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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1971
Page
3
Debris filled the Capitol as lawmakers ordered a formal report from Police Chief James Powell after a 1:32 a.m. explosion damaged the West Front and offices. No injuries were reported while authorities searched rubble for clues and President Nixon urged heightened security.
President Nixon and allies toured Iowa for a five hour push on revenue sharing and welfare reform. Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes shifted to support Nixon plan, while demonstrators outside voiced antiwar and labor concerns alongside ecologists and farmers.
The Senate considers converting 1836 Surplus Revenue Act loans totaling 37.5 million dollars into grants that cannot be recalled. Supporters say states carry these debts in budgets though most invested or spent funds. Delaware and Vermont profited, while several states still view the liability. The plan draws Treasury support and aims to relieve states from ongoing interest and amortization.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a person cannot be jailed solely for being too poor to pay a fine, potentially affecting indigent inmates nationwide as local laws let fines be worked off in jail. A Bank of America branch in Fresno suffered an explosion with no injuries, sparking an alert for a green pickup seen fleeing at 9:45 p.m. Monday. Tony Boyle, president of the United Mine Workers, was indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy, embezzlement, and illegal political contributions totaling 49250 from union funds.
President Nixon hosted Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell for dinner and award ceremonies at the White House. Nixon pinned space agency Distinguished Service Medals and military promotions while gifting Swiss clocks and lunar module telescope parts.
Sen. Stuart Symington urges Congress to curb what he calls the Kissinger syndrome a web of White House panels councils and groups he controls. He accuses Kissinger of dominating policy from behind the scenes and cites the 2.3 million White House budget for the so called little State Department as a starting point for curbing power.
U S military sources assess that the Laos and Cambodia drives forced Hanoi onto the defensive, disrupted North Vietnamese logistics, and spurred Vietnamization as U S withdrawals accelerate. Some sources fault the Laos operation as poorly planned and note lingering risks and ongoing bombings along the Ho Chi Minh trail.
William J. Casey acknowledges an SEC probe into fees paid to his law firm by Roosevelt Race Way Inc. He defends a proxy statement listing issue as a technical matter. Senate Banking Committee weighs whether to reopen confirmation hearings amid questions about past civil suits and corporate actions linked to Casey.
The Supreme Court weighs public aid to church schools in a Connecticut case involving about 20 million dollars in federal funds to church run colleges. Justices consider whether public funding and neutrality toward religion violate the First Amendment as cases from Pennsylvania and Rhode Island question aid for parochial teachers.
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