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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1970
Page
4
The editorial urges honoring fallen and living service members on Memorial Day. It argues flags at half mast for those who died in Vietnam and Cambodia and for Americans killed abroad, and it praises the sacrifices of servicemen while urging silent majority unity to back their efforts.
The Wall Street Journal notes students and hippies are buying military apparel from Army Navy surplus shops. Demand is so high that genuine surplus is scarce and stores stock imitation surplus made in Japan.
A doctor grieving his son’s Vietnam death questions Senator Fulbright’s 1964 to 1966 reversal. He cites Fulbright’s Gulf of Tonkin role and his later writings, asking how the lawmaker could champion escalation then claim indifference to Indochina conquest. No reply was received.
New York AP column profiles Jackie Bisset, noting her beauty and 36-24-36 figure, but focusing on her desire to define her own career beyond being a sex symbol. It chronicles her film work with Sinatra Finney and McQueen, her Malibu home, and her aim to grow creatively while staying informal.
A reflective essay argues Memorial Day 1970 must precede action toward ending deaths in war. It contrasts past conflicts from 1919 to Vietnam and warns that peace requires cooperative principles and adherence to law rather than force among nations. It notes superpower tensions and calls for shared responsibility.
In an Associated Press interview Lt. Charles Doerr outlines why San Antonio is a major drug distribution center. He cites routes from Mexico, the scale of methamphetamine and marijuana seizures, and the ongoing impact on addicts and youths amid Operation Intercept. He stresses education and family factors in preventing use.
A lemon sized lunar rock from Apollo 12 is dated at about 4.6 billion years, the oldest lunar or terrestrial rock yet found. Scientists led by Dr. Paul Gast and Anthony Cairo conducted isotopic tests using strontium 87 and rubidium 87 to establish the age and its implications for moon formation and solar system origin.
In a quiz style recap, Amelia Earhart is named as the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross. The second question notes Halley's Comet appearing at roughly 76 year intervals since 240 B.C. with the original appearance date unknown.
Penguins are flightless birds that walk upright with a dress suited appearance. They are native to Antarctica and surrounding regions including South America Australia New Zealand and South Africa shores, with the Galapagos penguin living near the equator thanks to cool Humboldt Current waters.
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