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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1971
Page
2
A Dallas News correspondent notes the proposed Constitutional Amendment would place legislative pay and ethics in a legislature beholden commission. The piece argues for defeating the ethics amendment and relying on existing law and statute driven reforms. It urges Texas voters to reject the amendment on May 18.
Seagall the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas announced that San Antonio Staff Attorney Wayne F. Speck received a Special Achievement Award from United States Attorney General John Mitchell with a $300 cash prize. Speck was nominated for handling six difficult felony trials yielding convictions, including government fraud an 850 pound marijuana case two bank robbery cases and a $25 million heroin seizure. Speck, 37, has served seven and a half years with the office. The ceremony occurred February 26, 1971.
AP reports Archbishop Agostino Casaroli celebrated Mass in Moscow at St. Louis des Francais for a Polish Russian and foreign Catholic congregation. In Atlanta Rev Ralph David Abernathy plans renewed fasting to publicize SCLC actions with possible demonstrations in multiple states including Washington DC and New York. In Miami Beach Adlai Stevenson II and Margaret Chase Smith received the Lehman Ethics Award and urged Arab recognition of Israel boundaries. In New York Leonard Woodcock urged a strong federal anti pollution push mirroring the space program amid unemployment in aerospace and defense sectors.
John D. Cofer, 72, a prominent Texas lawyer and political figure, died at his Austin home. He advised Lyndon Johnson and Ralph Yarborough and served as Democratic national committeeman from Texas. Cofer and his son represented Billie Sol Estes, linked to more than 20 million in fertilizer tank mortgages. Estes' eight year prison term for swindling was overturned by the U S Supreme Court due to courtroom cameras. his widow survives.
In Ontario Msgr Jean Marie Castex aged 99, said to be Canada’s oldest Roman Catholic priest, died Saturday after serving Canadian parishes and a Brooklyn posting in the 1960s. In New York Oscar Serlin, 70, longtime producer of Life With Father, died Saturday, aiding stars like Cary Grant. In Cleveland Helen Smith, 68, former head of a national United Church of Christ board, missionary in China and 37 years church executive, died Saturday after a long illness.
Daily zodiac guide lists outlooks for each sign from Aries to Pisces with tips on amends, effort, focus and opportunities. Notable birthdates include Augustus Saint Gaudens Chopin Belafonte and Dinah Shore. Celebrated figures cited as examples of talent and memory.
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