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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1970
Page
1
In St Laurent du Pont, a Halloween night fire at a mountain town dance hall left 13 dead and 10 injured with one later dying. Firemen recovered 142 corpses from the wreckage as authorities, from cabinet rank downward, opened an investigation into locked or boarded exits and the crowd’s stampede.
Hundreds or thousands of Americans deemed illiterate in 13 states will be eligible to vote for the first time Tuesday under the Voting Rights Act of 1970. The act's constitutionality remains in question as the Supreme Court has heard arguments but not ruled. Some states guard against a possible literacy test suspension reversal. others do not.
The Associated Press reports rain from drizzle to heavy showers enveloping the eastern half of the nation. The Eastern Seaboard remains damp and cool with winds to 40 mph along North Carolina's Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras recording over 3 inches in 12 hours. Scattered showers span from western New York to West Virginia and into eastern Georgia, with activity also noted from Indiana through Arkansas to southern Texas.
A House committee says Army investigators confirmed GIs diverted drugs and PX goods into Bangkok’s black market and doctored pay records and promotions at two U S bases in Thailand. The inquiry followed claims by two enlisted men who admitted thefts and illicit pay changes before leaving Thailand last year.
New tentative three-year contracts reached early today between the New York Newspaper Guild units and management at the New York Times and the New York Daily News. Guild official Thomas J. Murphy said the Daily News unit narrowly approved the proposal while the Times unit voted unanimously before the 6 a.m. strike deadline.
U S and Soviet envoys reopened the year old Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in Helsinki. Gerard C. Smith voiced cautious optimism that hard work and recognition of each side's legitimate security interests could lead to a start in limiting arms and redirect resources to constructive ends.
Police pursue clues and motive after dynamite devices exploded at 11 55 p m on Saturday outside the Selective Service induction center and a nearby newspaper office in Fresno California. No injuries were reported and a caller warned downtown would be rocking.
About 400 youths, many throwing rocks bottles and boards, charged a line of 16 policemen outside a rock music concert in Anaheim California. Police said reinforcements totaling 390 officers arrested 81 persons in dispersing the chanting crowd Sunday night.
A truck plowed into a reception line for Poland’s deputy intelligence chief as two Pakistani photographers and a security official were killed, with Poland’s Spychalski uninjured. Police questioned a suspect amid claims the strike was an assassination attempt during a five day Pakistan visit.
Rep. James G. O Hara charged the government has not ordered dangerous toys off shelves despite the Child Protection and Toy Safety Act of 1969. He urged HEW Secretary Elliott Rich arson to act before Christmas to remove items like a hot oven toy and a blowgun dart, while FDA cited voluntary removals of 21 products but gave no comment on the three toys named.
South Vietnamese forces launched a new operation in southeast Cambodia to sever North Vietnamese and Viet Cong supply lines toward Saigon. The drive followed a Viet Cong shelling of Saigon and resulted in civilian casualties and arrests, with 16 000 troops now stationed in Cambodia and clashes around Kompong Thom and Snuol.
President Nixon will close his vigorous 1970 campaign effort with a televised address aired on major networks. The Western White House announced last Sunday that filmed segments of the speech will condemn violent dissent and be shown from San Clemente California.
Washington AP reports a surge in complaints of dirty campaigning in U S Senate races, with 19 complaints this year versus nine in 1968 and 1966. Samuel Archibald of the Fair Campaign Practices Committee notes the higher stakes and voter apathy may explain the rise. Republican ads tie Nixon and law and order to campaign themes across networks while Agnew attacks Democratic tactics as fear based.
A gunman wearing a brown beret of the Chicano movement hijacked United Airlines Flight 598 from San Diego to Havana with hostage stewardess Nicki Leutar. The Boeing 727 diverted to Tijuana for fuel before reaching Jose Marti Airport in Cuba. The 75 aboard were held as the hijacker declared a Chicano operation.
Washington AP reports angry lawmakers pledge to return campaign donations traced to the Bankers Political Action Committee fund amid a Justice Department probe into banks influencing pending bank regulation bills. The fund lists nearly 100000 in unpassed contributions, with most dating recently.
American servicemen in Vietnam will receive two weeks of leave to visit the United States during their one year tour. The new policy takes effect November 16 and could allow many to spend Thanksgiving or Christmas at home.
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