Editorial calls for action on Pecos court house and jail needs
The editorial urges the Pecos commissioner's court to resume work on court house repairs and a new jail. It notes sewage from the jail disrupts the District Courtroom and that jail capacity has far exceeded design, with 108 inmates in a 32 capacity facility. It also supports a combined law enforcement complex, acknowledging funding challenges but stressing the community need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Pecos
Troop Withdrawals Explained by ROT and Rotation Rates
The piece analyzes Nixon’s troop withdrawal plan, showing how rotations keep daily counts volatile. It cites peak and subsequent troop levels from 1969 to 1970, explains 350 000 in and 350 000 out yearly flows, and concludes a net reduction of 150 000 despite large in/out figures.
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Washington
Nea
Vietnam
Mixon
Nixon
Allan Gaien
Tien Iietnam
If I Had My Way by HAL BOYLE
Hal Boyle pricks public norms with satirical rules such as aging 50 plus never on welfare, lawmakers visiting districts, knifeless table manners, and double football seasons. He envisions humor yet sharp social critique, via a list of drastic reforms and comic reversals.
Timely Quotes Reflect On War Drugs and Morality
A collection of brief quotes covers sermon like cautions on self knowledge and drug use, mixed with reflections on democracy, heroism, and the Vietnam era. Notable voices include Milton Rockeach Michigan State University and Marine Corps Pfc Timothy S. Guarino of River, Michigan.
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Church
Milton Rockeach
Psyensiapy
Michigan State University
Marine Corps
Timothy S. Guarino
River , Mich
Vietnam
Social drug scene highlighted by youth poll
The Gilbert Youth Poll surveys youths aged 14 to 25 across the nation finding 31 percent use drugs and college students show higher involvement. It says drugs are a social activity especially among college students with 41 percent favoring marijuana legalization in the Northeast and 22 to 25 percent in the South and North Central. The report notes legal penalties are seen as too harsh by many students and nonschool youths, and calls for varied views on marijuana risks.
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Gilbert
South
North Central
Ohio
Virginia
Wisconsin
Ugilbert Marketing Research, Inc
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Baha I faith advocates peace and education ideals
The Baha i faith promotes world peace universal brotherhood compulsory education harmony of science and religion unity among all faiths as taught by David Poling.
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Universal Brotherhood of Man
Expo 70 Christian Pavilion Highlights Unity in Japan
Expo 70 in Osaka showcases a united Christian Pavilion uniting Catholic and Protestant efforts with Vatican participation. Visitors find rest and worship in a bamboo organ chapel while critics note Japan’s religious syncretism.
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Japan
Osaka
Nishitani Keiji
Vatican
Vatican City
Rome
Savior
St. Paul
Athens
Risshokseikai
Niwano Nikkyo
The High Cost Of Being Poor
A UW consumer economics expert details how poverty drives higher costs and limited options. Poor households buy small amounts due to cash constraints, face higher loan costs, lack transport, and contend with low quality education and living conditions that impede advancement.
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Margaret Nelson
University of Wisconsin
Pigeons in Early Flight Aid From Moonlit Crises
The Bulletin of the U S Naval Oceanographic Office recalls 1920s rescue practice using carrier pigeons aboard open cockpit planes to deliver urgent messages. Rules required dawn or dusk release, precise message format, and location data, with messages folded for a leg strap. A plane spiraled toward earth amid these procedures.
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U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Earth
Havana
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Cedar Street
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University of Akron
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Clark
Ark
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