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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1970
Page
4
A deputy sheriff accompanies a female patient to Big Spring State Hospital and witnesses severe disrepair. The writer calls for improved facilities to aid care and rehabilitation, argues for healthier surroundings, and urges state accountability for mental health care in Texas.
The article notes a broad job market slowdown as summer hiring falls short. Campus recruiting declines and urban youth programs face cuts while minority graduates, especially blacks, still see solid prospects. The piece stresses updated equal opportunity expectations.
Hal Boyle reflects on memory as life’s keystone and recalls midcentury American life. He contrasts past comforts and quirks from Jimmy Cagney’s Broadway days to second cars and baths, notes changing social norms, and closes with Proverbs 28 26 about wisdom over self reliance.
Amarillo attorney Selden Simpson as NGAT president defends the National Guard against critical national coverage. He cites mobilizations from 1968 to 1970 including Vietnam deployment, honors, and missions in civil order and disaster relief, urging faith in the Guard as essential to national and state needs.
New York Mayor John Lindsay faces a potential historic move to raise the Staten Island ferry fare from five to 25 cents to close a $3 million annual operating deficit. Supporters compare the fate of the ferry to San Francisco’s cable cars, arguing a higher fare could sustain the romantic conduit and city budget alike.
Washington columnist rebuts dove critiques of Hanoi, citing Ho Chi Minh's postwar purges and land reforms. The piece argues North Vietnam's regime betrayed peasants and that dove calls for sympathy mask a broader genocide against South Vietnamese leaders and civilians.
A legislative service commission survey finds more than 173000 Ohio dwellings below standards, with Cincinnati leading at 42298 and Cleveland second. The report urges state action, noting no dedicated housing funds and widespread reliance on local solutions. AFL-CIO criticizes the patchwork laws and calls for centralized, funded efforts plus bonds, inspections, and tenant protections.
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