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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1970
Page
1
In California two large growers Bianco Fruit Corp and Dispoto Co reach two year contracts with Cesar Chavez union. The deals cover 80 million pounds of the state 718 million pounds in 1969, signaling a path to peace amid a five year dispute.
Interior Secretary Walter Hickel reports a favorable response from President Nixon to his May 6 letter urging attention to youth. Hickel says press leaks have drawn mail to him at about 6 to 1 in his favor, renewing speculation about his cabinet future.
Apollo 12 astronaut Capt. Charles Conrad told the Navy League in Memphis that the United States has the tech for journeys to Mars or other worlds but expects a multi nation effort rather than single nation leadership. He warned of immense costs and predicted collaboration rather than one nation leading.
Mrs Henry Bauman of Memphis claims prize ownership of Judy Garland's ruby slippers from the 1939 film. An MGM auction sold a pair for $15000, with an agent for an unnamed California millionaire insisting the sold slippers are the real article. Auctioneer David Weisz stated the item sold was the authentic pair.
A 25 year old New York woman who miscarried prematurity birthed sextuplets five girls and a boy all under one pound each. The babies were born three months early at University Hospital and died within seven hours. The mother Mrs Martin Danoff and her husband an attorney are reported in good condition and coping with the loss.
GM shareholders gather for the annual meeting as campaigns push to expand the board with public oriented members and form a stockholders committee to oversee safety pollution and welfare. Dissidents seek two percent of votes and highlight weak institutional support including Harvard and Princeton trustees.
South Vietnamese forces announced they will remain in Cambodia as long as necessary to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sanctuaries. The move contrasts with Washington predictions of withdrawal by June 30 and follows statements by Thieu and Ky that Saigon could stay without aid if needed.
Arab guerrillas ambushed a school bus near Israel’s Lebanon border, killing 10 Israelis including 5 children aged 6 to 8 and wounding 21 others. Israel and Egypt exchanged raids and Lebanon reported border shelling as fighting widens.
The House approved a 5 percent 1971 benefit increase and a future cost of living based rise. The measure boosts the minimum benefit, expands widows and retirement terms, and raises the wage base for Social Security taxes. A Senate committee report urges stronger long term reforms to lift many seniors from poverty.
Secretary Laird said South Vietnamese forces may remain in Cambodia after the June 30 American withdrawal if the North Vietnamese try to rebuild sanctuaries. He endorsed no fixed timetable for troop withdrawal and called the allied Cambodia operation a tactical success with strategic implications for Vietnamization and Hanoi.
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