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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1970
Page
1
President Nixon and Vice President Agnew tout the Conservative candidate James L. Buckley as he seeks to topple Republican Senator Charles E. Goodell in New York. Nixon stops short of a formal endorsement, signaling cautious backing amid the campaign trail.
Dr Rene Menguy of the University of Chicago called aspirin a health hazard and urged selling it by prescription along with other potent drugs. He cited internal bleeding and possible death risks and guessed about 1000 fatalities annually, though no statistics exist.
Congress sent the anticrime bill to the White House after Senate action by voice vote. The measure broadens FBI authority to investigate bombings at federally aided institutions, including most colleges, and imposes the death penalty for fatal bombings.
Washington AP report notes House and Senate conferees approved a narcotics bill that shifts penalties away from users toward professional traffickers. The measure also includes controversial no knock raid authorization to be used after judge approval to prevent destruction of suspected narcotics.
U S Army says Pfc. Glen A. Windersley of Chokso Minnesota is recovering from a skull fracture and low spirits after a 10 minute melee at Panmunjom. Six other Americans were injured one seriously and a Swiss lieutenant who helped Windersley sustained minor wounds. identities of other Americans not released.
Sen Sam J Ervin Jr D NC signals willingness to allow a vote on an equal rights amendment but reserves the right to block final passage. He says he will vote today on an amendment making three changes to the ERA to ensure it does not strip rights women already hold.
New York stock market prices edged lower at noon as the Dow Jones 30 industrials fell to 760.34. Declines outweighed advances by more than 3 to 2 on the NYSE, with analysts citing profit taking and a weak news backdrop for the downturn.
Cincinnati AP report says Barney Rapp died at 70 at his home Monday. He organized and led the New Englanders, one of the early musical groups of the Big Band Era, and toured nationwide in the 1920s.
The defense used its single peremptory challenge to remove the senior officer on the jury panel for My Lai defendant S. Sgt. David Mitchell. The move shrank the court to four officers, below the four needed for a valid general court martial.
U S Command outlines a new 40000 member drawdown despite North Vietnamese buildup reports in Laos. B52 bombers fly over Laos for fifth straight day, as Nixon confirms reducing American strength to 344000 by year end and 284000 by May 1. Casualties include three U S dead seven wounded in two Quang Ngai clashes. four civilians killed one wounded in a Da Nang rocket strike.
In Ottawa heavy security surrounds politicians as Quebec opens night talks with FLQ captors holding British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte. Montreal lawyer Robert Lemieux represents FLQ. Robert Demers named contact for the provincial government.
UN guards and telephone operators stage a sick-in over pay and promotions as 45 heads of state arrive for the UNs 25th anniversary. Security tightened with building closures, tighter inspections, and diversions around the headquarters amid protests and flag incidents.
President Nixon vetoes a bill aimed at limiting broadcast campaign costs to seven cents per vote or 20000 dollars, arguing it fails to fix the core problem of spending. Senate sponsors pledge to seek overrides after the November election, though critics doubt a two thirds margin.
Ottawa sources report Canada and Communist China have reached accord to establish diplomatic relations ending a 22 month effort by Prime Minister Trudeau. Official confirmation pending. reports say Beijing may announce soon and Taiwan may sever ties within 24 hours. Trade mainly in wheat already favors Peking.
Washington reports the Nixon administration orders the Office of Economic Opportunity to cut its poverty programs budget for the next fiscal year from 2.08 billion to 1.05 billion. Rumsfeld warns such cuts would hit pre schoolers migrant workers Indians and community action groups while proposing reorganizations and new funding at 1.23 billion.
The Solicitor General argued that the Constitution does not forbid busing for desegregation but focuses on distance and impact on small children. He urged race considerations in assignments for desegregation and rejected elimination of all black or all white schools. Charlotte-Mecklenburg board and NAACP defense countered that de segregation went beyond constitutional requirements.
The Associated Press bulletin reports tornadoes roaming southern Mississippi and parts of Louisiana this morning, causing minor property damage and at least two injuries per the weather bureau.
West of the Pecos region remains fair tonight with a low near 34 to 50. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and a chance of thundershowers mainly in the east, followed by cooler temperatures with highs from 10 to 85.
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