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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1970
Page
1
Pat Nixon arrives in Lima with a vivid view of the quake ruins. President Velasco hails the gesture from the Nixon household and voices a thanks while noting the visit was brief yet meaningful to Peruvian officials.
Archbishop Iakovos of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas warns the youth movement is a revolt against moral law and a covert ideological war. He calls it more catastrophic than Vietnam and says declining youth participation endangers the church's future.
The bill funds hardware sales to underdeveloped nations at 250 million dollars yearly for 1970 and 1971, 55.2 million less than White House requests. It also sets a credit ceiling at 300 million dollars annually, below the administration’s 350 million target.
The Supreme Court opens a three month summer recess with major issues unresolved including capital punishment obscenity the Vietnam war draft school integration and other unsettled questions from the 1969-70 term. Analysts suggest a possible 24 4 deadlock that the new justice Harry A Blackmun may help resolve.
A blue ribbon panel says the administration should scrap Medicaid and replace it with 100 percent federally financed health insurance for up to 40 million poor people. Estimated annual cost would run from 10 to 18 billion dollars, with expanded consumer voice and stronger federal involvement in health system design.
The Indian Claims Commission in Washington ruled that the Navajo occupation extends across a much larger area than the 8 million acre 1868 treaty reservation. The reservation now spans about 16 million acres across Arizona New Mexico Utah and Colorado, a federal settlement may unlock funds and opportunity for jobs.
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith urged a probe into the $2.1 billion destroyer deal amid charges of industrial espionage. The Maine Republican cited an alleged incident where secret financial details were disclosed two months before the contract award, the largest military shipbuilding contract in history.
Delegates at the LCA convention voted to admit women to the ministry on equal terms with men. This marked the first time a major Lutheran church body in the United States granted ordination rights to women. The LCA serves 3,259,000 baptized members.
The Senate pressed Cambodia debates with final actions on Cooper Church amendments to ease a ban on U S military activity in Cambodia. A tabled Allott war-ending amendment kept funding for Southeast Asia fighting alive while Proxmire proposed barring draft funds.
An Israeli army patrol shot and killed a woman after ordering a group to halt in Gaza City. One man was arrested as authorities reported Israeli planes hit Egyptian targets and Jordanian guerrillas fired rockets at Beit Shean.
U S planes and artillery bombard border areas in Cambodia as American advisers withdraw from the country ahead of a midnight deadline. Some advisers remain with South Vietnamese forces, while Washington signals possible continuing strikes if needed to support operations after the withdrawal.
President Nixon framed the Cambodia withdrawal as a military success while outlining future policy. He pledged no U S ground personnel in Cambodia beyond embassy staff and advisers, allowed air interdiction with Cambodian government consent, and urged Hanoi to join a negotiated settlement.
NASA announced $10 million to $15 million in planned changes to future Apollo spacecraft delaying Apollo 14 launch to no earlier than January 31. Administrator Thomas Paine told the Senate space committee the delay lengthens the mission to land three astronauts on Fra Mauro. The weather forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies with warm temperatures and scattered showers.
Britain moves to join the European Economic Community with Anthony Barber, warning that a fair financial burden settlement is essential. He says no government can join without financial fairness as talks begin in Luxembourg with Ireland, Denmark, Norway, and potential Sweden watching. Negotiations resume July 21 in Brussels, with intensive talks possible for 18 months.
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