18 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1971
Page
1
Communist delegates at the Vietnam peace talks accused President Nixon of preparing to strike North Vietnam and warned that such an action could threaten Communist China.
The Nixon administration shifted course on a proposed December 31 nationwide freeze of federal funds for the Model Cities program and other urban aid. Sources say the plan aimed to pressure support for the $16 billion revenue sharing package by threatening funding cuts.
Pentagon sources indicate North Vietnamese may reroute main shipments via Laos to a route west of the Ho Chi Minh Trail now under ground attack by South Vietnamese forces. Electronic sensors droppped from U S planes along Laotian Route 23 detect increased truck traffic about 25 miles west of the standard supply corridor.
AP survey shows 202 House members favor ending federal funding for the SST while 188 favor continuing funds. An additional 29 are undecided and 14 could not be reached or declined to state their position as lobbying intensifies in both chambers.
Scientists say the San Gabriel Mountains lurched three feet upward and three feet sideways during last week s tremors that shook the San Fernando Valley area. The quake on February 9 felled buildings and bridges, killing 64 people and causing millions in damage.
Washington AP reports senators failed in the first test of changing filibuster rules despite backing from both party leaders the White House and a Senate majority. They vow to press a second attempt next week with plans for a quicker victory.
Lieutenant William Laws Calley Jr. faces trial for allegedly being the chief triggerman in the My Lai village massacre. The piece traces his troubled school record from seventh grade cheating to private military academy, and his later life prior to the case.
The U S Command reports 51 Americans killed in combat last week in Indochina, more than double the 24 killed the prior week and the highest weekly tally since November.
Wayman Allen Dial, 36, once chief of San Marcos, Texas, was resentenced by Judge Edward Brand to 10 years probation and 90 days in county jail after pleading guilty to first degree burglary for burglarizing a Beverly Hills home. His good jail conduct and a DOC recommendation paved the way for release on probation.
President Nixon unveils a 17 page plan to expand private insurance and reform the medical system with federal backing for prepaid group practices. He advocates federal financing of private insurance, cutting elderly Medicare costs, and boosting doctor and health personnel supply while avoiding nationalizing the insurance industry.
Oklahoma highway patrolman Bill Walker aged 35 and state park superintendent Leo Newton were killed near Fountainhead Lodge. Ranger W L Pickens was injured critically. Authorities pursued two armed Texans across eastern Oklahoma with roadblocks from Sapulpa to the Arkansas border and warnings of a blue station wagon.
South Vietnamese forces sever three major North Vietnamese supply routes in southern Laos and repulse two Communist attacks in eastern Cambodia, with 116 enemy killed as U S air strikes hit border buildups. Saigon reports 16 000 troops in Laos and 1 600 fresh troops in Cambodia current as 2 500 troops mass near the border.
Fair conditions continue tonight and Friday. A touch cooler with low temperatures from 26 to 44 and highs reaching 55 to 72 degrees.
Labor Secretary Hodgson travels to Miami Beach to press AFL CIO unions on voluntary wage price restraints. I W Abel of United Steelworkers warns against broader White House controls while unions demand large catch up raises for 750,000 in steel copper aluminum and can industries. Nixon extends 30 day deadline promising action if no voluntary plan emerges.
Washington reports indicate the Nixon administration is weighing a get tough policy as wholesale prices jump and savings rates rise. Officials warn more direct government intervention may follow if voluntary pledges from the construction industry fail to restrain prices and wages.
Secretary of Commerce Maurice H. Stans says his blind trust remains blind despite receiving information from companies in the fund. He asserts full disclosure to the Senate panel in January 1969 and says he disqualified himself from Penn Central negotiations while the plan for federal loan guarantees was in play.
President Nixon told reporters in the Oval Office he is ready to use massive airpower anywhere in Indochina to protect American troops. He ruled out nuclear weapons and said no U.S. ground troops or advisors would be sent to Laos Cambodia or North Vietnam. He also pressed wage and price controls and revenue sharing while declining to intervene in Middle East mediation.
Gov. Preston Smith proposes raising the state sales tax from 3.25 to 4 percent and increasing motor vehicle sales tax to 4 percent to generate 420 million dollars over two years. He also calls for higher state college tuition. Egypt says it accepts all peace proposals from U.N. envoy Jarring, while Israel insists on a signed peace treaty before withdrawal from Arab territory.
Federal charges accuse William O. Wooldridge and others of conspiring to defraud noncommissioned officer clubs in Vietnam between 1965 and 1969. The Senate subcommittee investigated payoffs and graft tied to Army and Air Force PX exchanges, with Crum linked to lavish gifts in Saigon. Wooldridge, once Army’s top enlisted man, is now at White Sands missile range in New Mexico.
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