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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1970
Page
2
Small parcel rates listed for six and twelve month mail periods. Postage paid in Pecos Texas 79772 indicates domestic mail handling details.
Washington AP reports the National Economic Development Association aims to place 1 billion dollars under Spanish-speaking control within five years through a three phase program. NEDA seeks 50 savings and loan associations and 50 banks led by Spanish speakers, with current loan processing at 5 million and a 50 million first year target.
Thousands of Texans lose work as cutbacks and shutdowns hit major employers. Texas Instruments in Dallas County lays off 1,200 and General Dynamics plant at Waco closes, with 14,81 workers left jobless. NASA also trims 175 positions in Texas as defense spending drops.
The United States said a review of the Viet Cong eight-point peace plan found no elements that could advance a negotiated settlement of the Vietnam war. The report reflects ongoing U.S. assessment amid global tension and calls for continued diplomatic efforts to achieve a resolution.
October dawned clear across Texas with 50s to 60s in many locales. Galveston logged 69 while Houston rested in the upper 50s. light southerly winds favored mild days and cool nights ahead of a Friday cold front bringing possible rain. A sea potato description follows the weather note.
Charles M. Manson shouted that the prosecution had the case and no defense as witness Juan Flynn testified about Manson suggesting killing Flynn relatives. Separately, reports from Amman and Damascus detail cease fire talks, troop withdrawals, and guerrilla movements surrounding Irbid and Ramtha amid Jordanian conflict and Arab truce efforts.
Tens of thousands blocked police lines at the Nile Hilton route as Nasser lay in state. Dignitaries arrived by helicopter. radio announcers wept on air. Procession drew vast crowds across Cairo with a 101 gun salute. Arabs around the region mourned with prayers and planned processions. Western leaders attended or sent aides. Nixon did not attend amid diplomatic rifts. A Beirut satellite broadcast carried the funeral to the world as Egypt faced possible power struggles after the leader’s death. Sudanese President El Numairi urged an Arab summit in Cairo.
A U S Army patrol tagged 23 Viet Cong dead in a sharp ground engagement outside Firebase Washington after a nighttime mortar attack. Two Americans were wounded in the 15 minute fight by the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Route 4 and Route 5 near Phnom Penh faced heavy attacks with civilian danger and halted traffic.
The House Post Office Committee chair Thaddeus J. Dulski introduced a bill redefining obscenity to exclude social redeeming value as a legitimate test. The proposal follows recommendations from Hill Keating and Link and aims to curb courts from using the value doctrine. Congress showed little immediate reaction to the dissenting commission findings.
Readers offer tips and questions for chores and safety from ironing glue on irons to freshening closets with clothes inside. The column includes dyeing and cleaning tricks, make do repairs, and a note on protecting fabrics and furniture.
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