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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1971
Page
8
editorial lauds Nixon administration efforts against drugs as Turkey agrees to halt opium poppy output by 1973 and Vietnam soldiers show only two percent heroin addicts. It urges continued rehab, tougher law enforcement, and international action to root out production and reduce demand.
The federal government faces a decision on guaranteeing a 250 million loan to Lockheed to rescue its finances. Supporters argue aid preserves 60,000 jobs, key programs like Poseidon, and supplier firms, while opponents warn of taxpayer risk and call for managerial change.
Carl Alkire manager of the University of Chicago barber shop notes students increasingly opt for moderately long but neater cuts. Younger and graduate students as well as faculty cut hair shorter with trimmed beards, signaling a potential shift away from the scruffy era, though the change may be limited to one campus.
A Texas court denies extra double indemnity to Harvey's family finding his death not accidental. Harvey confronted an ex rival in a domestic triangle and was shot dead. The decision hinges on what he knew at the time about danger and the concept of foreseeable risk.
A critical censure of union leaders and funding abuses contrasts with calls for wage restraint and productivity. It questions misused welfare funds, labor power, and political spending, while reflecting on Cold War geopolitics and student protests. The piece closes with literary quotations on daily renewal.
A 1971 McNaught syndicate piece with satirical quips on crime by age, relationships, and society. It quotes Helen Rowland and Dr Paul Popenoe then moves through trivia on Antarctica’s ice, Seeing Eye dogs, childbirth stays, thunderstorm locations, ancient Egyptian hygiene, and linguistic observations about verbs and adjectives. It closes with a taxonomic quip about murder costs and a Massachusetts law on marrying a mother-in-law, signed LM Boyd.
Bruce Biossat argues U S health system fails the poor and affluents alike in some Midwestern hospitals. He cites denied pain relief, swapped private rooms, lax bedside care, and nurses acting as desk chiefs, urging genuine patient care across facilities.
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