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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1971
Page
3
Four firefighters died and two were injured as flames and a firestorm overwhelmed a ridge line while carving a fire line near the two day old brush blaze. The California fire is described as the worst of the year, burning over three thousand five hundred acres and destroying seven homes.
Officials add the American financial support for the United Nations as a lever in keeping Nationalist China in the UN. Expelling Taiwan could make it hard for the United States to extend aid at past levels, as Washington points to its lead in UN expenses.
Sens. Harris of Oklahoma and Hartke of Indiana joined two Senate Finance Democrats to urge rewriting Nixon's tax-cut bill to favor individuals over corporate investment. They face uncertainty about pushing changes through the committee.
President Nixon flies to Davis and Elkins College in a West Virginia college town to headline the Mountain State Forest Festival ceremonies. The 35th annual event honors the forest queen and promotes the state's autumn scenery.
President Nikolai V. Podgorny declared the Soviet Union has an international obligation to continue economic, political, and military support of North Vietnam. Hanoi’s news agency said he signed three new agreements during a four day visit and departed for Moscow as thousands bid farewell at the airport.
James Meredith, the first Black student at Ole Miss, criticizes busing aimed at balancing race as nonsense. He argues that if Black schools stay open and district lines are drawn fairly, true integration would occur in every Mississippi school district, with students attending nearest schools.
Gay Talese chronicles Joseph Bonanno and family in a humanizing portrait of Mafia life. The book logs Bill Bonanno’s rise and prison term, their California welfare chapter, and Talese’s two years of deep access, revealing fear, loyalty, and a family’s struggle within a tradition of silence.
Former assistant prosecutor Phil Nelson, now with Gus Mutscher defense counsel, testified behind closed doors to the House General Investigating Committee. Nelson, who resigned after Mutscher’s Sept 23 indictment for bribery, said he has joined an Austin law firm connected to Mutscher’s lawyer Frank Maloney. The committee continues probing the 1969 bank deposit insurance bills with 1–3 leads and cautions about scaring off witnesses.
An American soldier Staff Sergeant John C. Sexton Jr., 23, of Warren Michigan, freed near An Loc after over two years as a Viet Cong prisoner. He walked barefoot eight hours to safety at an allied base, condition described as generally good with feet sore and possible arm wound. Nixon announces Phase 2 anti inflation plan with wage and price controls and new Pay Board and Price Commission to oversee measures.
In Santa Fe authorities report tear gas and clubs stopped a two day inmate strike at the New Mexico State Penitentiary. Seven inmates were injured including head lacerations a broken arm and an eye injury. Officials say the cause of the strike is undetermined and interviews are underway.
A group of Texas state employees sue to bypass Nixon's wage price freeze arguing the 6.8 percent raises approved June 20 with the fiscal year appropriation are unaffected. Plaintiffs include Benjamin Knight Vincent Ortiz Carolyn Harris and Homer B Johnson. defendants are the Cost of Living Council and the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug says a U S ban on DDT would trigger bans by other nations and lead to disastrous consequences. He criticizes the U S environment movement as lopsided and warns of a shift to hydrocarbon and pesticide agendas amid ecologist misinformation.
Cameron County grand jurors twice urged Judge Darrell Hester to appoint a special prosecutor to probe bail bond forfeitures. Foreman George Young stressed the case involves substantial money and justice-system processes. An attempt to disqualify Dist. Atty. F. T. Graham Sr. was refused. jurors also urged reforms in county funds handling. The horse sale repair payment of 69 dollars was recommended to Mrs. Chris McDonald.
The head of the House communications subcommittee opened an inquiry into PBS for withdrawing a segment of Great American Dream Machine about FBI coercion. Hartford Gunn Jr. defended PBS actions saying censorship may be at play as FBI denied the charges and referred the matter to the Justice Department.
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