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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1975
Page
3
More than 500 coal haulage trucks and about 2,000 miners and operators protested Congress strip-mining legislation outside the White House and Capitol, saying it would cripple the industry and cost jobs.
Cambodian leaders warn that U.S. military aid delays threaten Southeast Asia, arguing abandoning Cambodia could drive the region toward communism. Planners insist Americans remain allies while frontline soldiers and civilians fear rifle and rice shortages as Washington hesitates. Among major groups only students call for action.
Texas lawmakers hear a NBC film alleging Hare Krishna children are kept from parents up to 18 months while the church claims its facility is educational. Rep Schieffer pushes Child Care Licensing Act of 1975 to bring 240 facilities under welfare and TEA rules amid church resistance to accreditation.
U S customs investigator says at least six companies in the United States and Mexico including Mexico's state grain agency may be involved as a grand jury investigates a fertilizer smuggling ring. About 4,000 tons of chemical fertilizer imported by the Mexican government were moved back into the United States after being loaded in Mexico and later returned with half loads. The operation centered on shipments to Brownsville opposite Matamoros.
U S Senator James Buckley of New York told the American Association of Petroleum Geologists that anti business bias and a regulatory mentality threaten a state controlled economy. He warned that bills now before Congress could harm oil and other industries. In Dallas, petroleum executives urged more government understanding to ensure energy self sufficiency.
Dr J Thomas Ungerlieder, UCLA psychiatry professor, told the Senate Jurisprudence Committee that marijuana use is a symbolic moral issue and should not lead to jail. He urged a bill decriminalizing possession up to two ounces with a $200 fine, noting alcohol abuse is a bigger problem.
Dallas AP report says the claimed woman who boasted of a car that could transform the industry may be a man. Police allege Elizabeth Carmichael is Jerry Dean Michael, a fugitive, while FBI fingerprints do not match.
Fort Worth businessman Cliff Overcash defeated three rivals to win the mayoral post. Unofficial totals show Overcash with 15 562 votes, ahead of J C Pace Jr 13 040, with Gordon J McKenna and Robert Haas at 1 258 and 489. Overcash succeeds R M Stovall. runoff needed for two council seats.
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