12 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1971
Page
1
Israeli policymakers reportedly accuse UN envoy Gunnar V. Jarring of overstepping his mandate as they indicate a rejection of the Swedish diplomat’s reported Middle East peace initiative. The note comes from sources close to the Israeli government in Jerusalem.
Five months after Dr. Thomas O Paine resigned as NASA head, President Nixon has not named a permanent chief for the money short agency. Paine warned the nation is at the peril point as budgets shrink and tens of thousands face layoffs.
Pentagon sources report the Joint Chiefs of Staff oppose Defense Secretary Melvin Laird’s plan to strip their control over the Defense Intelligence Agency and have the DIA report directly to him. Internal dissent within the JCS is noted as they challenge the proposed change in the command chain.
The Agriculture Department reports wind erosion damaged 1,781,675 acres across ten states in last two months of 1970, up 611 percent from a year ago. Topsoil prone to blowing totals 6,612,280 acres, versus 3,855,068 acres a year earlier.
Rep. William R. Anderson of Tennessee urged President Nixon to explain how potential sale of South Vietnamese oil leases to major U.S. companies influenced U.S. Indochina policy. Anderson spoke to a Humphreys County industrial group requesting administration comment.
Stanford Smith of the American Newspaper Publishers Association denounced a proposal to bar newspapers from owning cable systems as unconstitutional and not in the public interest. He also opposed FCC rules forcing divestiture of any city radio or TV stations by newspapers.
A surge of arctic air moved into the Northern Plains and Midwest ending a spell of mild weather. Snow added 2 to 3 inches across parts of Minnesota and Upper Michigan while temperatures had reached the 40s and 50s before the blast.
Police uncovered a plan to kidnap Chancellor Willy Brandt and Minister Horst Ehmke. The targets were to be held until leftist lawyer Horst Mahler, linked to a Berlin jail escape, was freed.
Phnom Penh reports Lon Nol Cambodia's prime minister has suffered a relapse from a stroke leaving him partly paralyzed. He will be flown to Triplet Hospital in Honolulu this weekend by a U.S. military plane for further treatment, sources said tonight.
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa arrived at Ellington Field after a 14 hour flight from American Samoa and began two weeks of isolation at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. They greeted families through a glass panel and prepared for debriefing as scientists planned to open lunar rock boxes and begin analysis.
President Nixon and Secretary Rogers meet in Key Biscayne to discuss his forthcoming 65 000 word world affairs document. Kissinger notes potential new emphasis while outlining aims and the push for eventual arms control agreement with the Soviets. The State Department plans a concurrent world affairs assessment.
Officials counted 60 deaths from the Southern California quake as damage climbs to about 1 billion dollars. At the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sylmar crews recovered 39 bodies and freed a trapped man after 58 hours. Public evacuation of about 80 000 residents from the San Fernando Valley continued as engineers drained the cracked reservoir.
Sixty or more aircraft losses are reported as U S forces suffer heavy tolls in Laos and Cambodia. The U S command tallies 12 aircraft lost in five days and 500 helicopter missions across the border. Saigon says 165 enemy killed and 13 American troops killed with 66 wounded in recent clashes.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee delays public hearings as Secretary Rogers and Secretary Laird resist testifying. Chairman Fulbright cites recess and Laos operation fallout. Javits proposes independent information gathering to limit executive reliance. Abzug accuses deception as ground troops engage in Laos. Rogers has testified only four times in over two years.
The Los Angeles Times reports Nixon's first cousin Philip Milhous and his wife Anna, living in Grass Valley, receive monthly welfare of 57 dollars and 270.10 dollars in Social Security. They also list aid for a house helper and say they hope to exit welfare. Anna says they have not sought the President's help and question if Nixon knows about their situation.
A committee of nine U S mayors led by John V Lindsay accuses the Nixon administration of reverse revenue sharing by cutting federal urban aid. They demand the release of 1.3 billion dollars authorized by Congress for urban renewal sewer water public housing and model cities. The San Francisco tour included Mayor Joseph Alioto and other city leaders urging immediate funding to start 3 000 housing units and criticizing budget priorities.
Washington details show Harold Lovre a former South Dakota congressman headed a DC committee that raised 4500 for Gerald Ford's campaign by routing funds through two groups in Grand Rapids. Ford acknowledged donors hid by law and defended the setup as legal.
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