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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1970
Page
3
Sen. John Tower cites wage gaps and unequal job opportunities to argue for a constitutional amendment ensure equal treatment of the sexes. He notes 1957 median wages of women at 3008 versus men at 4713 and 1968 salary growth disparities.
The Texas Department of Agriculture's Agri Tour Mobile Unit will visit the Airlawn shopping area in Pecos tomorrow during the Miss Wool of America pageant. The exhibit promotes TAP Texas Agricultural Products and highlights beef turkey and natural fibers with color slides posters and literature for visitors.
The Trans Pecos Rock and Gem Club will meet at 8 00 p m on Thursday May 21 at the West of the Pecos Museum. There is no meeting in June or July but a session is planned for the third Thursday in August. Members and the public are invited. A program door prize and refreshments will be offered.
A fund is set up to help defray medical expenses for Ralph Bradley at Memorial Hospital. Donations can be arranged by calling 445-4364 or 447-2879 or left at 1604 South Eddy.
Missed delivery guidance asks readers to call Circulation Dept by 6 45 p m if paper not received by 5 30 p m to guarantee delivery. Call 445 5475 for service.
Gordon Friesen, founder of a renowned hospital consulting firm, told the Texas Hospital Association in Houston that U S hospitals run 20th century medicine in 19th century facilities. He urged private rooms, eliminated wards, centralized supplies, nurse time for patients, and preventive care to avoid state medicine.
The Kiwanis Club of Pecos becomes an officially chartered group with a May 21 meeting planned after chartering on May 16 at Bessie Haynes Elementary. Attendees included Dr and Mrs E W Schmidt Mr and Mrs Harold Meyer Judge F H Ryan with James E Winger Jr of Midland presiding.
Pecos Junior High Choir and Band along with the Sixth Grade beginner band present a spring concert at 8 p.m. on Thursday May 21 in the Pecos High School auditorium The John Philip Sousa Award for Outstanding Bandmember will be awarded during the concert Admission is 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for students The Choir performs To The Lord Ye Righteous Awake My Heart The Sound of Silence The Beginner band performs Little Irish Suite Little Scotch Suite America Festival and Marines Hymn The Eaglet band plays March Juno Deep River with theme variations Fanfare Pastorale serenade Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet and El Capitan.
Two Pecos High School students Ronnie Butler and Scott Lewis were named to the 1970 Texas American Legion Boys State to be held June 6 to 13 at the University of Texas Austin. They will learn state government operation and participate in party organization campaigns and elections.
Students in Distributive Education and Vocational Office Education near completing year one. The program pairs class time with work placements at local firms such as Safeway Sears Roebuck Barstow and Pecos Automotive. Employers and families are praised for supporting the new program in Pecos.
Loyd Thompson, wife of a former First Christian minister, died Sunday in Nowata Oklahoma at 63. Funeral services were held at Nowata First Christian Church yesterday. Survivors include two daughters and her husband, Rev. Thompson formerly served the Pecos church in the early 1930s.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announces entrance fees at Balmorhea State Park in Reeves County starting May 22, 2024, charging 50 cents per car per day due to completed facilities. Monahans Sandhills State Park will raise its fee from 50 cents to 1 dollar per vehicle per day, effective May 27, 2024.
The Grand Jury, meeting Monday, endorses earlier juries' recommendations to repair the courthouse. It notes a poor building state, with minor plumbing fixes underway and calls for more extensive work.
Mary Ann Wilson of Fort Stockton reports her 1962 Valiant parked at 2106 between noon and 9 pm May 17 missing her black full wig. Sgt Glenn Vandiver investigated. Milton West of Southern Union Gas reports a dry chemical fire extinguisher stolen from storage on the side of his company pickup Saturday night. report made today.
Funeral services are still pending at Pecos Funeral Home for Mrs. Lahoma Roberts, 48, who died yesterday at Memorial Hospital.
Dr Blair Justice, research assistant to Mayor Louie Welch, secured a 136444 dollar grant approved Tuesday by the Houston-Galveston Area Regional Council to seek early warning signals of violence in children. The Texas Criminal Justice Council provides 97460 dollars with remaining funds from the city.
Craig L. Cruikshank of El Paso, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Cruikshank and grandson of Pecos residents, earned a Vanderbilt University scholarship in Nashville. A 1970 Burgess High School graduate, he will enter as a Pre Medical student in the fall.
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