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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1975
Page
6
A column debates the Mayaguez rescue, weighing restraint versus force. It argues the operation protected crew safety and U.S. credibility, noting rivals’ reaction, the Pueblo comparison, and President Ford’s decisive action to defend American lives and property globally.
Editorial analyzes CPC poll showing Class of 1975 expects more than 1.25 million degrees with jobs down at least 4 percent from last year. Liberal arts majors, about 60 percent of graduates, face weak prospects while engineers and business grads remain recruited. Calls for better planning, internships, and government data to improve outcomes. CPC plans a national meeting in Washington May 27–30 to address higher education careers.
GM chairman Thomas Murphy defends free enterprise against planned economy fears. He argues profit funds not only business but schools and services, urging freedom from heavy regulation and market-driven customer choice. The piece notes 20 percent of the U S auto market temp lost to imports and discusses Detroit’s forecast contrasts among GM Ford Chrysler.
May 28 1975 marks 248th day with notable events from 1940 Dunkirk evacuation to 1959 Able and Baker space flight and 1937 Baldwin resignation. Births include Warren Giles and Barry Commoner. Thought for today quotes a Japanese proverb about silence and awareness.
The Philadelphia Library, America's first public lending library, was established in 1731 by fifty young men who donated 100 pounds for books and agreed to pay 10 shillings yearly for fifty years. During the Revolutionary War British occupiers found the 8,000 volumes, used them, paid for them, and did not confiscate or damage them.
Ray Cromley argues limited wars fail and may serve aggressors. He asserts U.S. experience in Korea and Vietnam shows prolonged, escalating conflict damages allies first and invites victory by default for the attacker. The piece discusses economic incentives, Soviet and Chinese interests, and South Vietnam’s wealth and aid.
Lt Gov Bill Hobby promotes a Judiciary Article merging the Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court into a single Supreme Court. The plan creates a unified system with supreme court, courts of appeals, district and circuit courts, retains county courts, requires at least one justice court per county, and allows legislative control of judge counts. It adds removal procedures, potential federal questions, and appeals from state agencies to streamline justice in Texas.
Arctic narwhals, tusked whales of the far north, were sighted only four times as far south as Britain and once near Holland, amid broken ice fields above 65 degrees north. The Panama hat, popularized by Theodore Roosevelt during canal projects, is made not in Panama but in Ecuador from jipijapa straw.
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