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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1970
Page
1
In Key Biscayne Nixon arrives for a working holiday to Florida and is greeted by a modest campaign cadre with tiny flags and signboards. He chats with Homestead Air Force Base personnel and their dependents and tells reporters he is pursuing peace with justice and world peace.
Washington AP reports a multimillion dollar program where private educational firms will be paid by results in teaching basic reading and mathematics to poor children. The Office of Economic Opportunity will announce six firms and 24 school districts. The experiment costs 3.5 to 5.5 million dollars and covers roughly 12,600 to 17,000 students in grades 1–3 and 7–9.
The Nixon administration moved to strike enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia not from a rising military threat, but after the March overthrow of neutralist Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Lon Nol's regime opened a new strategic window, altering U.S. willingness to respect Cambodia's neutrality and borders.
Roger W. Heyns, chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, told editors that colleges have performed an important service by absorbing initial unrest. He argued unrest elsewhere could have worsened societal impact and that universities strengthened students' faith in freedoms and democratic ideals.
A former mental patient sought in the shooting deaths of three Veterans Administration Hospital officials apparently shot himself as officers closed in. Coleman G. Gish, 45, was spotted by an off duty state trooper near Sheffield while drinking beer and eating a hamburger. As troopers and the town marshal closed in, Gish shot himself in the head with a .38 caliber pistol.
Rep. James C. Wright Jr. of Texas urged all members of Congress to spend one weekend monthly on college campuses to listen to students. He proposed Operation Dialogue and asked colleges nationwide to participate, aiming for a mutual education rather than adulation or confrontation.
A barrage of police gunfire at Jackson State College in Mississippi killed two Black men and wounded eleven others as officers fired after rocks were thrown near a women's dormitory. National Guardsmen with unloaded weapons patrolled the campus while investigations continued and coroner identifications were released.
U S B 52s and Navy fighter bombers raid supply depots and routes in Laos along the Mu Gia pass and across 200 miles of frontier. Allied forces shift troops from Cambodia as 7th Fleet aircraft pound logistics hubs. casualties and captured materiel listed on both sides. Weather notes in West of the Pecos forecast.
AP bulletin reports Soviet authorities privately deny any active military cooperation with the Chinese against the United States in Indochina. Diplomats from Asia and Europe confirm the stance amid Cold War tensions.
TEL AVIV AP Israeli pilots claimed downing three Soviet-made Egyptian MIG jets over the Suez Canal. Two MIG 17s were shot down in morning dogfights and a MIG 21 was downed after noon. All Israeli aircraft returned safely. the raid followed Egyptian strikes as Egyptian warplanes hit back. The command noted the MIG 21 attempted interference during a bombing mission. Israel also reported shelling near the Lebanon border and fire exchanges in Beisan Valley with no Israeli casualties. A separate Mediterranean incident involved a damaged Israeli fishing trawler Orit, with four missing crewmen and slim chances of rescue.
Washington report notes a slowing economy with rising prices and falling production. Commerce data show 5.5 percent price growth for January to March, real output down 3 percent, and a Dow Jones drop to 684.79. Personal income rose on Social Security and federal pay, while corporate profits dipped and the deficit outlook grew. Treasury officials caution the situation may not differ much from prior expectations, with some signs the worst could be ending.
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