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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1970
Page
1
Defense and prosecution attorneys appear set to accept seven men and five women as the jury after questioning 141 people in four weeks. Irving Kanarek, attorney for Charles Manson, criticized the panel for lacking representation of Manson's life style.
Washington reports a move to require competitive bidding for oil exploration leases on federal lands in Alaska, triggering a Senate fight over a proposed 50 million dollar mineral royalty to Alaska natives. Senator Henry M. Jackson backed the amend ment, while opponents push to curb royalties and resist new bidding rules. Oil firms paid nearly 1 billion dollars last year for North Slope drilling rights.
Housing Secretary George Romney told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that the homeowners subsidy program benefits moderate income families while hurting the poor the original target of the legislation. He cited irrationalities and inequalities in current programs that promote higher priced subsidy homes in areas where lower cost ones would suffice.
Washington reports Soviet tests this year show sharper SS11 missile accuracy. Officials stop short of labeling the SS11 a direct Minuteman threat but indicate progress toward that risk. The briefing coincides with questions on Soviet site construction as arms talks continue.
Appalachian governors met President Nixon in Louisville seeking use of their 13 state redevelopment program as the centerpiece of his new federalism. They urged a private 3 1/2 hour session to hear their AR C concept and block grants with no strings. Nixon planned to go to Cincinnati for an all-star game after the talks.
Consumer advocates regroup with major meat packers and union cutters to oppose a revived measure by Sen. Charles Mathias to allow interstate shipments from plants under state inspection systems. Mathias argues the plan would upgrade standards while USDA currently restricts interstate movement to federally inspected meat.
Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell held his first public news conference in exactly one year, signaling a possible shift toward better relations with reporters. He has limited questions in prior sessions and favors background interviews with individual reporters according to a former employee.
Washington AP report details the Miami murder of John B. Eaton, a key government informant in a 43 million dollar mail stock theft conspiracy spanning 1967 to 1969. Eaton’s death follows the May 26 shooting of Joel Rostan, another suspect linked to Kennedy Airport thefts, as federal indictments against 10 others were announced. Authorities say the investigation continues with unclear links between the slayings.
Cambodian infantry fought up Mt Kim Rom and retook key areas of the resort zone 50 miles west of Phnom Penh. An enemy force of about 1000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese struck a battalion HQ 25 miles south, with heavy casualties at Srak Neak. The Mount’s garrison was overrun earlier, and fighting imperiled Highway 4 linking Phnom Penh to Kompong Som.
Chrysler sold 103,252 Dusters to top U S industry sales in the first half of 1970 as compacts gained share. The Imperial declined 55.3 percent from 1969 while the Valiant Duster and Valiant line surged 177 percent, and the BarraCuda and Maverick posted strong gains. Total U S sales fell 9.5 percent to 3,971,428.
The Board of Trade reports Britain ran a 122.4 million dollar trade deficit in June, the largest in 17 months, marking a third straight monthly deficit. Figures show a quarterly swing from a 26.4 million profit in Q1 to a 73.6 million deficit in Q2, amid Conservative government take office and campaign rhetoric. Additionally car sales data show the Ford Maverick leading compact sales, with notable gains for the Chevrolet Nova and Monte Carlo entering 1970 lineups.
A 359 foot Canadian cargo ship the Eastcliffe Hall sank in the St. Lawrence River near Massena New York early today leaving nine missing including two women and two children. The ship owned by Hall a Hall of Canada bound for Saginaw Michigan with pig iron hit a submerged object near Chrysler Shoal about 70 miles southwest of Montreal. Ontario police reported 12 survivors some swimming ashore divers from local rescue squads were dispatched and seaway traffic was halted.
In Charleston West Virginia 15 mines employing about 5000 workers across five states closed by pickets as disabled miners push for pension and hospital benefits. Leaders warn a wider shutdown could strain coal stocks and press the United Mine Workers to concessions while the union urges members to ignore pickets. The welfare fund hinges on a 40 cent per ton royalty from union mined coal. Appalachian area employed 109000 miners in 1969.
Peru health minister Maj. Gen. Rolando Caro Constantini told OAS secretary general Galo Plaza that the May 31 earthquake killed about 70 000 people and left 50 000 injured while 20 000 children were left orphans during Plaza’s visit to the Huaylas valley.
The United States handed over five Bell Ranger helicopters and three Cessna 185 planes to Mexico to aid the fight against marijuana and heroin trafficking. The transfer follows a $1 million U.S. loan for equipment and training. Mexican officials report thousands of drug fields found or destroyed, with tens of tons of marijuana burned since year start. West of the Pecos expects warm, partly cloudy weather with afternoon storms.
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