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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1970
Page
1
In Athens the Arab hijackers released 47 passengers and one crew member after Greece freed two Arabs charged in the Athens airline bombing and five others serving terms for attacks on Israeli airliners. The seven would be turned over to the International Red Cross after the two defendants stand trial.
Marine Pfc Samuel G Green Jr 18 of Cleveland failed to obtain a temporary injunction in federal court blocking his pending court martial on three charges of murdering South Vietnamese civilians. Judge William K Thomas ruled remedies such as appealing must come first. Green and four others were accused of shooting 16 women and children in Son Thang village February 19 in Quang Nam province. one defendant has been sentenced to life.
Washington AP report says prominent trial lawyers urged judges to remove disruptive lawyers from cases or suspend them for six months. The American College of Trial Lawyers also called for contempt, disbarment actions for disruptive tactics seen as a direct threat to the judicial process.
The Nixon administration defends a single Environmental Protection Agency to oversee all federal pollution control, arguing it cuts cabinet bias. In Washington, Ambassador Bruce departs for Saigon to prepare as chief U.S. peace negotiator in Paris, after talks with President Nixon on new proposals.
Two days before Nixon proposed a $200 million loan guarantee for Penn Central Railroad the Fed warned the loan would likely postpone bankruptcy. A confidential New York Fed report said it could not certify the railroad’s ability to repay such a loan.
The Nixon administration backs a $55 000 cap on annual federal subsidies to farmers for not planting. The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill limiting payments to crop participants, with Rep Conte and Findley seeking lower caps. Agriculture Secretary Hardin defends the $55 000 ceiling as Congress weighs amendments and broader farm support measures.
U.S. sources report a Russian vessel landed T54 and T55 tanks and trucks at Tripoli, marking a notable expansion of Soviet military support to Libya. The development follows Libyan unrest and rapid changes since Septembers overthrow of King Idris, with Egypt and others viewed as Soviet-aligned.
Heavy North Vietnamese fire forced U S forces to abandon Fire Base Ripcord in South Vietnam near the Laotian border. A patrol near the base suffered major casualties, with 12 Americans killed and 51 wounded in a mortar and ground attack.
AP reports a two day U S South Korea defense conference ended without a timetable for withdrawing about 20 000 of the 62 000 U S troops in Korea. Seoul opposes major cuts for four to five years while talks foresee continued consultation and plans to shift U S aircraft to South Korea bases.
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird told about 550 government interns that draft calls for the rest of 1970 will average below 10,000 a month, returning to pre Vietnam levels. He estimated total 1970 draft calls will run 150,000 to 170,000, with 124,500 by August.
Senate investigators heard that many heavily advertised cereals such as Wheaties Cheerios and top shredded wheat and corn flakes provide calories but little nutrition. Nutritionist Robert B Choate urged a congressional probe noting 60 cereals surveyed show most are empty calories and fail as a complete meal even with milk. The FTC already probes the industry and cereals will be allowed to respond later.
CALGARY AP reports a forest fire advancing toward the nesting grounds of rare whooping cranes in Wood Buffalo National Park. About 119 troops were dispatched to assist firefighting efforts as tropical storm Becky remnants drift northward toward the Appalachians with flash flood warnings.
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