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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1970
Page
12
A Pecos Enterprise youth column discusses parental strife and teen issues. Readers ask about abortion, parental betrayal, and a case of feeling unappreciated at home. Helen counsels psychotherapy and personal growth to break damaging family patterns.
About 250 demonstrators marching against racial repression and war proceed toward Atlanta led by Rev. Ralph David Abernathy of the SCLC. They arrive at a church at Fort Valley after a delayed start and join locals for a rally despite heat and a daylong delay.
Friday May 22 1970 horoscope segment outlines daily guidance for each sun sign from Aries to Pisces. It notes personal traits and cautions, urges prudent speech, steady effort, and pursuit of focused careers. It highlights talents, family loyalty, and the need to choose a life occupation to ease restlessness.
In Pecos Texas Mrs E L Lambb hosts her son Elvis serving abroad as the community reflects on families missing loved ones. Elvis writes cheerful notes about school, a new room, tuna fish sandwiches and plans for summer while urging continued support from home. He jokes about a judge and signs off with love to Melba and Mom.
Longtime Toyah resident Lily Robinson was honored on Mothers Day with a covered dish luncheon at Toyah Baptist Church. Born in Sweetwater and arriving in 1904, she remains in Toyah with husband William Robinson who worked for the T&P Railroad until his 1952 passing.
City detective William Harlow answered a call from a claimed teen buyer about selling marijuana. The caller, who had heard Harlow speak on dangers of narcotics, agreed to meet and led him to seven pounds of marijuana in a green plastic bag.
Britannica records the self winding pocket watch as first patented in London in 1780. The entry notes the invention's origin and historical significance in horology.
Highlights of May 22 include the 1319 voyage of the SS Savannah from Savannah to Liverpool, Burr treason trial in 1807, Wagner born in 1813, the 1868 horseback train robbery near Seymour, the 1918 Paris raid, 1942 Mexico declares war, 1947 Truman aid to Greece and Turkey, 1957 martial law in Turkey, 1967 Queen Elizabeth II in West Germany, 1969 Apollo 10 near Moon, and 17th century Irish potato consumption per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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