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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1970
Page
1
Pravda says the United States is waging a racket to drum up military hysteria about Soviet plans to build a strategic naval base in Cuba. The Soviet party newspaper neither denies the bases nor the build but criticizes Washington for its noisy propaganda campaigns.
Secretary of Housing George Romney paused release of a HUD produced eight minute film about the Federal Housing Administration nursing home amid charges of misleading content by a congressional critic. Representative David Pryor said Romney promised a formal investigation after a phone call on Wednesday.
Five Air Force Academy cadets quit this school year rather than face court martial for marijuana offenses. An additional 14 students face allegations of drug violations as officials investigate marijuana and LSD use on the Colorado Springs campus. Through 15 years the school had 13 cadet dismissals for narcotics, all occurring since 1967.
In Washington, new FTC consumer protection chief Robert Pitofsky vows to use dormant powers to curb false advertising and shoddy products. The NYU law professor says the era of buyer beware is ending and the public will not tolerate misleading claims.
Dist Atty Arnold Proskin says a note found in Joseph W White's pocket did not spell out any specific reason for the rifle killing of four state secretaries and the killer's suicide in the New York Labor Department building. White, 25, and the victims all worked at the department.
Police report Patrolman John Burke age 27 shot and killed by a man he was questioning after stopping two suspects in Atlantic City New Jersey. Burke had served about two years and helped form the K-93 corps with trained dogs.
The FAO reports no rise in global farm and fishery production in 1969 for the first time in 12 years as population grows, with stagnation tied mainly to reduced output in developed nations where surpluses are the issue.
Communist China celebrated its 21st anniversary with a mass rally in Peking attended by Mao Tse-tung and Lin Piao. The crowd, estimated at about half a million soldiers and civilians, moved through the Gate of Heavenly Peace Square as the leaders watched. Attacks on the United States and the Soviet Union were generally muted.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew in Salt Lake City blasts what he calls erosion of decency aided by radical liberals urging moral decline. He frames the nation’s culture war as a fight over public decency and traditional values.
President Nixon and President Tito spent about two hours in Belgrade discussing world problems and the Middle East ahead of a Zagreb visit. Mrs. Nixon met Yugoslav newspaper women and toured a pioneer center as crowds and security swelled during the trip.
U S combat deaths increased to 63 for the week with 344 wounded, while South Vietnamese losses reached 246 and North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths totaled 1 457. In Cambodia, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked Phnom Penh’s defenses near Moat Krassas Krao, drawing naval and air bombardment.
In Moscow the Soviet Union filed a formal protest with the U S Embassy denouncing an unbridled anti Soviet campaign by Zionist organizations in the United States. The note singled out the Jewish Defense League for provocative sorties that hinder Soviet institutions and threaten diplomatic staff, urging Washington to curb such actions. It argued U S inaction jeopardizes U S USSR relations and violated assurances of taking measures against Zionist provocations.
Cairo mourners filled streets as Gamal Abdel Nasser was laid to rest in Cairo after a tearful funeral. Dignitaries and world leaders attended, with Anwar Sadat and King Hussein among those moved to tears. Crowds waved photos and chanted Nasser’s name as the coffin passed through the Nile island funeral route.
Weather west of the Pecos predicts considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday with a few showers or thunderstorms. High Friday 76 to 92. Low tonight 52 to 66.
In Amman a lull returns as a truce team is sent to investigate Palestinian guerrilla charges of renewed fighting in northern Jordan. Cairo hosts mourners for Egypt’s President Nasser as U N urged Israel and Egypt to resume Middle East peace talks. Seven Arab commandos released by Britain and others reach Cairo after hostage frees.
Springfield police report two truck drivers and a woman charged with second degree murder in the death of truck driver John Galt of Oklahoma City after a dynamite load exploded on Interstate 44 near Springfield. The suspects affiliated with Tri-State Motors and Teamsters Local 823.
New York City and six states sue General Motors Ford and Chrysler in U S District Court alleging price fixing to curb fleet discounts to government buyers. Arizona Texas and others seek injunctions and treble damages. NY estimates a potential one million dollar annual loss if discounts vanish.
The 18 member Commission on Obscenity and Pornography faced sharp dissent over its call to repeal adult censorship laws. Vice President Agnew dismissed the report as Johnson era, while two sociologists urged full repeal including protections for children. Other members warned against adopting Denmark style liberal laws.
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