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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1970
Page
4
President Nixon presents a restrained approach to inflation and unemployment, promising a productivity commission and inflation alerts while rejecting wage and price controls. He urges public responsibility, notes five percent unemployment in May, and stresses transitioning to peacetime without dire government intervention.
John Gibson, 38, city engineer, defeats incumbent Hugh Addonizio in Newark New Jersey to become the city’s first black mayor. Amid charges of corruption and a tense racial climate, Gibson pledges honest leadership and unity while relying on federal funds to tackle housing, schools, and crime.
Community leaders accuse police of going wild during six nights of disturbances in Isla Vista near UC Santa Barbara. Deputy District Attorney Patrick McKinley recalls being arrested after police bounded from a truck while he identified himself. Riots followed a grand jury indictment of seven youths and threats to burn a bank structure.
HAL BOYLE profiles Charlton Heston noting his private life remains private despite a career spanning major epics. He runs two miles daily, avoids fan familiarity, and views life as a constant challenge. Heston lists stage and screen work, Oscar wins, diplomacy trips, SAG presidency, and civil rights advocacy.
A caravan of about 150 youths, both black and white, lives on 400 acres near Thurber Texas in a Bible School commune called Children of God. They deny drugs or alcohol and share work, worship, and teaching aimed at converting campus radicals and ex addicts to Christian living.
A Dallas Times Herald reprint presents a mother's anonymous letter to police asking for brutal enforcement to stop her two teenage sons from speeding, drinking, drug use, immorality, and crime. She argues that true brutality lies in breaking laws and protecting others, urging officers to discipline her sons to become responsible men.
The West German Volunteers peace corps reports 94 volunteers in India engaged in technical programs, per an Indian government statement.
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