a third day demanding action against alleged conspirators.
The text notes Gallaudet College in Washington D C founded in 1864 by Act of Congress as the only college for the deaf. It explains the name Michael as Hebrew meaning Godlike Who is like God.
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports that crop hail insurance, after tripling since WWII, appears to level off due to tighter acreages and lower prices. The Agriculture Department notes steady growth through the 1960s, with recent declines in several states but increased coverage in Kansas thanks to record winter wheat yields.
The Agriculture Department awarded a $25,000 research grant to the American Health Foundation of New York for a 21 month study of smoke from experimental cigarettes. Lab cigarettes will use tobacco varieties treated with different fertilizers and farm chemicals to measure weight burning rates smoke chemistry and residue levels of pesticides. The goal is to relate tobacco production factors to smoke characteristics for plant scientists.
In Jay Florida a 3 1/2 mile east test well by No 1 St. Regis Paper Co. produced 1712 barrels of 50.7 degree gravity oil daily. Humble Oil and refining with Louisiana Land and Exploration Co. called it Florida s first real oil find and Dr Robert Vernon noted widespread flat lying beds. The site follows an earlier unsuccessful Humble test to 13 000 feet.
Granville Watts reports that censorship across the world is loosening in many regions from Tokyo to London while nations like India Brazil and Sweden adopt more permissive policies. Tensions rise as critics warn of violence and sexuality expanding under new rules and boards.
The Board of Equalization will meet at the Reeves County Courthouse Pecos Texas at 9 30 a m on Thursday June 25 1970 to determine fix and equalize the value of all taxable property in Reeves County for 1970 and all interested parties are notified to appear Estelle Clinton County Clerk Reeves County Texas Published Pecos Enterprise June 15 1970
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