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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1971
Page
3
Britain ends a 47 day walkout as over 190000 postal workers resume duties. About 1000 of 1700 main offices stay closed to train staff in the new decimal system. A large overhaul is promised while backlogs and rate hikes affect service and mail costs.
Despite Egypt's refusal to extend the cease-fire, the fronts between Israel and Arab forces were quiet. A Tel Aviv spokesman reported no fighting along the Suez Canal as journalists were barred from access and no signs of renewed hostilities appeared.
Sen Henry M Jackson says Russia's deployment of long range missiles intensifies push for an overall Soviet arms agreement to curb offensive and defensive weapons. He backed by the Defense Department days before talks in Vienna and after Nixon rejected separate anti missile defense talks.
Senator William Proxmire proposes sweeping reforms to foreign military aid, shifting control from the armed forces to civilian oversight via the State Department. The plan would end secrecy, convert grants to cash or credit sales, and phase out current grants over three years, with direct appropriation and public country-by-country disclosure.
In Laos, South Vietnamese forces claim three Ho Chi Minh trail junctions at Ban Dong Muong Nong and Sepone, disrupting enemy traffic, destroying artillery and antiaircraft assets, and benefiting from U S air support including B52s. Casualties and equipment losses are summarized, with ongoing heavy air missions over Laos.
San Francisco officials plan a new police code bar against living in parked vehicles between 10 p m and 6 a m to combat squatters who dump garbage and waste in streets near marinas beaches and parks. Violators face up to 1000 fine and six months in jail.
The federal government will enroll all building guards in an intensive training program to prevent bombings and vandalism. The first class from the Federal Protective Service Training Academy in Washington graduated, including Capitol Police, with 37 graduates completing four weeks of marksmanship, fire prevention, explosives handling, and arrest procedures.
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