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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1970
Page
1
NASA scientist Dr. John A. O'Keefe reports Apollo 12 lunar rock contains tektite glass, arguing the moon sample supports a lunar origin for tektites and counters terrestrial theories. Science magazine quotes O'Keefe asserting no sound reason to doubt a lunar source.
Rep Edwin Edwards claims most Americans share his view that police should have used firearms during two violent outbreaks at last November's antiwar protest. He argues criminal acts must be stopped, a stance opposed byWashington Police Chief Jerry V Wilson and Edward M Kennedy who calls for lessons in dissent without violence and maintaining order without official force.
Washington AP says President Nixon releases a retooled welfare reform proposal linking food stamps to family assistance administration and detailing changes for public housing and Medicaid. The White House package was prepared after Senate Finance Committee demanded major alterations to an earlier version.
Gov. John Bell Williams says Mississippi will not assist the Justice Department inquiry into the Jackson State College campus confrontation with police. He calls the federal investigation one sided and cites FBI noncooperation as the rift behind state and federal actions after two Black students were killed.
The Labor Department issued guidelines to prohibit discrimination against women on jobs under federal contract. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, director of the women's bureau, called the move a milestone of women's progress at a White House briefing Tuesday. Harvard President Nathan S. Pusey warned campuses face disruption from extremists on both sides, likening some to 1950s tactics used by Joseph McCarthy.
An anonymous caller threatened a bomb at police headquarters and seventeen minutes later a dynamite blast on the second floor damaged the building. Eight people were injured but none seriously. The caller warned of a bomb at 6 40 p m.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co begins calling back URW workers in Akron Los Angeles and North Chicago after members voted overwhelmingly to accept a new three year contract ending a strike that began April 20.
UAW president Leo Woodcock will attend the formal opening of contract negotiations with General Motors on July 15 Ford on July 16 and Chrysler on July 17 as the industry faces a business slump.
A 13 member VIP panel of senators congressmen governors and White House aides says its Southeast Asia trip supports President Nixon’s view of Cambodian maneuver military progress. Delegates voiced favorable impressions while preparing for a Nixon briefing and a key Senate vote on extending authority to protect U.S. troops in Vietnam.
Cambodian troops say they repelled forces around Siem Reap and reopened the airport to replenish supplies. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces continued harassment of Kompong Thom as Thai and South Vietnamese air support grooms additional aid into the region.
Amman Radio says King Hussein and guerrilla leader Yasir Arafat reached an agreement to end fighting in Jordan capital. Meanwhile, a band of extremists held 14 Americans and 18 other foreigners plus 14 Britons and three West Germans in the Intercontinental Hotel. Hostages included a son of former Lebanese president Chamoun and AP correspondent Dennis Neeld. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed continued raids against Israel and warned safety could not be guaranteed. Street battles and a blackout plagued Amman with an unclear final outcome.
The Nixon administration seeks a combined program of military supplies and political action to deter Soviet intervention in the Arab‑Israel conflict. It contemplates selling warplanes to Israel and pursuing peace talks with the Soviet Union, possibly including a publicized U.S. jet visit to an Israeli airfield, while Moscow rebuffs initiatives. Secretary Rogers cites past policy failures as groundwork is laid for renewed action.
London reports a national newspaper strike amid a tight eight day election. Harold Wilson and union leaders met at Downing Street with talks failing over a 25 percent wage demand, the printers' strike halting many London papers while regional papers continued.
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