Panel Urges New Department for Federal Lands Control
A 19 member Public Land Law Review Commission urged creation of a Department of Natural Resources to oversee most federal lands. The report calls for Congress to reform land law, merge Interior with Forest Service, and place most land under federal oversight with payments to states.
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Stan Benjamin
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Natural Resources
House of Congress
Public Land Law Review Commission
Congress
Commission
House of Senate Interior
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
Wayne N. Aspinall
Dcolp
House Interior Committee
Aspinall
Milton A. Pearl
Interior Committee
Interior Department
U.S. Forest Service
Executive Branch
Texas Casualties In Southeast Asia War Named
Washington AP reported eleven servicemen killed in action in Southeast Asia were named by the Defense Department. Two Texans are listed, Army Pfc. Douglas R. Curry of Dallas and Marine Lance Cpl. Herbert L. Johnson of Waco, with parental details given.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army Texas
Douglas R. Curry
Dororthy N. Curry
Gladstone Drive
Dallas
Marine Corps
Texas-Lance
Herbert L. Johnson
Herbert S. Johnson
General Delivery
Waco
Hospital News June 17 1970 Admits and Dismissals
Admitted Carolyn Hilton. Dismissed Reita Prewit Guadalupe Alba and baby Girl Danny Johnson. On June 18 1970 Manuela Salcido Valenzuela Barbara Looser Myra Lawrence Ruth Gray Emma Lou Lujan Manuela Valenzuela Robbie Jean Digby. On June 19 1970 Pat Creech Margaret Kuhn Jane Morelan Carolyn Hilton Laura Anderson George Wells Lilly Dominguez Henry W Jones Martha L Lumpkin.
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Carolyn Hilton
Reita Prewit
Guadalupe Alba
Danny Johnson
Manuela Salcido Valenzuela
Barbara Looser
Myra Lawrance
Ruth Gray
Emma Lou Lujan
Manuela Valenzuela
Robbie Jean Digby
Pat Creech
Margaret Kuhn
Jane Morelan
Laura Anderson
George Wells
Lilly Dominguez
Henry W. Jones
Martha L.lumpkin
Birth of baby girl to the Loosers in Pecos
A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Looser on June 18 at 1201 South Cherry in Pecos. The newborn joins a family preparing for celebrations and future milestones.
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Mike Looser
Cherry
Pecos
Barbs by Phil Pastoret for Goody Snacke Shoppe
The column jokes about wisdom versus intelligence with lines about tax offices as travel musts and costly honeymoons. It notes wedding expenses and dieting temptations, framing humor around everyday financial quirks and temptations.
Today in History highlights and milestones
The page lists events on June 23 across years including William Penn forging a peace treaty with Native Americans in 1683, Wiley Post’s round the world flight in 1931, Simon Lake’s death in 1945, Klaus Fuchs release in 1959, Johnson and Kosygin meeting in 1967, and a UN Security Council action regarding Eichmann in 1957 and Argentina.
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Associated Press
William Penn
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
New York
Simon Lake
New Jersey
Klaus Fuchs
England
Soviet Union
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
U.N
County Seeks Control of War on Poverty Program
Val Verde County commissioners vote to designate the county as the governing agency of the War on Poverty program. A public hearing is set for July 13. The plan places the commissioners court in charge and keeps the current board in an advisory role amid board disputes and the attorney general opinion favoring county operation. Pettit resigns from the poverty agency board.
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Pettit
Harris County
Houston
The
Poverty Agency
Senate rows in Cuba policy clash over Tonkin repeal
The Senate floor erupted as Dole challenged Fulbright over amendments to repeal Tonkin. Fulbright’s motion to table failed 67 to 15. The Foreign Relations Committee backs a Tonkin repeal measure, while antiwar senators hoped to use it to extend debate on Nixon’s Southeast Asia policy.
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Dole
Arkansas
Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Tonkin
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Cambodian War Casualty Figures Rise Amid Reporting Delays
The report cites a sharp daily rise in enemy casualties from 12 773 to 13 114 attributed to field report delays and other factors. South Vietnamese losses in Cambodia total 790 killed and 3 451 wounded with continued fighting in the central highlands and Mekong Delta. U S commanders deny information on combat aircraft in Cambodia while eye witnesses say OV10 Bronco air strikes occurred near Kompong Thom on Monday and again today.
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U. S
Saigon
Vietnam
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Kompong Thom
Phnom Penh
Arab Leaders Set Three Man Probe on Jordan Fight
Jordanian Prime Minister Bahjat Talhouni said Arab leaders formed a three man committee to investigate the fighting between the Jordanian army and guerrillas and to guarantee Jordanian sovereignty and freedom of action. Al Ahram reported leaders agreed fighting is the path to liberate Arab lands but warned they are not yet ready for battle and noted U S enmity toward Arabs and bias for Israel. A joint action plan was discussed with a committee to implement it, details not provided.
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Bahjat Talhouni
Amman
Cairo
al Ahram
Israel
United States
Weather summary for Texas with storms and heavy rain
A weak cool front dissipated over North Texas as thunderstorms continue across West and Southwest Texas and parts of Northeast Texas. Rain totals include 0.57 inch at Reeves Rain Downtown Pecos and over 3.5 inches near Avery east of Paris in 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
Pecos
Texas A&m Experiment Station
Texas Panhandle
West Texas
Galveston
Sabine Pass
Texas City
Avery
Paris
Midland
Fort Worth
Dallas
Tyler
Huntsville
Killeen
Mineral Wells
Oils and compounds show promise in muscular dystrophy tests
Dr Milhorat reports that dystrophy research using vegetable oils and a lab compound Co-enzyme Q shows activity in chickens and mice. He notes safflower oil as a diluent helped delivery while certain oil constituents proved more effective. Findings shared with Mrs Agnew for transfer to Mrs Nixon, honorary MDAA chair.
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Milhorat
Karl Folkers
Stanford Research Institute
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Baptist Church in Gamlin Village Marks 300th Anniversary
Cambridge England AP reports a Baptist church in Gamlin village near Cambridge marks its 300th founding anniversary by John Bunyan author of Pilgrim's Progress.
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Cambridge
England
Gamlingay Village
John Bunyan
Texas Man Seeks Extradition Delay
The lawyer for a Pharr Texas man charged with murder and armed robbery in Mexico asked the U S Supreme Court to delay extradition. Merardo Pena Anay 29 is in Hidalgo County jail on 100000 bond awaiting a Mexican extradition. The Fifth Circuit stayed the order until Tuesday while the attorney pursues an emergency stay.
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Washington
Pharr
Tex
Mexico
U.S. Supreme Court
Alfonso Guerra
McAllen
Merardo Pena Anay
Mexico City
State Department
U.S. Fifth Court of Ap
Peals
New Orleans
U.S
Raul Gonzalez
Brownsville
Pena Anaya
Guerra
United States
Hidalgo County
Edinburg
Uvalde Boycott over Summer Makeups Remains Unsettled
In Uvalde Texas AP report a Mexican American parents group rejects a school board plan to allow struck pupils to makeup missed work in summer classes. The 400 plus boycott continues as the board balks at a 34 dollar tuition and missing options for high school and summer work.
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Uvalde
Byrom
Please Call Circulation If Paper Not Received
Notice directs readers to call the Circulation Dept by 6 45 p m if the paper is not delivered by 5 30 p m The contact number begins with 445 and is partially legible in the damaged text
El Paso Hoists State Housing Plan Favorable
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will urge the legislature to select El Paso for an experimental state housing program. He spoke in El Paso on Monday at a meeting of the Texas Justices of Peace and Constables Association. The piece also notes that in 1969, 9,768 people migrated from East Pakistan to India per the Department of Rehabilitation.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Texas
Texas Justices of Peace and Constables Association
East Pakistan
India
Department of Rehabilitation
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Pecos Enterprise For Federal Lands
Hospital News
BY Phil Pastoret
IRS
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Tastee Burger
Andi Fay
Dally
Pecos Eaterhmile
Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South
Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Tom Lewis
Tango
Texas Press Association
Senate
Kolm
Denmark
All- Anglo School Board
By Gill Fox
ORAN
Whitten Gil CO
LP A, Pearce
Arco Hecal
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