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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1973
Page
2
Emily Howell of Englewood Colorado will train January 29 and begin flying Frontier Airlines on February 5 as a second officer on a Boeing 737 marking the first time a woman has become a pilot for any scheduled U S airline.
Sen Lloyd Bentsen of Texas introduced bills to form a 100000 acre Big Thicket National Park in East Texas and to establish an Amistad National Recreation Area in Southwest Texas near Del Rio bordering Mexico.
A special White House panel rejects requests by Indians who occupied a federal building for restoration of treaty-making authority and for a commission to review treaty violations. A 36 page White House reply to a 20 point petition was released by Hank Adams, a negotiator for several hundred Indians who occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs building last November.
William P. Clements Jr, Nixon’s pick for deputy defense chief, tells the Senate Armed Services Committee he would not rule out nuclear weapons in Vietnam though he also says he would not be in favor of using them.
A Senate bill sponsored by Democrat James B. Allen and John J. Sparkman of Alabama would pay up to 25,000 dollars to each survivor or family member of participants in the 40 year Tuskegee syphilis study. The measure was introduced on Thursday.
A House Foreign Affairs Committee staff report says narcotics flow in Indochina persists until guns for opium trade are halted in Burma and antinarcotics actions widen. It cites Royal Lao Air Force pilots flying drugs and high Laotian officials involved in trafficking.
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia began the Hajj festival by washing the Kaaba as two million pilgrims from 64 countries joined in prayer. The 67 year old monarch performed the ritual in the Great Mosque courtyard amid the solemn chant La Ilah illa Allah.
Dr. Edward Teller arrives in Bangkok to discuss a possible nuclear excavation to cut a canal across the Kra Isthmus in southern Thailand. He will confer with officials on a $560,000 six month survey examining the proposal.
A group of American church leaders returns from an unusual bid to enlist European churchmen in influencing U.S. policy on Vietnam. The effort marks the first time U.S. clergy sought international aid for a domestic issue.
Acrid fumes from a ruptured sulfur trioxide pipeline forced the evacuation of 500 residents in Littleton Colorado. Dr William McKinnel Jr of Marathon Oil Co Research Center said the pipe ruptured producing dense black smoke over a 20 block area.
An AP report notes how human errors in Vietnam era radar operation and wiring can misdirect a bomb. It emphasizes how remarkable it is that such accidents are relatively rare, citing a South Vietnam context.
USDA reports higher prices across most Far Western markets as harvest slows by rain and snow. Growers with supplies offer freely while merchants bid on mixed lots seeking Strict Low Middling and higher grades. Foreign demand dips as prices climb. San Joaquin Valley reports up to 250 000 bales contracted.
Joe Schmidt quit today as head coach of the Detroit Lions after an 8 5 1 season finishing third in the NFC Central. Schmidt announced at a hastily called news conference with 19 years with the Lions including six years as coach and 13 as a star linebacker. His coaching record was 35 29 6 since taking the post January 11, 1967.
London AP reports Winston Churchill drafted a 1914 plan to draw the United States into World War I, arguing American blood would spark sympathy. The plan failed and the U S did not enter the war until 1917. The volume of Churchill letters, edited by Martin Gilbert, is published by Heinemann.
Captain Michael J. Heck of Chula Vista California wrote Senator John V. Tunney detailing his opposition to combat missions in Vietnam. He remains at base in Thailand facing possible court martial or resignation while the Air Force decides his fate and whether to honor his conscientious objector status. He flew 175 missions before ceasing combat flights on Christmas Eve.
Rain and snow hit the Pacific Coast with inland showers and freezing precipitation. Fog limited visibility to a half mile in southern Idaho while snow flurries persisted in the Great Lakes region and western New York and Pennsylvania with travel advisories in effect. Temperatures before dawn ranged from zero in Alexandria Minnesota to 74 in Key West Florida.
The Pecos Enterprise publishes subscription prices payable in advance. Mail rates in Reeves County are 6 months nine dollars and 12 months eighteen dollars. Other mail options per six months eleven dollars and twelve months twenty one dollars.
The FBI reports a single shotgun blast from a sheriff deputy killed two students during a Baton Rouge disturbance at Southern University on November 16. The deputy is tentatively identified and could face a federal grand jury investigation in Louisiana. The FBI conclusion awaited after an exhaustive review.
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