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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1971
Page
4
The editorial argues that the postwar birth wave will drive unprecedented need for education from kindergarten to college through the mid-Seventies. Enrollments rise 13.7 million to 16.6 million in high school and 6.5 to 9 million in college, while incomes, spending on education, and health soar.
The Congress approved a stringent air pollution bill aiming for near zero emissions by autos by 1975 and broadened powers to curb factory discharges. It envisions costly abatement equipment, potential production cuts, and citizen lawsuits to enforce standards, requiring careful, persistent implementation by government and industry.
Henrik Beer of the League of Red Cross Societies calls the 24 hour lapse in storm warning procedures a tragedy. The cyclone in East Pakistan on November 12 13 killed about 300000 with 70 percent of victims saved if warnings were followed. 90 percent of trained Red Cross leaders died with their communities.
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle reveals vows for 1971 including abstaining from martinis bragging night life and meddling in others lives while lampooning social pretenses and public conduct in a humorous column.
The column invites readers to send original gags to Today's FUNNY at 1200 West Third St Cleveland Ohio 44113. Payment of one dollar per original joke is offered.
AP dispatch notes that a majority of Texas legislators back retaining marijuana possession as a felony with limited moves toward decriminalization. Senators split, with four favored keeping the felony, two opposing, and five undecided. House members were 24 in favor, 14 against, 19 undecided. Other questions covered civil appeals, salaries for officers, and a public defender office with mixed support across chambers.
An underground and religious press debate revolution in Cuba and its Christian implications. The piece warns against turning revolutionary figures into saviors and argues for Gospel centered change through Christ, not violence. It calls Christians to open borders and seek truth through the Cross and Resurrection.
Leon Dennen profiles Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov, Moscow's SALT spokesman, as a public optimist in disarmament yet secretly aligned with hard Stalinist policy. An underground Russian source reveals his alias K Ivanov and ties to the Brezhnev doctrine, shaping negotiating positions and Western perceptions.
A satirical snapshot of 1971 imagining small wins and social aims from a ping pong ball to SALT talks. It mixes pop culture mentions with political and social tidbits, forecasting gradual progress and odd twists as the year begins.
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