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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1976
Page
3
An Associated Press market basket survey shows butter eggs and coffee costs up in July. Retail increases mirrored wholesale trends reflecting overall supply conditions impacting consumers and stores nationwide.
Rescuers shift from saving to recovering as Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado leaves at least 77 dead, 260 injured, and 559 unaccounted. Officials warn toll could reach 200 or more as federal disaster relief begins and evacuation continues from Loveland to surrounding towns.
In Austin, a Brady Municipal Gas Corp official and others testified before Texas Railroad Commissioner John Camp on the practice of passing 100 percent of gas purchase costs to consumers. Critics argued pass-throughs can be manipulated to the detriment of customers, while supporters said cost recovery keeps utilities in business.
Beir ut Lebanon AP An ICRC convoy reached Tal Zaatar to evacuate wounded from the besieged refugee camp. Palestinian spokesman said 91 injured were taken out in three hours, a Red Cross figure cited 47. discrepancies cited. A limited cease fire allowed nine Red Cross trucks and two ambulances to cross Christian lines.
AP reports experts say more than 4,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel have accumulated since 1971 in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. The material, once reprocessed, yields plutonium for bombs and could be diverted or dumped if not controlled. India cites a 200 metric ton stockpile, while Washington resists repurchasing it.
Viking 1 will dig a second handful of Mars soil to test for organic molecules with a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. Scientists debate whether the gas released from a nutrient-fed soil indicates life or a nonliving chemistry, as a special team evaluates the anomaly.
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