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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1970
Page
2
The FDA plans to reconvene its medical advisory group as second thoughts arise about allowing cyclamate containing foods on shelves in special labels. Sept. 1 deadline to stop selling already canned cyclamate foods looms and the label will warn medical supervision is essential for safe use.
Al Fatah, the Jordan based Arab guerrilla group, warned the United States that supplying more warplanes to Israel would jeopardize American interests in the Middle East and a high price would be paid for this policy. In Amman a military spokesman said Jordanian and Israeli forces exchanged fire in the Jordan Valley for 35 minutes with no casualties.
Col. Roscoe Turner, famed speed flier of the 1930s, died in Indianapolis after a long illness at age 74. A native of Corinth Mississippi, Turner led an aerial career as racer, performer, and stunt pilot with a lion named Gilmore. He set notable speed records, won Thompson Trophy titles, earned Harmon Trophy honors, and led the Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp. at Weir Cook Airport.
President Nixon revealed a wall display of family pictures in his hideaway office noting that his blonde daughter Tricia was a brunette as a child. He presented the photos to newsmen after posing with Henry Cabot Lodge, named representative to the Vatican. The office sits in the EOB across from the White House.
Senate leaders clash over House desegregation riders as James B. Allen signals long debate ahead. Southern Democrats plan to challenge riders including bans on bus desegregation and wage battles as amendments push the bill beyond Nixon’s requested spending by hundreds of millions.
Dubcek plans return to Slovakia for a minor job while the Central Committee moves against reform leaders. Former Premier Oldrich Cernik resigns as chairman of the federal technology and investments committee and faces possible expulsion from the party. Cernik had been premier in April 1968 and was demoted in January to a cabinet‑rank chair. The Danish Foreign Office.
Mathis Wiitanen of Finland and Helmut Reischmann of West Germany dominated the open class as the 12th World Soaring Championships opened in Marfa Texas with 28 nations competing. Pilots fly a 160 mile Marfa to Van Horn to Marfa course with Poland leading prior to today’s resumed rounds.
A history note explains that New Jersey counties are uniquely titled boards of chosen freeholders a term dating back to colonial times when only property owners could hold office. The query also touches honey flavor origins and cites a baseball trivia prompt.
The AP reports Arthur Goldberg battles Howard Samuel for the Democratic bid to face Nelson Rockefeller. Richard Ottinger wins a four-man senatorial primary to face Goodell. Basil Paterson becomes Harlem's first Negro nominee for lieutenant governor. Powell and Farbstein lose renomination bids. John L. McMillan wins Democratic renomination in South Carolina, defeating Claud Stephens. Boulder ballot on Vietnam withdrawal defeated 4 690 to 4 401. Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga listed as highest mountains.
Battlefield clashes cited along the Cambodian border and in South Vietnam. U S and South Vietnamese forces claim dozens of enemy KIA, Americans killed and wounded, and multiple helicopter losses. Civilians die as a bus hits a mine near Saigon. Tibetans in exile number around 56,000 with many resettled or employed in India Sikkim and Bhutan.
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