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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1973
Page
8
Army recruiting falters as pay and perks fail to lure enough volunteers. Experts debate sustaining a two and a half million career force and consider converting troops to paramilitary roles in conservation or urban development to broaden use of military skills.
Editorial reflects on advances such as transplants and pacemakers raising questions of when to withhold heroic treatment. It cites cases of a hydrocephalic child, a 14 month old living in a sterile bubble, and an elderly stroke patient kept alive by care. The piece urges a clear medical ethical stance on end of life decisions.
AP reports the 1972 annual Securities Investor Protection Corp. list of 64 liquidations cites poor books and records as the leading cause. Other factors include speculative deals mismanagement misconduct high costs and ignorance of securities rules.
HAL BOYLE surveys light news and trivia from mail to mail. He notes Americans’ skin cancers from sun exposure, celebrates the U.S. postal card’s centennial, and quotes wry maxims from writers and soldiers.
The World Almanac cites 575 million tons of soft coal mined in the United States in 1972 with 270 million tons strip mined. Kentucky led with 56.8 million tons, followed by Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In 1964, 152 million tons were strip mined.
A batch of trivia queries tests knowledge on U.S. presidents born in the United States Martin Van Buren Old Lady of Threadneedle Street the Bank of England trumpet as cry and instrument and the angostura bark source for bitters The Code of Hammurabi was found in Susa in 1901.
Bruce Bioss at chronicles how John Mitchell rose late to manage Nixon’s 1968 campaign after a series of interim leaders. Parkinson, Bellmon, Ellsworth and others failed to solidify control, with Mitchell showing insecurity and distrust of access to Nixon.
In a strong telegram Senator Lloyd Bentsen calls Nixon to resume wage price controls like Phase II. He cites reduced Texas poultry and cattle production, high feed costs, and a closing Texas produce house, warning of irreversible damage if inaction continues.
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