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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1971
Page
3
Communiques report that enemy assaults surged in South Vietnam over the weekend killing at least 49 South Vietnamese and wounding 168 while more than 100 homes were destroyed. An attack today damaged the central ammunition dump for the third time since January.
A cabinet and adviser group surrounding 19 year old President Jean-Claude Duvalier is described as effectively running Haiti with no member able to move alone. Prominent figures include Brig. Gen. Claude Raymond and Duvalier relatives, while observers note the regime relies on the family and a broad power balance.
After a massive peaceful Capitol rally described by police as historic, militant war foes and poverty advocates announced a two week campaign of nonviolent disruption including meetings with congressmen and 24 hour senate sessions in a people's lobby. Police reported 124 arrests at a White House vigil as NPAC and the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice push for end to the war by August 28 and a $6500 annual family income, with expanded welfare and political-prisoner releases. Attendance estimates ranged from 200,000 to 500,000, amid other protests in San Francisco Saturday.
Ninety seven persons were arraigned on disorderly conduct charges after a large stall-in on the New Jersey Turnpike by demonstrators returning from a Washington peace rally. Nixon pledged a solid sustainable expansion and halved inflation. The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that states may allow voters to veto public housing projects.
Sen Edward Kennedy urged enacting a single federal health insurance policy to cover all Americans. During Senate Finance Committee hearings he criticized private insurers and outlined a plan funded by general revenues and payroll taxes on employers. He chairs a health subcommittee and leads the three day hearing on health care proposals.
Kennedy cites gross waste and inefficiency driving rising health care costs. He alleges insurance industry failure to control expenses and calls for federal cost controls via budgeting and annual reviews to limit duplicative facilities and guide new construction.
Col Vladi mir Shatalov and cosmonauts Nikolai Rukavishnikov and Alexei Yeliseyev say they are completely satisfied with the two day mission to test new docking equipment in space. They docked with the uncrewed Salute station for about 5 1/2 hours and landed safely in Central Asia after a near lake landing.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers departs for London on a two week tour to press Middle East peace. Egypt warns of clear positions on Arab Israel conflict while Israel and Cairo push rival canal proposals ahead of talks with Britain and NATO allies. He plans visits to Saudi Arabia Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Israel with Rome stop en route home.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield signaled strong resistance to a two year draft extension tied to Vietnam war needs. The Armed Services Committee moves the bill amid plans to keep deferments for current undergraduates and ambitions to end Selective Service. Senator Hatfield urged replacing the draft with an all volunteer force, warning of social strain from conscription.
Capt. Eugene M. Kotouc, 37, an intelligence officer, goes on trial for maiming and assaulting a Viet Cong suspect after the My Lai village assault in 1968. He faces up to 10 years if convicted by a military jury of seven officers. he did not take part in the actual attack.
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty plans a New Hampshire swing to test the climate for a possible 1972 bid. Sen. Henry M. Jackson states he will visit later this year after being urged to enter the first nation primary.
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