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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1971
Page
3
A report notes recalls costlier than expected and many small firms lack recall coverage. Federal FDA recalls rose to over 1,400 products last year while only about 200 firms carry recall insurance, despite availability since 1966. Premiums vary by insurer and applicant plan details.
NAIROBI Kenya The man who runs the world s biggest taxidermy establishment critiques conservationists while defending licensed hunting as a conservation tool. Paul Wain Zimmermann Ltd argues hunting balances animal populations amid habitat shrinkage and rising human encroachment. The firm employs 140 under Wolfgang Schenk producing 500 trophies monthly. Modern taxidermy uses clay models plaster molds mannequins and pelt work with eyes from East Germany and lengthy craft times.
New and revived classics push nostalgia as Sears and Ideal revive Raggedy dolls and Tiny Tears while model railroading grows with steam synchronized locomotives. Jigsaw puzzles from Sports Heroes of Yesterday celebrate Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe as nostalgia becomes a selling point this season.
Mexico and Japan vows to finance market searches for exports after a U S 10 percent surcharge. An official trade mission led by Carlos Torres Manzo reported the visit marks a new phase in their commercial ties. He noted 1.4 percent annual growth in Mexican trade with Japan over a decade but a 1970 negative balance due to large purchases of manufactured goods to spur development.
Fort Lauderdale doctors Wilentz and Berger report hippie medical issues ranging from itchy scalps to skin rashes and a modern allergy to marijuana causing dry mouth. They urge preventive medicine including soap and wastewater defense to curb the ailments.
Hosea Williams alone expressed surprise at Rev Jesse Jackson resigning as head of Operation Breadbasket in Chicago. Jackson steps down Friday amid staff departures as SCLC executive committee meets in Atlanta to address the shakeup within the civil rights group founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and led by Ralph David Abernathy.
Senator Jacob Javits pushes for a female student at Annapolis before the January 31 deadline. He discusses curriculum and facility changes with Navy Secretary John Chafee while noting Navy traditions may yield to coeducation at Annapolis and other service academies.
Bernt Balchen, 72, a retired Air Force colonel and Byrd’s 1929 South Pole flight pilot, says Byrd lied about the North Pole crossing claiming Floyd Bennett told him they never reached the Pole. Balchen argues Amundsen accomplished the North Pole flight with Norge in 1925 and challenges Byrd’s famed claim.
Washington reports Communist China is launching a program to win Chinese American sympathy by inviting selected Chinese descent individuals to visit the mainland. Lists of invitees include Helen Hays and Dr. Chun tu Hsueh among others, with prior subjects removed for political ties.
Mary Verspille, 82, lives alone on a ranch 12 miles east of Kiowa Colorado. She raised five children after 1934, keeps up wheat and cattle, fixes the house, and even traps a skunk. She plans to stay on the land and says hard work keeps her young in mind.
Sul Ross State University will offer nine police administration courses in the 1972 spring semester led by H C Chambers and Claude Thromalen. Courses include Criminal Law and Criminal Investigation with three semester hours credit and non credit options. Registration is January 17 through 19.
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