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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
2
San Antonio officials report about eight diphtheria patients hospitalized, all children, part of a year tally reaching 123 with outpatient clinics screening recovering throat cases. Health Director Dr. William Ross cites data collection difficulties and hospital stay lengths vary.
Congress has recessed for a month with a post election agenda including Nixon’s domestic program. The session will reconvene Nov 16 as lawmakers pursue welfare reform. lawmakers completed bills on drug penalties, health measures, rail service, and a $1.6B military construction authorization while leaving eight funding bills and a three year farm program for the next session. Ehrlichman blamed political posturing for legislative delays but noted some measures passed, including postal corporation creation, $3.1B transit funding, Voting Rights Act extension, unemployment benefits expansion, airline tax hike for airport modernization, and $24.6B for education programs.
A dated hospital entry lists patient changes from October 10 to October 13 1970. Names include Baldamar Levin Lorene Grady Jackie Kline John Smith Lidia Flores EF D Henderson Lou Hudson Pearline Lively Homer Harden Corina Carrasco Myron Beauchamp Coy Hudson and E D Henderson with multiple admissions and discharges recorded.
Negotiations over the Cross and Laporte kidnapping unfold as the FLQ demands the release of 23 prisoners and their transfer abroad. Government spokesmen resist, while reports say 21 prisoners could be allowed to leave Canada, with two to go after the hostages are freed. Police tighten security and consider wartime powers to probe the case.
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh and North Vietnam denounce Nixon’s proposal as a false peace and demand an unconditional withdrawal of U S troops and replacement leaders. Hanoi calls the plan a cunning trick while Washington views it as bargaining rhetoric and not final.
In Small Claims Court Judge Patrick J. Picariello ordered a partial tuition refund of 277.40 to Roger Paynter for his son Raymond after NYU canceled classes 19 days during campus unrest last May. The private university plans to appeal the ruling.
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