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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1971
Page
2
The article notes a school menu for Wednesday featuring Hamburger Steak with gravy and sides. It also discusses a spring summer fashion comeback of the white look, driven by white slacks and white shoes and the appeal of easy care fabrics.
Sen. Fred Harris urges proclaiming Woody Guthrie Day to honor the Dust Bowl troubadour whose songs became a generation’s anthems. Guthrie, who died in 1967 at 55 from Huntington's disease, wandered from Okemah Oklahoma seeking to aid the dispossessed and influent music nationwide.
Two U.S. Army investigators were charged with attempting to kidnap three American servicemen granted asylum in Panama. The incident sparked a formal protest from Panama to the U.S. government as details emerged of racial tensions cited by the defendants and victims.
A broad line of severe storms and tornado warnings moved from the Dallas area to South Texas overnight. Reports include four tornadoes near Dallas, large hail up to three inches in places, wind damage in Goldthwaite and George West, with watches continuing across central and northern Texas.
Police investigate vandalism at 418 South Peach after windows were slashed. Betty Villescas reports a young Negro male, about 12 or 13, assaulted her mother at 1216 South Ash and grabbed a purse containing about $15, license, and cards. Sgt. Tony Urquidi leads the inquiry.
The Army's former top policeman Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner was sentenced to three years in prison for soliciting 136 firearms from the Chicago Police Department and keeping them for personal use. He could have faced five years and a $5,000 fine. he also faces tax evasion trials set for June 7. The report notes related currency market movements in Frankfurt Paris and Brussels as the dollar fluctuates amid rate realignments.
London AP reports 13 year old Martin Woodham, who joked about a career as a toilet cleaner, received a scholarship to a new school and a movie role with EMI after frustration at Shirley secondary. EMI seeks him for a naughty boy part with Frankie Howerd, plus TV commercials.
In New York the singer Tiny Tim and wife Victoria May Khaury celebrate the birth of their daughter weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces. Tiny Tim, real name Herbert Khaury, calls her future family head start promising and notes the girl’s birth as a hopeful sign for a larger family. The couple have not chosen a name yet.
Two American golden eagles hatched at the Topeka Zoo marking a possible first captive birth. In Casper Wyoming, Dr Oliver Scott notes 16 eagle carcasses found in Jackson Canyon with 12 being bald eagles, suspected poison by sheep ranchers. Conservationists report about 20 bald eagles winter in the canyon annually.
At the Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport site a 70 foot ditch collapsed trapping eight workers. Three bodies were recovered encased in concrete, all believed to be James Construction Co. employees. Five escaped while two surfaced safely. Officials cite a continuous pour and a heavy shower that softened shale walls as causes.
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