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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1971
Page
12
The piece argues that comparing Vietnam to the Revolution is flawed, noting Americans were redcoats only in rhetoric while the Viet Cong were the Minutemen. It contends Laos Yorktown parallels misstate history, disputes shared colonial frameworks, and rejects likeness to Washington era figures.
The piece argues South Vietnam may favor its own political model over American style democracy. It notes a high turnout for Thieu’s victory and Ky and Minh’s withdrawal. It frames Nixon's Vietnamization as proceeding, with Thieu’s re-election potentially accelerating U.S. troop withdrawal.
Joy Stoley recounts Gay, a frugal traveler from New York, who tries to save on a Toronto Vancouver trip by using youth fares and standby tickets. Airline seat shortages force delays, multiple routings, and a costly scramble that ends with a $10 small refund and a lesson in budgeting.
The World Almanac notes Thomas Peterson-Mundy as the first Negro to vote under the 15th Amendment. He cast a ballot in a Perth Amboy New Jersey special election on March 31, 1870, marking a milestone in voting rights history.
A court ruling holds doctors and other healers liable if they doubt their ability to treat a case and fail to refer to a qualified professional. The decision stresses that medicine is not exact and guarantees of perfect results are unrealistic.
Questions and curiosities from readers cover marriage durations in divorce cases and the best time for a split, name origins from Texas, predictions in yearbooks, and light trivia on baldness and Shakespeare. Barbara Anderson and Eve Whitfield are noted TV figures, with other timely tips and a call for reader submissions to Pass It On.
Crickets popularity rises as five parks in New York host regular games. West Indian immigrants fuel the revival, expanding players from about 200 three years ago to over 1,000 today, with two-thirds from the West Indies.
Governor Preston Smith names Robert D. Bullock as Secretary of State and W. Larry Teaver to the State Board of Insurance. Durwood Manford keeps a six year board term, Mathews moves to a Travis County judgeship, and Flores is named Air National Guard commander. Redistricting cases head to the Supreme Court while a tax study begins and teacher pay rises await federal approval.
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