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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1970
Page
1
The White House nominates David Dennison a Warren Ohio attorney and ex congressman who aided Nixon's 1968 campaign to join the Federal Trade Commission replacing Phillip Elman whose term ends Friday.
Washington officials note success in some cities but warn a nationwide rodent boom is underway. Robert E. Novick, head of the Bureau of Community Environmental Management, says reports indicate rising rat populations extending from central cities to suburbs.
Manson family attorney Irving Kanarek charges Vincent Bugliosi with threatening a state witness with the death penalty. He claims the prosecutor and others tried to kill the witness with LSD. The affidavit was filed Monday and the judge took the matter under advisement.
Two southern Democratic governors say the party is moving to the political center nationally to avoid a leftward takeover. Gov. Robert W. Scott of North Carolina and Gov. Robert E. McNair of South Carolina credit Lawrence F. O'Brien, party chairman, with steering the national organization to a middle-of-the-road position.
Four of the seven largest banks cut the prime rate to 7 1/2 percent from 8 percent, led by Morgan Guaranty Trust Co of New York. By closing, over 40 banks had followed, lowering rates for top customers.
Airlines and the Civil Aeronautics Board oppose President Nixon’s plan to tax air passengers to cover antihijack guards. CAB Chairman Secor D. Brown told the House Ways and Means Committee that while Nixon acted quickly on hijack problems the government should finance passenger protection.
DETROIT AP Negotiators for the United Auto Workers and General Motors return to the national bargaining table with little hope for a quick settlement of the strike by 344,000 workers now in its second week. The session is the first since contracts with the Big Three expired at midnight Sept 14.
The Senate will again vote on a petition to end debate on the constitutional amendment for direct presidential election. Despite preparations from both parties, leaders see limited chance of advancing the amendment to a full vote. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says a second petition will be filed Friday and go to a vote next Tuesday.
Washington officials scheduled talks with the AFL CIO United Transportation Union UTU and railroad negotiators to end a recurring dispute over eliminating locomotive firemen positions. The threat of a coast to coast rail shutdown remains a concern ahead of a potential Wednesday action.
A long-delayed bill against organized crime and bomb throwers moved forward as a House judiciary subcommittee approved the tougher measure. The Nixon administration backed legislation includes the death penalty for fatal bombings and advances to the full Judiciary Committee under GOP pressure.
Vice President Spiro Agnew told a Louisville luncheon that political Hamlets dominate the Senate and attacked Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson over drug culture remarks. He pressed for a hard line as Rep. William Cowger faced a tough re election bid in a swing district, while prepping for a national political shift and criticizing permissive campus attitudes in a separate televised debate.
Washington AP Congress calls a joint session to hear a report on treatment of American GIs held prisoner in Southeast Asia. Frank Borman, former astronaut and Nixon emissary, outlines efforts to secure POW relief amid a historic tour. Nine former POWs attend. about 80 wives watch as 1,500 Americans are listed as POW or MIA in Vietnam.
Arab heads gather in Cairo as Jordanian and Palestinian guerrillas clash with Syrian and Jordanian tanks in northern Jordan. U S naval forces stand by for possible evacuations while Egypt warns against American intervention and urges a halt to assaults on Palestinian fighters.
Nixon asked Congress to authorize immediate federal intervention for bombings or arson on college campuses and urged hiring 1,000 additional FBI agents. In Georgia, Sgt. Esequiel Torres faced motions to dismiss My Lai massacre charges, but a military judge found no prejudice by officers and denied the motions.
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with widely scattered thundershowers mainly after noon in the east. Cooler on Wednesday with highs 78 to 92 degrees and lows from 55 to 65 at higher elevations or 65 to 75 elsewhere.
Communist troops lobbed two shells at Cambodian forces near Taing Kauk 47 miles north of Phnom Penh as government units about 6000 strong pressed to envelop the enemy at the village. Vietnamese and Viet Cong numbers reach around 2000 in Taing Kauk with the assault stalling the government drive for nine days. Premier Lon Nol visited Taing Kauk area and Kompong Thom as the offensive aimed to reopen the Skoun to Kompong Thom corridor.
U S Treasury Secretary Kennedy told World Bank IMF authorities in Copenhagen that the United States will curb spending and avoid fueling excessive demands. The inflation debate drew criticism from France's Giscard dEstaing and sparked street protests against former secretary McNamara's World Bank leadership, with arrests and damage near Tivoli Gardens.
Coast Guard and Canadian air units search rough Atlantic seas about 500 miles southeast of St Johns for three balloonists two men and a woman aboard the orange airship the free life who vanished after signaling 600 feet and descending They planned a 3000 mile flight to somewhere in France hoping to surpass the 1896 mile record and 1914 German crew failed attempts with a 12 foot gondola and a rubber lift raft on board.
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