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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1975
Page
3
Houston social figure Miss Ima Hogg has died in Westminster Hospital after recuperating from a broken leg suffered near her hotel. Confirmation came from her personal secretary Mrs. Jane Zively. The family noted she spent her final days in England.
A federal judge ordered longshoremen in Western Gulf ports to resume loading U S grain onto ships bound for the Soviet Union and considered a permanent injunction against two West Gulf ILA locals. The temporary order covers Lake Charles to Brownsville, forbidding work stoppages on Soviet destined grain. President Ford supported shipments as in the interest of American consumers and the labor movement.
Washington AP Ford signed pay raise legislation that ties all pay rises to the consumer price index. The law guarantees automatic pension increases for more than 600 federal judges, aligning them with state courts. Retired judges’ pensions will rise as their last post salary increases.
Atty Gen John Hill rules that a House member who knowingly exceeds office expense limits could face jail or fine under penal code section 39.01. The opinion, sent to Rep Pete Laney, says exceeding HSR4 authority constitutes abuse of power. House members may spend 3000 monthly out of session and 4000 during sessions.
Anthony Arvan, a 65 year old furniture salesman, learned Social Security labeled him deceased and his wife for widow’s benefits. He challenged the record, asking to be declared alive as officials investigated a clerical error likely caused by someone hitting the wrong button. The head of the local office expected the mix up to be corrected within a week.
Former President Richard Nixon said he would release his presidential tape recordings as expeditiously as possible once in his possession but would reserve the right for himself and his family to decide which recordings become public. He spoke in a seven hour deposition at a Coast Guard station near his San Clemente home aimed at a lawsuit over government possession of papers.
The Agriculture Department reports ongoing damage to the corn crop in the upper North Central states despite last week's rains. Above normal temperatures dried topsoil moisture, stressing crops as forecasts push toward large wheat and corn yields to counter potential food-price rises. The department cut its yearly corn outlook by 196 million bushels to 5.8 billion, while spring wheat harvest nears one third completion and winter wheat at 91 percent. Global grain reserves remain strained due to droughts elsewhere, with carryover stocks only modestly rising by 3.7 million tons to 103.3 million metric tons.
Elizabeth Clark, 50, named to run San Diego County jail as it moves under a new corrections department. Sheriff John Duffy vows a court fight to resist the takeover. The jail, built for 700, now houses about 1,400 amid a grand jury probe into deputy brutality and narcotics smuggling convictions. Clark aims for humane reforms and more halfway houses to reduce cell confinement. County supervisors created the corrections department, reshaping jail governance as a major shift unfolds.
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