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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1971
Page
3
YUBACITY Calif AP bodies of nine transient fruit workers hacked with a machete or heavy knife found in peach and plum orchards. Sheriff announces the case and an arrest has been made.
The Labor Department launches a formal review into Farm Labor Service practices amid claims of wage, health, and civil rights violations in migrant worker referrals. The probe follows a petition with 1,500 pages from workers and agency staff alleging exploitation by the renamed Rural Manpower Service.
The House voting 224 to 131 approved Nixon's merger of Peace Corps, VISTA, and related volunteer programs into a single Action Corps. Critics warned of lost program identity, while supporters promised budget boosts and stronger management under congressional oversight.
In New Haven Judge Harold Mulvey dismissed murder conspiracy charges against Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins, saying an unbiased jury could not be found without superhuman effort. Huggins, 23, walked free after two years in custody. Seale remains jailed on other charges.
The Pentagon warned the Senate that a 1 billion dollar pay raise for one year could seriously threaten national security. Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard argued in a letter to Sen. John C. Stennis that the Hughes Schweiker amendment raising the raise to 2.7 billion would force major base closings and cost defense contracts, with a possible 250,000 troop cut and 6 percent fewer contracts.
In Paris a misplaced mail batch from the National League of Families of American Prisoners of War lies unopened in a cellar. A Knoxville Iowa donor sent a Christmas check that never reached the league. Emile Coustie, owner of the Paris warehouse, estimates millions of letters fill the space and keeps expanding.
President Nixon in Birmingham and Mobile denounces a double hypocritical standard on race relations, praising Southern desegregation progress while condemning Northern attitudes. He cites 38 percent of Southern black children in majority white schools versus 28 percent in the North, signaling a regional contrast in school integration. Local crowds greet him warmly amid mixed chants and pro Vietnam placards.
In Saigon Gen Creighton Abrams warned that a strenuous effort is needed to keep U.S. troops vigilant during disengagement in Vietnam. He cited a lax atmosphere and declined to discuss a recent rocket attack near Firebase Charlie 2. The story notes a cease fire plan and prisoner exchange details as well as leadership changes in the U.S. command.
Federal Judge Otto Kerner testified to a Senate subcommittee on implementing presidential commission findings. He noted police have shifted from automatic weapons to ghetto knowledge since the 1967 riots, with improvements in police community relations in some cities as patrolmen engage with residents.
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