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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1975
Page
3
A group of environmentalists filed a federal lawsuit in Washington seeking to block the Navy from building a 500 million Trident submarine base near Puget Sound. The plan includes stationing 10 subs with 24 nuclear missiles each, to patrol the Pacific.
Thousands of displaced Vietnamese refugees endure sweltering tents in Guam’s Tent City as hunger and dehydration strain rows of fresh arrivals. Families, including a 7 month old, wait for processing and news of their future life abroad amid long water and meal lines and sweltering sun.
Congress moves to approve a $327 million humanitarian aid package for South Vietnam and grants Ford limited power to evacuate Americans and some Vietnamese. Senate approved 46 to 17. House expected to give final approval Tuesday. Discussions also touch on Cambodia aid and U.S. evacuation limits while aiming to avoid broader troop use.
The government index of leading indicators fell five tenths of one percent in March, reversing February gains and signaling ongoing deterioration with no clear recovery in sight. Downward forces included shorter workweeks, weaker durable goods orders, fewer building permits, and reduced consumer borrowing, offset by modest upswings from fewer unemployment claims and stronger factory spending.
A White House study says wheat and corn prices would keep falling through 1977, triggering billions in subsidies under the one year farm bill Ford is prepared to veto. The analysis projects wheat payments at over 1.1 billion in 1976 and about 1.4 billion in 1977, with corn subsidies totaling 2.9 to 3.3 billion.
On Mt. St. Helens avalanche kills three climbers, with four listed as missing or dead and 24 Puget Sound climbers returning safely. Names from Tacoma Eatonville Denver appear among the missing. Weather hampered search as two bodies lay near Forsythe Glacier.
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