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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1973
Page
3
The Convair with 25 passengers and five crew members landed safely in Caracas after hijackers demanded no ransom in exchange for 79 prisoners. Three armed men and a woman seized the plane Friday on a flight to the capital.
Americans rate rising living costs as a greater worry than the Vietnam War according to a Gallup poll. The Watergate affair now concerns 16 percent, up from 1 percent in mid February.
President Lon Nol travels to the United States for medical care a move the Nixon administration hopes will spur cease fire talks. In Peking Prince Norodom Sihanouk vows his insurgent forces will not negotiate with the Phnom Penh group he calls traitors who ousted him.
The Association of American Medical Colleges said administration budget plans would slash federal support for medical research outside cancer and heart lung areas by about 40 percent. The group derived the figure from a survey of 78 medical schools enrolling 70 percent of U S medical students.
H Ross Perot personally appealed to Gov Nelson Rockefeller leading to reinstatement of his Texas firm in bidding for a $30 million a year New York welfare and Medicaid contract. The initial rejection of the bid by Electronic Data Systems Inc was described as a subordinate error by state social services commissioner Abe Lavine after a Feb 9 meeting with Rockefeller and Perot.
Howard Hughes named to Aviation Hall of Fame in Hammondport New York ceremony but a Texas woman flier acted as proxy at the induction. The honor plaque added 16 names to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum institution.
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans pleaded not guilty to charges of perjury conspiracy and obstructing a federal investigation into financier Robert Vesco.
Brig. Gen. Robert C. Kingston, head of the Joint Casualty Resolution Center, says no listed Americans in Southeast Asia are alive. The 175 member unit locates crash sites and graves and recovers remains of Americans lost in Indochina.
The 77th annual National PTA convention opened in St Louis Sunday under the theme Dimensions of Involvement. National PTA president Elizabeth Mallory urged delegates to engage in all issues affecting children and youth.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev says he will proceed with his planned visit to President Nixon next month in Bonn West Germany despite the Watergate scandal. He remarked that America will stay there and mocked expectations of a crisis.
The Waltons led the Emmys with six awards including best drama series and acting honors for Richard Thomas and Michael Learned Ellen Corby. The Julie Andrews Hour claimed seven trophies amid ABC ratings woes as CBS topped nations gains with 25 wins while news and docs award ceremonies follow.
Pentagon officials grow uncertain the United States can sustain adequate armed forces on an all volunteer basis. General Abrams says outcome unknown next winter after a year without the draft. The GAO warned enlistments could fall short by up to 63,000 unless standards are eased.
In Camden New Jersey a federal jury acquitted 17 defendants of conspiracy and related charges tied to a 1971 raid on a Selective Service office. The verdict followed FBI informant testimony and claims of government overreach.
The Associated Press tallies 29 weekend fatalities in Texas including 21 traffic deaths five shootings and three drownings. Five victims in Jackson County Pa licios died in a three car crash near Texas 35.
The article notes trilliums are often named wake robins as several wildflowers bloom when robins return north in spring.
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