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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1970
Page
2
A child writes to Santa Claus requesting a baby tender love a talking telephone and a toy store. The letter from a three year old Angela Cox describes herself as well behaved this year and signs her name with affection.
Los Angeles grand jury indicts Charles Manson Bruce Davis and Steve Grogan in a ninth murder linked to the Donald Shea disappearance on an old movie ranch. Shea vanished near the Tate murders in 1969 and prosecutors seek trial timing amid defense protests.
The Nixon administration will continue the Agricultural Conservation Program with emphasis on antipollution and permanent projects on farm land after Congress appropriated 195.5 million dollars for ACP in 1971. A White House spokesman confirmed the decision despite earlier hopes to end the program.
Hospital news lists admissions and discharges for December 6 to 12 1970. Names include Vergel W Brown Jessie Pratt Maria Elena Rodriguez Ernestine Espado Margarita Hernandez Nativi Teodora Contreras Leeta Leek Kay Idol Concepcion Cazares Lopez twins Margarita Natividad Jimmy Watson Stephanie Hickey Oren Franklin Kent Kenneth Matthews George W Ligon and others. Births noted for Aurelio Natividad Santiago Contreras Ruben Hernandez Raul Espado with addresses in Pecos Balmorhea and Mulberry.
A six teen aged girls task force under Ralph Nader charges doctors federal officials and nursing home owners with national neglect of elderly care. The 346 page report cites 25 deaths from salmonella at a Baltimore facility and delays in safety standards after a Marietta Ohio fire killing 32. It calls for stricter enforcement medical reviews and better aide training while noting most facilities fail minimal federal standards.
Washington AP report on a Senate filibuster over ending federal subsidies for the SST program. Sen. William Proxmire clashed with Sen. Warren Magnuson as Alan Bible noted potential cost increases and layoffs. Debate questions funding scope and environmental impact with no sign of compromise.
The report notes 290 U.S. dead and 754 wounded, with allied forces claiming 351 N Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. Attacks across Saigon include fire bombs, grenades, and a bomb in a U S officers billet, while Brig Gen Michael J L Greene blames student activity Viet Cong terrorists and possibly disgruntled individuals. In Cambodia a separate tally shows 34 enemy killed on Highway One as forces push along Highway 7 with little progress. In Hudson New York Virginia O Hanlon Douglas, famed reader of Is there a Santa Claus editor, spends Christmas in hospital at 81 after October admission.
Paris obituary notes Andre Laur ent Egnac, 84, pioneer in French aviation and France's first air minister in 1926, former senator and deputy vice president of the Radical party. Breda tributes Dutch priest and writer Rev. Pieter van der Meer de Walcheren, 90, who chronicled his conversion in My Diary. Stanford marks death of Richard E Hanley, 75, Northwestern head football coach 1927–34, leading Big Ten titles in 1930 and 1931.
Vice President Spiro Agnew pledges to tighten liaison with state governments after a lengthy session with 21 Republican governors in Sun Valley Idaho. He defends his campaign style while saying no apologies are due and confirms a unified stance to work with the White House.
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