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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1971
Page
3
Reports indicate a tense truce following a prison disturbance in New York as authorities pace a cautious easing of tensions. Authorities say negotiations continue with inmates while security steps remain in place and evaluations proceed for lasting stability.
President Nixon told Congress the 90 day wage price freeze will end as scheduled and urged bipartisan support for new policies. Democrats applauded the end but warned of gaps in post freeze plans while Republicans backed a broader approach to aid the economy.
In Washington a single vote upset on a state rights amendment pushes sponsors of a broad ocean dumping control bill to accept an un awaited rider before the House move. The plan aims to protect waters around shores and the Great Lakes with broader provisions than the Nixon administration. In the Senate two committees seek to revise it. The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee says the bill balances economic and environmental needs. It also defeated efforts for an oil drilling moratorium and for Interior Department control over marine sanctuaries.
The Cost of Living Council cites success in curbing dividend hikes from several firms but chastises Florida Telephone Corp for not cutting its declared increases in line with the Nixon administration wage price freeze. Treasury Secretary Connally called the stand by Ocala based utility disheartening amid national economic strain.
More than 2,200 music lovers and officials filled the Kennedy Center concert hall for the premier performance by the National Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorati. The opening event began about 20 minutes late as the audience rose in ovation. Separately CHICAGO reports political scientist Louis M. Seagull says extending voting rights to ages 18 to 20 could erode party ties due to higher education and growing political awareness.
Nixon called in organized labor leaders for input on wage hikes after the August 15 wage price freeze. Labor officials said retroactive pay for negotiated raises and later hikes remain open questions as unions threaten to walk away from contracts for thousands of workers. Meany and other union presidents attend, with business and agricultural leaders invited to future sessions.
The Agriculture Department, under court orders, discloses thousands of warning letters to meat and poultry processors suspected of federal rule violations. The notices, 3 000 to 4 000 in count, aim to urge voluntary compliance before serious penalties, with public access allowed.
President Nixon shifts to an offensive stance as he pushes a new economic program and a China trip to reshape the 1972 race. Polls show Nixon leading Muskie as McGovern shifts focus to domestic issues and the economy while critics say the plan favors big business and neglects workers.
Pentagon officials expect 20 000 to 25 000 young men to be drafted this year after Congress renews the selective service act. Total 1971 drafting would be under 120 000, with most of the calls in November.
FBI informer linked six Ku Klux Klan members to a plot to derail court ordered school integration in Pontiac Michigan by bombing buses. Robert E Miles 46 of Hot Well Michigan an ex Grand Dragon faces conspiracy charges along with five other Klansmen. They were to be arraigned before U S Magistrate Paul Komives. The plan targets the 9000 pupils in the Pontiac public school system under a 1968 civil rights act and federal court order.
Army planners aim to form a mobile two division corps ready to deploy quickly from the United States in overseas emergencies as Vietnam disengagement continues. The 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg remains the only full division in the U.S. capable of rapid deployment, with other divisions below strength or split between the U.S. and Germany. Options include a corps with the 82nd and possibly the 101st Air Mobile, or the 1st Cavalry Division, combining armored and air cavalry components. The service, shrinking to about 820,000 to 840,000 by mid-1973, faces a mandated 59,000-man cut this year and reconstruction delays for units like the 25th Infantry Division.
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