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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1970
Page
4
Editorial notes that 1970 tax returns will require declaring foreign bank accounts as part of a U S effort to fight organized crime. It discusses Swiss secrecy and cooperation negotiations to expose Mafia funds, with history from Nazi era measures and postwar restitution.
The US Geological Survey reports 128 billion tons of recoverable strip coal as of January 1, 1970, about 29 times the 44 billion tons mined historically. About a third of disturbed land has been reclaimed, but most low cost strip coal is gone and reclamation costs may exceed land value. Stricter regulations and pollution controls are expected to drive higher coal prices.
The piece argues parents deserve safe toys and cites up to 70000 annual toy injuries. It notes demands to ban lawn darts but questions government overreach in removing all risk from childhood play.
HAL BOYLE surveys everyday trivia from reader mail noting that 90 percent of U S women work at some point in life, Indian numbers rise from 332000 to 600000, and dog noseprints rival fingerprints for identification. He touches on sleep, parenting, and a pun of the week, plus Christmas customs in Armenia and southern Syria observed by the Nat geographic Society.
In Derrick Texas the annual carol contest hinges on Gus Derek’s ten thousand dollar prize for the orphans. The high school choir outshines the rest with a candlelit French carol while the orphanage choir, in patched work clothes, sings O Come All Ye Faithful, risking another year of displacement.
A collage of quotes spans gun rights debates and world leaders, from Patrick Murphy and Moshe Dayan to an English bus strike. It also notes Walter Winchell returning to a thrice weekly column and DePaul coach Ray Meyer on the antidunk rule, ending with basketball citrus on the dunk.
Nixon said an understanding existed, but sources familiar with Paris talks say Hanoi rejected any conditions for a bombing halt. U.S. officials presented a unilateral pause tied to Hanoi not shelling cities or DMZ moves, which Hanoi did not acknowledge. The piece argues Nixon improperly framed the situation as an agreement and notes a policy shift toward retaliatory actions and Vietnamization.
The article cites John Kenneth Galbraith and Jack Rosenthal on how 1960 1970 Census data show rising ownership of cars televisions radios and appliances among many families while 10 percent remain in poverty. It notes real income gains from 6900 to 9400 and that poor households lack cars homes and washing machines despite overall affluence.
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