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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1971
Page
3
In Saigon AP reports that U S Air Force F4 Phantom jets struck in two waves and destroyed 13 antiaircraft guns around the Mu Thi area. The target action reflects ongoing air campaign activity with no immediate reports of allied losses.
Government scientists find a possible association between DDT and infertility in humans, urging further study but not an immediate ban. EPA experts note rat tests by Heinrichs and Gellert suggest ovarian effects but emphasize limited human exposure and no imminent hazard, as Ruckelshaus weighs cancellation of all DDT uses.
A Senate subcommittee hears Nixon proposed cancer plan amid calls for more money and faster action. Kennedy counters with a competing plan to create a dedicated cancer-fighting agency and seeks $200 million next year and $400 million the year after.
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board reports that a conservative culture in savings and loan associations is slowing access to the Housing Opportunity Allowance Program. With less than two months left to spend 45 million of 85 million for HOAP, many moderate income borrowers are being turned down or left uninformed, despite eligibility for subsidies that cut payments by about 20 dollars monthly for families earning 7 000 to 12 000 dollars.
Gunther and Sigrid Gebel Williams help Mare Oliver Gebel Williams ink a contract to pursue a circus prospect path, aiming to follow father’s footsteps as of August 16, 1991, when he turns 21. Dad performs with a Royal Bengal tiger in Barnum & Bailey act at Madison Square Garden.
Washington AP House leaders delayed a vote on reviving the SST program after ten supporters left town for Philadelphia and South Carolina events. Leaders hoped to turn an 85.3 million contract termination penalty into funds to restart development of prototypes and press for renewed federal funding despite prior opposition and Boeing layoffs.
The Marine Corps launches a Madison Avenue driven campaign opposing the Army’s soft life pitch. Gen. Leonard F. Chapman touts a small elite force with no promises but tough training and strict standards. Posters promise a harsh path: we never promised you a rose garden.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund asks the Supreme Court to consider new constitutional challenges to capital punishment. They represent 27 inmates among 648 awaiting death across eight states, urging a hearing or evidence development on the claim that the death penalty is unconstitutional.
Nixon administration asks Congress to extend by one year the second increase in the federal minimum wage from 1.80 to 2.00, citing inflation and unemployment concerns. Hodgson urges delaying the 2.00 level to 1974 and warns rapid rises may reduce employment and raise prices, with exemptions for youths and students under 20.
AP reports European financiers blame the United States for Europe’s monetary crisis, saying the region pays the price of the dollar sickness and mounting American isolationism. Pope Paul VI to issue a letter urging a new democratic society while denouncing Marxism and liberal extremes. New Jersey Supreme Court forbids farm owners from blocking visits by antipoverty officials and agency representatives to migrant workers on farm property.
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