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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1971
Page
2
At Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport construction site, heavy use of walkie talkies by contractors aids rapid contact but causes garbled messages as 107 radio channels crowd the 18 000 acre area. Inspections say signals clash despite efforts to stay connected and efficient.
At Onondaga Cave in Missouri the management discontinued free admission for anyone named Boone saying too many claimants made the policy untenable. Director Bob Hudson noted it was bad business to label visitors as liars when many were indeed born Boones.
The Senate backed a 5.5 billion public works package despite looming veto threats. The measure expands Appalachian Regional Development and highway programs, adds jobs funding, and finances local loans and construction aids to boost economies in distressed areas. House action and presidential campaign implications loom as lawmakers debate regional versus national priorities.
A 1971 Pecos Enterprise letter from Helen Hickman Reeves Loving County Crusade Chairman thanks the paper for space to share cancer facts and notify dressings meetings. She expresses hope for a cancer cure and notes eventual elimination of the American Cancer Society.
Across New York Milan Rome Florida and Louisiana, prominent figures have died. Alvin Johnson founder of the New School for Social Research at 96, Arnoldo Mondadori head of a major Italian publishing house, Piero Gerrardi renowned set designer, James B Kirby inventor of the Kirby Vacuum, and Matilda Geddings Gray philanthropist who received UK and French honors.
Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford argues a Dec 31 U S withdrawal deadline from Indochina could bring home American prisoners within a month. Rep Robert L Leggett says Viet Cong negotiators promised release by that date if a deadline is set. White House and State Dept officials cautioned Nixon would view a total pullout by year end as risky.
A string of birth notices lists several babies born in early June to families including the Martinez, Venegas, Ramirez, Segovia, Bitolas, Lukins, Garcia, Martinez, and others. Locations include Sara gosa Barstow and nearby addresses with dates June 2 through June 7. Names such as Jimmy McAnally and Richard Calicoat appear in the surrounding text.
Hospital records show admissions and discharges from several Texas facilities with L. P. Jennings admitted on June 1 and multiple dismissals including Priscilla Gomez and baby. AAP news describes vicious winds, hail up to golf-ball size, and tornado funnels across Panhandle Plains with crop damage near Hart and Dimmitt, plus road flooding and dust storms in multiple towns.
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