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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1970
Page
1
The Nevada Atomic Energy Commission site has 250 square miles contaminated with plutonium and 49 high radiation zones fenced off, totaling 12 square miles. In New York stockholders increasingly sue brokers and corporations, common in the bear market.
A former aide estimates Eddie Fisher earned over 700000 dollars yearly at his peak. The singer has filed for bankruptcy in Puerto Rico as longtime observers note his repertoire faded and public interest waned.
President announces resignation of Dr Lee A DuBridge and names Dr Edward E David Jr of Bell Laboratories as his replacement. David, 45, is executive director of communications systems research at Bell Labs and will also take over as presidential science adviser, a post not requiring Senate confirmation.
The Army says it has dropped charges against S. Sgt. Kenneth L. Hodges due to insufficient evidence to proceed to trial. The move reduces total charged to 11, with five ordered to court martial for the My Lai massacre inquiry.
A senator pushes to outlaw defoliants in Vietnam and accuses President Nixon of using the 1925 Geneva Protocol to block the proposal. Administration officials say tear gas napalm and defoliants would be allowed under the treaty, which Nixon sent to the Senate for ratification. Most observers expect approval.
In Montevideo police moved to isolate captured Tupamaro leaders amid fears the kidnapping strategy is run from prison. No verified messages have come from the group since Aug 11. The last communique said American agronomist Claude Fly, 65, and Brazilian consul Aloysio Gomide, 41, were in good health.
TOKYO AP reports China opposes the Israeli Arab cease-fire and backs Palestinian guerrillas while seeking to leverage its position in the Middle East. Beijing risks alienating Egypt’s Nasser yet counts on a possible collapse of U S peace plans to claim vindication.
A ship carrying 5,000 tons of explosives sailed from Sandy Hook toward a prepared burial site on the ocean floor. Now in tow by a tug, the vessel was to reach a depth of 7,200 feet and be sunk 135 miles off the Maryland coast.
President Nixon flew to Puerto Vallarta to meet with Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz to discuss border issues and drug trafficking. The trip includes talks on Rio Grande water salinity, possible boundary changes, and a future joint luncheon. The Nixons will stay at Quinta Laura and return to San Clemente Friday.
Washington AP reports the Senate moves to replace the draft with an all volunteer Army after opposition to the Safeguard antimissile system. Debate opens as lawmakers weigh readiness and recruitment.
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces overran Prek Tameak village nine miles from Phnom Penh and advanced toward the capital. Cambodian and South Vietnamese gunboats guarded the river as air strikes continued, with heavy casualties reported on both sides.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and four wounded when artillery from Lebanon opened fire at the eastern frontier near Mt. Hermon. Arab fire also hit Beit Shean in Israel, with Jordan and Egyptian missiles in regional tensions as U.S. and Egyptian responses drew mixed reactions. A later bomb in Netanya injured three.
Tropical Storm Dorothy with winds near 70 mph heads toward Martinique and the Windward Islands for a likely hurricane landfall. Forecasters warn residents from St Lucia to Guadeloupe to secure homes as high tides and heavy rain threaten coastal areas.
A Pentagon task force urged a trial program granting amnesty to U S servicemen who voluntarily stop using illegal drugs and seek treatment. The plan, already tested in parts of Vietnam, aims to balance rehabilitation with military discipline and notes drug abuse has risen in the last decade among youth.
In Dallas the second desegregation hearing opened in District Judge William M. Taylor Jr. s court as six Texas districts faced the Justice Department bid to end dual school systems. After a brief session the judge asked lawyers to confer privately to seek an agreement, a tactic successful last Wednesday with Ferris district which agreed to desegregate.
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