13 Aug 1975
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1975
Page
1
Secretary William E. Simon urged self help and warned against rising government spending at a Junior Achievement talk in Bloomington. He cited food stamp costs rising from a $14 million experiment to $6.6 billion this year, calling it a haven for cheaters and a threat to free enterprise.
The Federal Energy Administration promotes an ant as energy symbol likened to Smokey the Bear. The Atlanta Journal questions the choice, comparing it to the fable of the ant and the grasshopper and suggesting a stronger animal might better convey energy vigor.
This week’s note highlights an unmanned Viking lander departing last night and slated to reach Mars by July 4. In Matador, rainfall data show July moisture at 6.04 inches, the second heaviest in 15 years and the wettest July since 1960. Weather figures come from local apothecary Bob Stanley, the region’s semi pro meteorologist.
Senator Lloyd Bentsen, a presidential candidate, spoke at an airport press conference in Amarillo. He dismissed claims he must be liberal to win and pledged a tough campaign to cut welfare rolls, boost payrolls, and address the crime problem. He defended the Texas presidential primary bill as a standard measure in line with 20 others, featuring a winner take all clause.
ASARCO reports its 150 million refinery near Amarillo is more than 75 percent finished. Bechtel is general contractor. The 180 acre site will produce copper and by products while employing about 700 workers, with 1,600 construction jobs created to date. The plant aims to be a model for safety and environmental standards.
U S Senator Lloyd Bentsen told newsmen that only the certainty of punishment can curb rising crime. He criticized lenient probation and parole and cited that burglars face a 1 in 412 chance of serving time. He backs a bill for mandatory sentences for repeat offenders with increasing severity and a one year minimum for felons arrested for firearm possession.
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe said fighting new taxes is the top priority for the 1977 legislative session. He stressed the need to finance the state without new taxes, while noting the public opposes tax increases. Briscoe dodged questions about a 1978 bid for a third term and discussed selecting three new state utilities commissioners, aiming to announce them before September.
Texas Wheat Producers Association echoes plans to halt wheat sales in solidarity with an embargo. Bill Nelson says Colorado and Oklahoma may join, pending Secretary Earl Butz lifting the embargo. Butz signals a move to bar foreign wheat sales until after September crop reports. Leo Witkoweí, TXWPA president, issues a statement as New Mexico Farmers Union leader criticizes the Ford Administration.
Paul Hudson charged Monday that the Department of Agriculture uses a secret control system to depress grain prices for U.S. farmers. He cited a moratorium on exports and a Soviet sales limit of about 250 million bushels of wheat and 315 million of corn, highlighting a conflict with free market aims.
A planeload of foreigners fled Saigon beginning an exodus of Westerners from South Vietnam. About 10 nationalities aboard the Caravelle to Bangkok included French families and three Americans. UN flights have ferried out limited numbers, with plans to expand routes to Manila, Hong Kong, and Vientiane.
In two northern towns civilians opposed to Premier Vasco Goncalves attacked leftist party headquarters. Moderate military leaders called for his dismissal as crowds burned the Portuguese Democratic Movement offices in Vila Verde and damaged the Popular Democratic Union in Prior Velho near Lisbon. Rabin proposed a Israel Jordan confederation to address the Palestinian issue in Vienna.
Rhodesia's white rulers and black nationalists plan talks in a luxury railway coach on a Victoria Falls bridge, an encounter seen as moving toward black majority rule. In Boston, rock-throwing youths attacked motorists in Roxbury injuring several and damaging many cars. In Bangkok, two American officials photographing occupied compounds near Vientiane were fired upon by Pathet Lao guards but freed after embassy assistance.
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