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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1970
Page
9
The Official Catholic Directory reports a drop to 47 872 089 Catholics in the United States, 23 5 percent of the population, with declines in infant baptisms converts and school attendance across elementary schools high schools seminaries and colleges. The report also notes drops in Catholic elementary schools and seminaries and colleges.
Mrs. Ethel Briggs set a West of the Pecos TOPS Club weekly weight loss record with twelve and a half pounds at the Monday gathering. She earned queen of the week while Mrs. Sabina Jaso was named April’s queen, and members plan programs including a drugs and drug abuse talk by Officer James Titus.
E A Dean of Austin was named moderator of the 115th Synod of Texas meeting held in Sherman Texas. The 66 year old Dean will be executive director of the church magazine in Atlanta starting June 1 after 23 years as executive secretary of the Synod of Texas.
Wichita County collected its first wheat of the year and perhaps the nation’s. George Boles harvested 200 bushels from a 25 acre field and sent them to Robert Johnson Grain Co. in Iowa Park. Caddo wheat sold at $1.22 a bushel with a $50 bonus.
Space program faces potential postponements as Apollo 14 may slip from October 1 and NASA considers cutting moon missions from two per year to one. The Apollo 13 emergency spurred reviews and possible design changes to oxygen tanks and electrical systems.
Scientists in the Zambezi River Valley hunt for fossil bones to confirm the largest prehistoric animal found in Rhodesia. Curator Mike Raath notes a femur fragment measures 25 by 10 inches and may indicate brachiosaurus remains, potentially linking Africa to a former land bridge with North America and East Africa.
East Pecos Junior High Library staff sponsored by Mrs. Bright visited Reeves County Library on Wednesday afternoon. Bus driver Mr. Olibas accompanied the group including Antonia Salcido Dora Martinez Cristina Jaramillo Rosa Galindo Armendarez Gracielda Salcio Betty Lou Navarette Elizabeth Rey Kris Preslar Jimmy Ashley and Patricia Marquez.
Dallas Baptist College will name its new audio video education building the Carr P. and Ruth Collins Learning Center in a May 27 dedication tied to the college’s first senior class commencement. The 84,000 square foot center includes 812 study units with TV screens and dial keyboards, a video retrieval bank, library and faculty offices.
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