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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1977
Page
2
The Pecos Recreational Planning Committee urges Pecos residents to back an organized recreation program. Interested locals should mail the inquiry form to PRPC Box 45 Pecos Texas 79772 and await a follow up by phone.
A Rio de Janeiro area collision between two commuter trains at Comendador Soares station killed at least nine people. Authorities described ongoing rescue efforts and an investigation into the crash cause with numerous injuries reported.
Dorothy Marth known as Minnie 80 patrols Hartford neighborhoods in the Street Observer Program now in its third season. Two-member teams walk streets in evenings from April to October with walkie talkies to call police and reassure residents. Minnie recalls hardship after her husband’s death and losing 40 pounds but says she regained purpose by staying active and engaging neighbors even strangers.
In a vivid, homelike ward at National Jewish Hospital and Research Center Denver, chronically ill children live in apartment-like Family-Living units. Dr. Fred Leffert explains these family units foster privacy, interaction, and normal growth while enabling isolation for infectious cases.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.16 to 932.50 at noon as gains led by NYSE issues outpaced losers 7 to 4. Analysts cited strength from Friday’s market resilience to a bank prime rate rise, while Franklin Mint fell 3.25 points to 15 on disappointing quarterly earnings. NYSE composite up 0.18 to 54.31. volume 8.6 million. Cotton futures slipped with midday quotes down from Friday.
The Permian Basin Health Systems Agency will meet at 7 30 p m in Midland at the regional planning office. Agenda includes a PERPC third year funding for EMS grant and revisions to the next fiscal year's work program plus committee activity reports.
Graveside services for W B Rogers 82 were held May 10 in West Park Cemetery Roswell New Mexico. Rogers formerly of Pecos died May 8 in Roswell New Mexico where he had lived since leaving Pecos. Survivors include widow Mabel Patrick Rogers daughter Mrs Phil Hopkins son Bill Rogers and five grandchildren.
Calendar lists Monday through Friday activities at local centers and clubs including birthdays, Lions and Optimists meetings, TOPS groups, and game days at the Senior Center. The entry notes a 1223 Christmas manger tradition reportedly started by St. Francis of Assisi with a Nativity scene in a church stable.
The AARP will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Club Rooms. Members should bring their work or hobby or share a special interest. The regular meeting time was moved because a band concert took place Tuesday night.
Balmorhea Mayor Helen Humphries asked the city secretary to resign after a closed council session Tuesday night. Council members said they did not request the resignation.
Half of Borobudur temple is closed for repairs with renovations expected to last four more years and finish around 1981. The project, costing an estimated 18 to 20 million dollars, involves numbering and treating 750000 stone pieces to prevent weathering and stone cancer.
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