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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1976
Page
3
An explosion at Finland's Lapua ammunition factory killed at least 37 and injured more than 30, many women workers in the loading plant. The cause is unknown as a government inquiry is named. The plant 230 miles north of Helsinki was destroyed.
Railroad Commissioner Jim Langdon told a Senate subcommittee he has no solutions to rising natural gas prices. He and colleagues urged studies on shifting regulation to the utilities commission or reorganizing the gas division. Senator Schwartz pressed for a special session to cut utility bills and end a 22 year old pass‑through order for La-Vaca Gathering Co.
Patricia Hearst faces a 90 day psychiatric evaluation that could affect her prison term for armed bank robbery. Judge Carter ordered the testing after a brief pretrial hearing on related state charges in Los Angeles and San Diego. The maximum 35 year sentence may be reduced after the reports are submitted.
The oil industry moves to lease drilling rights in the Gulf of Alaska with officials expecting bids around 1 billion dollars from about 70 companies. The Frontier Area could hold up to 10 billion barrels of oil and 430 trillion cubic feet of gas, with nine Alaska auctions planned before 1978.
In Lawton Oklahoma a 3 year old twin, Tina Carpucher, survived after being found with marks while her sister Mary Elizabeth lay dead in an abandoned refrigerator. A 10 year old boy heard screams near the shack where more than 300 children live, raising fear of a repeat crime in the South Lawton area.
In 22 towns and villages, 62,966 Palestinians voted 72.3 percent turnout to elect town council members. Many candidates were anti Israeli and pro PLO, including Atallah Ghashmawi, jailed on suspicion of PLO ties, who sought release to take his seat at Beit Sahur. Mayor Elias Freij’s pro Hussein slate retained Bethlehem.
FCC officials say field offices are flooded with complaints after Betty Ford obtained a temporary Citizens Band license to communicate with the Grand Rapids based caravan during the Wisconsin primary campaign. A new plan will offer 60 day instant licenses to buyers of CB units starting Friday.
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