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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1971
Page
8
An opinion poll of about 2000 people shows 80 percent favor the current highway system while 66 percent of urban residents support restricting auto use in busy areas. The survey highlights growing concern over environmental impact and potential shifts in mass transit funding.
Amyas Ames of Lincoln Center urges a new national priority for the arts in the 1970s arguing federal aid should rise to about 10 percent of current arts spending, roughly $200 million yearly, to supplement ticket sales and private gifts. He notes current NEA funding at about $30 million is insufficient for a nation of 200 million.
Texas redistricting likely to require further boundary changes after the 1980 census as urban populations grow and move. Lawmakers may redraw congressional districts in 1981 with a national pattern of shifting city populations guiding the action.
IRS agents visit 12 000 to 15 000 firms weekly to review price lists as Phase II of controls continues. Agencies will use formulas to judge increases and cross check with computers, aiming to curb inflation while allowing justified rises.
Police at the Dallas Fort Worth regional airport can use city courts in Dallas Fort Worth Grapevine Coppell Irving and Euless to detain apprehended persons. The airport complex spans these cities.
A public service feature discusses crop dusting risks and court rulings on negligence. It cites cases where pilots and companies were held liable for drift, warnings, or chemical characteristics, and even for turkey fatalities caused by a plane’s motor. Written by Will Bernard for ABA and Texas Bar in 1971.
In Tokyo Bruce Biossat reports Japanese leaders blame Nixon's 10 percent import surcharge for hurting exports and jobs. They see U.S. policy as unfair and potentially racially hostile, warning of recession and urging fairer restraint and continued reform.
Letter from Bill Woods of Sacramento thanks Pecos citizens for kindness during a visit for his father Harry Woods 85th birthday and remembers Pecos residents’ friendliness during his father’s years as an early pioneer. Woods and his brother Dick from Fairfax, Virginia, recount meeting locals and the Pleasant reception before returning home after his father’s passing.
A WSJ style essay reflects on Vietnam’s toll from a waitress whose son died in service. It links individual loss to national fatigue, citing Edmund Stillman on exhaustion of will and ideas, Marx, Barth, and a educational survey showing higher Vietnam losses among black youth versus white.
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