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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1971
Page
3
July and August saw a sharp rise in the U S coal mining death rate after a 25 year safety record in the first five months. Interior Department officials reportedly barred spokesmen from publicizing July August figures as the rate nearly doubled from May June.
Edmund Dinis who urged an inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne death has filed papers to run for New Bedford City Council at large. The 46 year old former district attorney, defeated in 1970 seeks a council seat after withdrawing from mayoral race. Kopechne died in 1969 when Kennedy's car left a Chappaquiddick Bridge.
Negotiators from the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association meet in closed doors in San Francisco as 15 000 longshoremen and 120 employers seek a near end to a 69 day strike. No progress details released and both sides refuse comment. Observers note continued talks through Labor Day suggest possible near agreement.
Michigan officials report scattered incidents on the first day of court ordered busing to desegregate Pontiac schools. Nine white women were arrested for blocking buses and 19 white students were assaulted near Pontiac Central High School, with three hospitalized.
In Belfast, Catholic opposition leaders rejected a peace feeler and a Protestant politician warned of all-out civil war as Britain sent Gen. Sir Michael Carver to assess Ulster. Bombs wounded five. a British soldier was shot in Newry amid ongoing IRA violence and stalled talks between Heath Lynch.
In Vietnam, U S troops conduct two offensive operations in the north while claims of defense persist. The 196th Brigade from Da Nang reoccupies firebases south of Da Nang, and the Americal Division armored cavalry suffers casualties. The 101st Airborne reoccupies firebases near the Khe Sanh area to free South Vietnamese troops for operations near the Caotian border. Col Phillip H Stevens defends the local posture as active defense rather than long-range offensives.
In McPherson Georgia the My Lai case resumes after an 11 day recess. The government is nearing the end of its presentation in Capt Ernest L Medina court martial. One prosecution witness has testified Medina command group was at the hamlet scene during multiple shootings on March 16 1968.
About 150000 spectators lined the Atlantic City boardwalk for the Miss America pageant parade as 50 contestants prepare three nights of competition in swimsuit, evening gown and talent. Phyllis George of Texas is the current Miss America.
Police in riot gear sealed a 10 block area as bands of about 100 youths, mostly Black, roamed Lansing streets for the second night. They hurled rocks and smashed windows amid bottles and bricks, with armed guards around the Capitol and a shotgun guard outside police headquarters.
The United States plans a high level visit to Moscow by Undersecretary of the Navy John W. Warner to begin talks on stopping naval incidents and limits on national waters. The mission marks a notable shift toward diplomatic engagement in defense matters and may advance arms control discussions with the Soviet Union.
Court ordered desegregation by busing begins in Southern and Midwestern districts amid isolated protests. Mobile, Pontiac, Jackson, Portsmouth and Savannah report attendance variances, with 26,000 bused nationwide and 68,000 pupil Mobile system facing 40 percent Black enrollment. Protests and boycotts accompany first-day operations. officials promise adjustments.
President Nixon plans a live address to a reconvened Congress urging approval of an economic package including a 10 percent business investment tax credit and faster personal tax relief. House Ways and Means hearings opened with Secretary Connally as Democrats weigh revisions benefiting lower-income Americans.
Washington AP Treasury Secretary Connally took the Nixon tax program to Capitol Hill to seek approval unchanged. House Ways and Means Committee hearings align with Congress reconvening as Nixon outlines the plan. Shultz will follow, then Nixon addresses Congress. Debate centers on balancing relief with anti inflation aims amid bipartisan expansion pressure.
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