Progress edition highlights Pecos development in 1971
The Pecos Enterprise notes environmental advances and industrial growth in Pecos Texas with SWIG Cottonoil Mills reducing gin trash pollution and gas pipelines expanding to South Texas New Mexico and California The Cantery projects housing and new businesses plus diversified agriculture including onions fruits pecans carrots and cantaloupes are described along with church restorations and a planned Balmorhea cannery
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Progress
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Texas
New Mexico
California
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A.b.foster
Manson followers may testify in Tate murder penalty phase
In Los Angeles the defense says Charles Manson and three women followers may testify without opposition as the jury begins the penalty phase for the Tate murder trial. Jurors must choose between life imprisonment and the gas chamber death sentence. In Harrisburg a 52 year old nun Jaques Egan was jailed for contempt after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury despite immunity.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Harrisburg
Jaques Egan
Doves Seek Vacancies on hawk dominated Armed Services panel
Washington AP reports a flamboyant new congresswoman and three other doves push for two Democratic vacancies on the hawk heavy House Armed Services Committee. Supporters say a woman should sit on the powerful panel and question the symbiotic ties between the committee and the Defense Department.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
New York
Bella S. Abzug
Committee
Department of Defense
Mansfield Noncommittal on Nixon Legislative Plan
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said Nixon's major proposals deserve congressional attention but he offered no endorsement until the bills are introduced. He spoke on a national television program about the President's legislative program.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Senate
Montana
Oil Spill Kills Birds Near San Francisco
More than 1,700 birds rescued from oily waters around San Francisco have died and 800 remaining in shelters face grim odds. San Francisco Zoo Director Ron Reuther said only 2 to 3 percent of waterfowl picked up after the spill are likely to recover.
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San Francisco
Scientists seek Solomon ships in Gulf of Aqaba expedition
Belmont Massachusetts AP reports scientists using electronic gear to scan silt in the Gulf of Aqaba seeking ships of King Solomon. Project leader Robert Rines cites the Book of Kings mentioning Ezion Geber and a legendary trading fleet, exploring its possible location.
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Belmont
Mass
Gulf of Aqaba
Solomon
Israel
Ezion Geber
Robert Rines
Nixon Pushes 16 Billion Power to the States Plan
President Nixon promotes a 1971 program to funnel 16 billion dollars to states, aiming to empower local programs while downsizing the federal Cabinet from 12 to eight. Supporters back the plan as a bold move but many in Congress remain unconvinced.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Truman's Illness Explained by Doctor
Kansas City AP reports Truman's physician says moderate diverticulitis in the intestinal tract is the apparent cause of the former president's abdominal trouble. Dr Wallace Graham notes some arterial hardening but not more than typical for Truman's age, with his 87th birthday approaching May 8.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Wallace Graham
Truman
Astronauts Brace For Emergencies Ahead Of Apollo 14 Launch
Apollo 14 crew Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa face a drill in reacting to simulated space emergencies at Mission Control Houston as countdown to liftoff aboard Saturn V rises toward 3 23 p m EST Sunday The crew prepares for lunar landing attempts in Fra Mauro while Brevard County braces for half a million visitors and heavy traffic officials say they can handle the crowds.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
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Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
Earth
Brevard County
Leigh Wilson
Wilson
Amin claims Tanzania plot to invade Uganda
Uganda's Maj. Gen. Idi Amin said Tanzania plans to attack to restore Milton Obote. Obote, in Dar es Salaam, denied seeking asylum and said he would return. Amin, army commander, spoke after a coup toppled Obote, with uncertainty over casualties and a curfew in Kampala.
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Tanzania
Milton Obote
Idi Amin
Singapore
Amin
Obote
Dar Es Salaam
Julius Nyerer
Entebbe
Apolo Hotel
Apolo Milton
Frederick Mutesa
Kenya
Middle Income Health Care Proposals Prompt Bipartisan Debate
In Washington lawmakers push federal help for rising medical costs through three bills aimed at middle income families. Senators Boggs Kennedy and Rep Hogan seek private pool insurance with federal reinsurance, while Nixon proposes hospital insurance and debt forgiveness for doctors joining underserved areas.
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Washington
Congress
J. Caleb Boggs
R.del
Senate
Lawrence J. Hogan
Hogan
Edward M. Kennedy
D—-Mass
Kennedy
Nixon
Nick Galifianakis
D-N, C
Galifianakis
Muskie Holds Off on Announcement as Calif Visit Wraps Up
Sen Edmund Muskie says he will not rush a Democratic bid for president, aiming to build a solid campaign base and raise funds. He notes California events shaped by talk of his candidacy, and says he will announce once staff and finances are in place. He also defends Kosygin remarks and urges national health insurance with system reform.
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San Francisco
Edmund
Muskie
California
Maine
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
San Mateo
Washington
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Congress
San Francisco Zoo
Golden Gate Bridge
Cambodian Forces Strike West of Phnom Penh Amid Tet Calm
Thousands of Cambodian troops deployed to the west and northwest of Phnom Penh to disrupt North Vietnamese and Viet Cong concentrations. The spokesman cited many more than 20 battalions involved while noting no progress reports. U.S. air support and arms shipments continued as Tet celebrations limited curfew relaxations.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Bat Doeung
Saang
Bassac
Saigon
7Th Air Force
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
Congress
Friedheim
Talmadge Pushes Rural Strength to Curb City Growth
Georgia Senator E. Talmadge, new chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, argues urban problems stem from a rural exodus. He calls for decentralization of industry and making rural life more attractive with better schools and facilities to balance urban growth and boost farmers' incomes. He expects no major farm- policy changes during his chairmanship.
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Washington
Herman E. Talmadge
Georgia
Senate Agriculture Committee
America
Tal
Madge
Talmadge
Agriculture Committee
Sen
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Appropriations Committee
Ameri
Nixon
Weather Forecast Southwest Texas West of Pecos
Fair conditions continue through Thursday in southwest Texas west of the Pecos. Nights turn cool with lows in the 20s in the mountains and 30s to 45 in lower elevations.
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Texas
Pecos
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