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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1970
Page
1
A three judge federal panel hears a civil intervention filing by Charles L Weltner of Atlanta challenging Army jurisdiction over Sgt Esequiel Torres 22 Brownsville Texas in the My Lai massacre case. The petition seeks permanent injunction against a court martial or transfer to federal court on 15 grounds.
Sen. John L. McClellan opens hearings into about 5,000 bombings reported nationwide in 18 months. He says the violence may signal domestic guerrilla action, calling the acts criminal but not for profit and rooted in rebellion against society and authority.
Defense officials say the USSR builds missile firing submarines at eight to ten per year. If sustained, Russia could match the 41-boat Polaris fleet by mid-1973, earlier than Melvin Laird’s prior estimate of six to eight per year.
Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell pledged to defend the 18 year old voting bill despite President Nixon's misgivings about its constitutional validity. Nixon signed the measure but favors a constitutional amendment. Mitchell said states must submit by Aug. 3 plans to comply with the new law.
Washington supporters push to end nameless voting and require recorded roll calls on amendments to major bills. Proponents say backing from influential House leaders improves odds.
UAW and industry leaders begin wage contract talks in Detroit with a likely strike possible though both sides express a preference to avoid one. Initial sessions start with General Motors, then Ford Thursday and Chrysler Friday as 1971 car prices loom over the outcome.
AP reports Nixon administration farm officials will not take sides in the July 27 to 31 mail ballot referendum. Farmers will choose between strict marketing quotas and acreage limits next year or fewer controls and less funding.
The Agriculture Department will keep pursuing its legal battle to withhold certain federal meat inspection records from public release. Consumer attorney Harrison Wellford, who filed suit to obtain the records, says he will press the challenge in court regardless of the agency’s actions.
Government extends the 1970 to 1972 testing window as current tests measure only half of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions. The revised procedure will directly measure all emissions and use new detectors and driving patterns. Consumers should face no more than about $10 in modifications, and stricter 1975 standards remain planned.
About 5,000 South Vietnamese troops with U S advisers launched a major sweep west of Da Nang to smash North Vietnamese base camps. Three battalions of marines and two battalions of Vietnamese special forces led the push targeting bases west and southwest of Thuong Duc. Spokesmen said enemy activity was light overall and a second operation west of Hiep Duc began with no contact. Cambodian mercenaries and U S trained forces pressed toward Kim Ream mountain near Phnom Penh amid disputed gains.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved import quotas on textiles and shoes, signaling a possible price hike. Trade groups warn relief may be limited while consumers could face higher costs at retailers.
South Korea's Defense Minister Chung Nae-hyuk told reporters he will present a list of needed US air defense items and anti invasion equipment to Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard in Honolulu on July 21. He warned quotas may raise American consumer prices for shoes and shirts by up to 30 percent as Congress debates textile and footwear import limits amid a worldwide trade reshaping.
A House subcommittee report accuses 13 command levels in the Americal Division of spreading testimony of the My Lai killings while concealing evidence. It cites a concerted action by military and State Department officers to suppress findings and notes missing documents and disputed casualty records from the March 16 1968 operation Task Force Barker.
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