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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1970
Page
1
London reports say Prime Minister Edward Heath's Conservative government may reappraise Middle East policy and adopt a more pro-Arab posture. Some observers foresee a shift as Israeli Premier Golda Meir plans talks with Heath in London next month.
Washington reports a Republican senator says a headcount of present and prospective GOP senators shows moderate Hugh Scott is a sure bet to defeat conservative challengers for the Senate GOP leadership.
The Environmental Defense Fund asks seven major airports to ban SSTs unless engine noise is limited to subsonic levels. Congressional testimony cited claims of unprecedented noise around airports and potential lawsuits by nearby property owners if permitted.
Dr R J Conover of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography says a physical chemical process may produce life without light by enabling existing life to multiply in darkness. The remark challenges the view that light is essential to life origins.
Washington AP reports Richard E. Wiley the new top FCC lawyer says his job is to act as the legal conscience of the commission ensuring it stays within bounds. He emphasizes upholding legal limits and guiding agency actions accordingly.
Hubert Bruns of Alpine County warns there is no way to stop hundreds of homosexuals from settling in the sparsely populated Sierra Nevada county and shaping local governance. The Gay Liberation Front announced plans in Los Angeles to begin homesteading in the county.
Rudolph Altobelli testified at the Tate murder trial that Charles Manson visited the Tate residence about five months before the killings seeking Doris Day's son. Altobelli recalled meeting Manson years earlier at a Hollywood party and said the visit stuck in his mind.
A 22 year old woman in Jakarta pretended to be 18 months pregnant and claimed a reciting fetus. Medical experts at Jakarta central hospital doubt the claim and say she distended stomach muscles to appear pregnant. Doctors find indications she may have given birth recently.
A 3 month old boy reported kidnapped from a Richmond Virginia hospital four days earlier has been recovered unharmed in a Philadelphia apartment. A 20 year old Philadelphia woman Anne Delores Taylor was arrested and charged with kidnapping according to the FBI.
President Nixon stays home while Pat Nixon conducts a day long campaign swing in Florida for Republican candidates.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller has signed an extradition order to return Angel Davis to California to face kidnapping and murder charges.
About 1,800 Palestinian guerrillas crossed from Syria into Jordan near Moghayer with 14 tanks as Jordanian forces report Saika movement. Clashes persist near Ramtha while Arab peace mission probes incidents. Gaza reports an Israeli curfew death of an Arab woman.
Police hunt three suspects described as hippie types after five people were found fatally injured at a Santa Cruz residence. A typewritten note signed by four Tarot fortune card figures warned of further violence if the natural environment is misused.
The Canadian government invoked the War Measures Act to deter a potential pre election terror campaign by Quebec separatists linked to the FLQ after the Laporte murder and Cross kidnapping. Marchand said Cross and Laporte abduction was one reason, with fears of chaos in Montreal and Quebec. Police seized 473 sticks of dynamite. In California, an unrelated note from the Free Universe claimed a war against environmental destruction, signed by a Knight of Wands group.
A twin engine six passenger V8 aircraft carrying Maj. Gen. Edward C. D. Scherrer and Brig. Gen. Claude M. McQuarrie Jr. disappeared near the Turkish Soviet border while en route from Erzurum to Kars. Turkish helicopters and spotter planes scoured the rugged mountains as a Soviet search was considered.
President Nixon meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Washington to gauge Kremlin stance on his era of negotiations approach to East West issues. Gromyko attacks U S charges of Moscow truce violations in the Middle East as Washington pushes a harsher line.
A chart shows the United Fund totals with values spanning from 19,000 down to 1,000 in marked steps. The dataset lists successive figures likely representing campaign progress or pledges across multiple periods.
unidentified gunmen shot Gen Rene Schneider army commander in Santiago. He was taken to a military hospital in serious condition after three bullets pierced him. The defense ministry released the update and said surgery was performed.
The NTSB hearing in Wichita will probe the Colorado Rockies plane crash that killed 13 Wichita State football players and 17 others. Investigators will examine contracts and leases involving Wichita State, Jack Richards Aviation, and Golden Eagle Aviation as part of the inquiry. Co pilot Ronald G. Skipper testified about the incident and related business ties.
Southwest Texas west of the Pecos shows clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday. A slight chance of thundershowers is possible in the north portion Friday afternoon with no significant temperature changes. High Friday around 85, low tonight about 45.
Johannesburg reports say Jennifer Miles a 26 year old South African wearing a blond appearance worked at the South African Embassy Washington from 1969 to 1970 and is sought on spy charges for Cuba. The case links her to Cuban diplomats at the UN and ties to Canadian extremists.
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