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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1975
Page
3
The army in Chad ousted President Ngarta Tombalbaye, killing him after a dawn attack on the palace. Official sources report multiple deaths and clashes as troops and police attacked with mortars and artillery.
Congress weighs a 443 million emergency bill to buy 121000 new cars and trucks for federal fleets replacing most existing units by May 1974. Backers call it a food stamp program for automakers, while White House officials warn of economic impact and budget effects. Stanley Roe notes job gains via government orders, with dealers cautious about market effects.
The bankrupt Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad remains a major Texas carrier with a $9.5 million annual payroll and $400,000 in state taxes (1974). It serves 102 communities, operates 958 miles of track with 42 daily trains, and seeks $100 million in federal loans to upgrade routes including Iowa grain runs. Dallas area shippers warn rail loss would raise costs. potential replacement by Fort Worth & Denver line.
Two senators Javits and Jackson say Americans in South Vietnam should be evacuated without fanfare and that President Ford needs congressional authorization before any troop use. They noted Congress will tackle Ford's requests for military and humanitarian aid and questioned legal grounds for deploying troops to evacuate endangered Vietnamese.
A new mural by Allyn Cox completes one of Brumidi’s blank ovals in the Capitol corridor. The painting depicts the 1969 moon landing with astronauts, the lunar module, Earth view, and Cape Kennedy rocket, funded by the Senate Commission of Arts and Antiquities at 3500 dollars.
ABILENE Tex AP American fathers with step children in Vietnam face long delays to secure exit documents. Air Force Sgt Elton Johnson at Dyess Air Force Base has spent a year trying to obtain papers for his two step daughters and a stepson. His wife Huu Thi fears for the children's safety if Saigon falls. Johnson has State Department approval to bring the three to the United States but still must secure visas from South Vietnam. The children Kim Chi Kim Chau and Hoang Tuan have not seen him for two years and birth certificates and other documents are hard to obtain as the war nears Saigon.
In Beirut sporadic street battles between Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese Christian rightists kill 38 and wound 60 as security forces vow action. Banks and shops are shattered. strikes paral yze Tripoli and Sidon. The fighting followed a Maronite church event attended by Phalangist leaders.
Readers share money saving ideas across cooking, shopping and chores. Bulk buying avoids overpackaged items and unused products. plan trips to town to save time and gas. make homemade snacks for nutrition and cost. reuse cooking oil by straining and bottling. sort clothes by drying thickness to reduce drying cycles.
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