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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1979
Page
8
Editorial on Pope John Paul II visit as a dominant media event. Notes both fervent public reaction and possible excesses. Considers the pope as a supercelebrity shaping religion and politics with lasting but unclear impact on American Catholicism.
President Carter asserts he is the most open president in history though he has cut back major news conferences. He faces frequent public questioning from diverse audiences, including nonjournalists, while defending his approach of fewer White House briefings and more wide area town hall meetings across Iowa, Florida, Ohio, New York, and Illinois.
On this date 1781 the British surrendered at Yorktown ending the Revolutionary War. Napoleon began his retreat from Moscow in 1812. MLK Jr and 53 protesters were arrested in Atlanta in 1960. Chinese Indian clashes on Himalayan borders in 1962. Post Khrushchev leaders appeared in 1964 with cosmonauts. Brooklyn College antiwar arrests in 1967. Libya halts oil exports to the US in 1973. Two East Germans hijack a Polish plane in 1983. Gig Young death noted. columnist Jack Anderson age 57. quote from H G Wells on education versus catastrophe.
Washington columnist notes Valery Giscard d Estaing faces accusations of shielding Argentina s military regime and a likely cover up of the murder of two French nuns. The piece links arms sales, political favors, and a potential presidential visit to Argentina to economic interests and diplomatic sensitivities. It also recalls a Tulane University silica dust study on Louisiana shipyard workers and the NIH funding controversy.
In Mississippi voters will elect a governor in the odd-numbered year before a presidential election. The 1975 contest saw Democrat Cliff Finch win with 52 percent while Republican Gil Carmichael captured 45 percent. Finch built a broad coalition and Carmichael emerged with a bright future.
The piece notes William Winter’s defeat in a Democratic runoff and rising GOP hopes in Mississippi. It recalls long-serving senators Eastland and Stennis, Cochran and Lott’s emergence, and a party in disarray as Finch’s administration faces federal scrutiny. It ends with the prospect of Mississippi possibly being represented by two Republicans in the Senate.
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