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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1970
Page
1
The Agriculture Department states tractor noise falls between city clatter and factory roar. Decibel ranges from 80 to 110 depending on load. around 85 decibels marks danger. Short-term ear ringing or muffled speech after work may indicate permanent hearing damage.
The Agriculture Department survey shows cattle and calves fattened for slaughter on June 1 in six major states up two percent from a year earlier. Colorado and Texas led gains, with California and Iowa down, Nebraska down, and Arizona unchanged. About 6,650,000 head were on feed, Iowa contributing over two million. In New York, German measles vaccine reduces disease incidence in states with high coverage, says the March of Dimes.
Space agency reviews blame for the Apollo 13 oxygen tank blast and outlines steps to prevent recurrence. The accident delays Apollo 14 to December 3 and threatens further mission shifts or cancellations as a special board concludes a two month probe into the near disaster that endangered three astronauts far from home.
Secretary Hickel remains hopeful that environmental problems and resource conservation can be managed by one federal agency despite mentions of a split. A presidential panel proposed an independent Environmental Protection Administration and a new Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration in Commerce. Some sources say Nixon supports the plan.
Washington reports a civilian panel found draft boards sometimes select physically and mentally unfit youths to fill monthly quotas. The six penologists noted some draftees in Army stockades were clearly not fit for service, though no numbers were provided.
Washington AP report says the Selective Service System cannot force a man to fight in violation of conscience and faces the task of distinguishing sincere objectors from phonies. The Monday ruling may affect the draft but its impact remains unclear. Director Curtis Tarr called staff for consultation and a news conference was planned to discuss consequences.
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged Harvard junior fellow Joseph Rhodes Jr to resign after Rhodes was quoted in the New York Times as defending provocative charges against the government. Agnew said Rhodes showed bias and could derail the commission’s work while Rhodes framed his duty as preventing campus deaths.
Richard B. Dudman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Elizabeth Pond of the Christian Science Monitor and Michael D. Morrow of Dispatch Inc are released after capture on May 7 in Cambodia. Dudman reports they are safe healthy and in good shape.
President Nixon prepared a nationwide economic address amid reports of rising unemployment, falling profits, and high interest rates. Government data showed after tax profits for Q1 at $6.9 billion on $170.4 billion in sales, with durable goods hit hardest. A Minneapolis Fed view called the downturn a mild recession, a label not widely adopted by other agencies.
South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops and armored units maneuvered around an apparent trap as fighting raged near Kompong Speu Cambodia. Reporters described enemy positions advancing and allied forces regrouping amid sporadic shelling and battlefield activity.
West German Ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben remained unrecovered as 40 Brazilian political prisoners arrived in Algiers to fulfill ransom terms. Photos and reports of the prisoners reached Brazil, but police found no trace of the envoy six hours after the plane landed.
Washington AP reports the House opens debate on postal reform seeking to modernize the system and increase pay for letter carriers amid the threat of a nationwide mail strike. James H. Rademacher notes the looming action and associated pressures.
American physician William Paul Shrum from the U S Embassy in Athens was released by Palestinian guerrillas in Amman after a week in captivity. He was handed to Jordanian authorities and flown to Beirut. The incident came as broader news of postal reform and potential nationwide strikes surfaced in parallel in Washington and New York.
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