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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
12
A Boston emergency room case illustrates how toddlers access bottled medicines. The piece urges constant storage in original containers, child resistant caps, locked cabinets, and parental vigilance, noting widespread accidental poisonings and Poison Prevention Weeks.
The piece objects to a National Park Service plan to build a five million dollar cathedral like facility to house the Liberty Bell, arguing it would desecrate Independence Hall and betray patriotic and historic significance as Philadelphia prepares for the 200th anniversary. It warns against separating the Liberty Bell from its shrine and questions the project’s fit for American heritage.
A column surveys the strain between church and military leaders over a volunteer army. It notes antimilitary sentiment, draft cuts, and clerical support for volunteered service while warning of potential heavy Black, Hispanic, and rural Youth involvement and questions about overseas wars. The piece urges service rooted in civil duty and care for the underprivileged and highlights minority concerns.
Stanford University should drop the Indian as its athletic symbol after ombudsman Lois S. Amsterdam backs a petition from 55 Indians to President Richard W. Lyman. The language condemns the symbol as degrading and invokes broader concerns about native peoples while urging action to end the use of the image.
The French government auctions the Maginot Line fortifications once central to European defense. Built for a war that never came, the 300 mile chain of bunkers and underground works is being sold, with only the largest forts remaining off the block.
A compact history for March 3 noting events from 1791 DC organization to 1969 Apollo 9 orbit link up, 1845 Florida statehood, Bell birth in Edinburgh, 1944 Berlin air presence, Rhine retreat, Nixon visa dispute, and JFK inauguration. The list includes major political, scientific, and space milestones across centuries.
Readers are invited to send letters up to 500 words addressing general interest topics. Letters must include the writer signature and address, which may be withheld upon request. Submissions in poor taste will not be considered.
In this HAL Boyle column, Otto Preminger discusses his view that screen violence harms youths more than sex, defends a calm studio persona, and explains his philosophy of living by personal standards. He describes his work ethic, tastes, dislikes, and the hectic life of a film producer in New York.
Pecos Enterprise items note a dental office theft suspected juvenile case, Cabot Carbon Black plant near Wickett slated to employ 125 workers by April, and a Myers Home Goods Store opening in the Dean Camp building. Chamber dinner honors Alton Hughes with talks on Pecos future as Zeta Psi and Beta Sigma Phi plan events. Pecos High School showcases Colonel Larson’s bull whip act amid Southern Assembly Programs.
Bruce Biossat argues that U S bombing of Vietnam is often misrepresented. He notes no B 52 raids on populous northern Vietnam and explains the actual use of fighter bombers against trail points and missile sites. He criticizes press reporting and official candor, urging clearer, fact based coverage of air activity.
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