24 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1971
Page
1
President Nixon will address the nation by radio Thursday on foreign policy matters to be presented to Congress that day. The 36 minute White House broadcast across major networks will discuss Indochina in general terms but not cite specific military operations.
Civil defense officials report 90 known dead after a Sunday night tornado outbreak in the Mississippi Delta. President Nixon aide Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin toured the area Tuesday promising federal aid to about 2,300 homeless. Relief squads from multiple agencies plan to tour seven counties to inform victims of assistance.
Washington AP reports a Southern-led Senate filibuster remains unresolved as reformers push to end debate on a proposal to ease limits. A 50 to 36 cloture vote fell short of the two-thirds requirement, with at least three votes planned and likely four. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield commented on the procedural path ahead.
President Nixon told governors he seeks action not a political issue as Washington would give 5 billion dollars in federal revenue to financially pressed state and local governments. He traveled with Vice President Agnew and two aides to press support for revenue sharing and cabinet reorganization in Congress.
High ranking sources said the U S Command will ease press restrictions, planning a press helicopter to cross into southern Laos to access the front. Currently helicopters only land at inactive American camps near the border, limiting coverage of the operation.
The Associated Press reports pleasant conditions across much of the nation s midsection while New England endures lingering snow. In Maine heavy snow warnings persist with eight inches expected through Tuesday and travel advisories issued for northeastern New York Vermont and New Hampshire amid the weekend storm.
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department officials anticipate higher participation in 1971 feed grains program with the new set-aside feature. Carroll G Brunthauer of ASCS says 72 percent of the nation's corn and sorghum base acreage is expected to sign up this spring.
President Nixon promised broader consumer protection activities across federal agencies and proposed to Congress a delay in a key legislative proposal. He submitted to the new Congress legislation similar to his prior failed plan.
SAIGON AP reports two South Vietnamese bases inside Laos came under heavy attack as U S helicopters were shot down or damaged. One base lies north of Highway 9, the other south, both about 10 miles inside Laos. The Saigon command said 29 U S helicopters have been lost in 17 days of activity and reported fresh air strikes destroying stockpiles on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Rabbi Meir Kahane of the Jewish Defense League was detained by Belgian police after being barred from a 37-country congress on Soviet Jewry. The U S Embassy said officials would review action. Kahane, 38, had been convicted in New York of obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct.
President Nixon suspended the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act delaying prevailing wage requirements on new federal construction. The move aims to curb inflation in the industry but drew sharp attacks from both unions and management who say it won’t stop wage and price spirals. The action covers about 25 billion dollars in federal and federally aided projects and follows Labor Secretary Hodgson’s caution that a voluntary agreement is unlikely.
A secret White House panel report questions curbs on the herbicide 2,4,5-T used as a weed killer. It argues restrictions based on birth defect studies may be unreasonable and urges balancing exposure with benefits, while noting trace residues in food were far below toxic levels. The report, led by Dr Colin Macleod, is under revision before final release.
At Landes test site in France, a Roland surface-to-air missile is launched from a tank mounted tube. The public demonstration, watched by officials and foreign attaches, marks France's push to expand its rocket weapons market and follows SNIA exports of rockets to 35 countries.
Washington reports flagrant military intelligence overreach as Abner Mikva denounces officers as subversives. Ex Army analysts testifying before Sen Ervin detail infiltration of antiwar events and monitoring of conventions and MLK funeral. Mikva calls for criminal penalties and removal of those responsible.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that military tribunals have jurisdiction to try service members for crimes committed on military posts, reinforcing military legal authority and procedures.
In Fort Benning Georgia AP report three jurors opposing attorneys and Lt William J Calley Jr were summoned into the judge s chambers delaying the My Lai murder trial for an hour. Defense lawyer said an unusual development prompted the delay. Calley testified about villagers as the enemy stating he did not discriminate between adults and children and that all were to be destroyed.
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