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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1971
Page
3
Three policemen died and about 120 were injured in clashes with thousands of leftist students opposing a new international airport. Police cited unknown student casualties and 107 arrests for dangerous weapons and obstructing duty as farmers resist selling 33 acres of ancestral land needed for the project.
Bronsa Clark, executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, says Nixon will not find a solution in Peking to Indochina. He reports Chinese view withdrawal of troops and settlement as priority No 1, ahead of UN admission. Clark returned after a three week visit to Red China.
Nepal officials say the Himalayan kingdom will swap 16 12 tons of chili spice and wheat flour with China for 10 000 goats and sheep to be slaughtered in temples on the final day of the 10 day Dussehra festival. The ritual honors the victory of good over evil with the animals symbolizing evil.
A three-foot alligator briefly escaped from the San Diego Zoo reptile pit after a kidnapping attempt by two teenagers. One teen was captured while the other and the reptile fled into thick brush. A woman visitor from Hawaii later spotted the gator near a fence and alerted staff, and the animal was recaptured by Wednesday.
The U S Command says 14 American servicemen were killed in action in Vietnam last week, with 49 wounded, the lowest weekly wounded total in six years. Twelve Americans died from nonhostile causes. South Vietnamese losses rose to 264 killed and 508 wounded, while allied forces killed 1 070 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, a sharp drop from two weeks earlier.
NASA says Mariner 9 will relay daily and seasonal Martian weather and terrain data, vastly expanding information from 1969 flybys. The orbiter, set to reach Mars by November 13, could photograph up to 5 000 pictures daily over at least three months, led by project scientist Robert H. Steinbacher. The two earlier missions produced 227 Mars photos.
In the House today a dispute over two EEOC bills pits civil rights groups against each other. One Hawkins bill would empower the EEOC to issue orders to stop discrimination, while the Erlenborn bill would require court enforcement of EEOC orders. Both proposals exceed the agency’s current voluntary compliance powers.
Two renowned pathologists began reviewing the Attica prison fatalities as authorities seek clarity on whether hostages died from gunfire or throat slitting. Forty-two people died in the uprising as government forces stormed the facility. reports of gunshot deaths and earlier misstatements prompted the investigation.
Nixon prepares to back a Senate tabling motion on the draft-extension bill as Stennis Mansfield and Allot push for extra funding. Britain proposes monetary compromise at the Group of Ten meeting to ease the international crisis.
Washington AP reports less than one-fifth of the Army's true volunteers scored high on intelligence aptitude tests. Army officials plan to emphasize selective enlistment while acknowledging it will require more than pay raises to attract capable personnel for today’s technical gear.
American peace activists bring back tapes from Hanoi claiming four POWs speak against the war and urge support for a seven point peace plan. Speakers include Maj Floyd Harold Kushner and Sgt John Arthur Young, with calls to pressure government and Congress.
The Supreme Court opens a new term with two elderly justices in hospital. Hugo L. Black, 85, faces an inflammatory vascular condition, and John M. Harlan, 72, reports backache. Both have been away weeks, with limited official updates.
U S officials say President Nixon may modify opposition to the Viet Cong-North Vietnamese demand for a 1971 withdrawal deadline to secure POW releases. Talks stall on prisoner issues as Washington expects a November move to boost troop withdrawals and press Hanoi for a positive response. Currently about 215000 troops in Vietnam, with 184000 slated by December 1, and a possible zero by early 1973 at 15000 monthly pace.
Washington AP reports House Civil Service Committee planned the first congressional vote on Nixon’s emergency economic move. A veto resolution to block the $1.3 billion federal pay raise deferral faced likely approval if a quorum formed, as AFL-CIO chief Meany condemned the plan and urged members to act.
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