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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1976
Page
3
U S consumer prices rose a half percent in July marking the second straight monthly gain. Food costs rose moderately while gasoline and medical care jumped. the annual rate implied around 6.2 percent, keeping inflation largely steady since April.
President Ford names Robert Dole as running mate and vows a debate with Jimmy Carter as he frames the campaign around attacking Carter and the Democratic Congress for big spending, inflation, and reduced freedoms. The pairing aims to fuse conventional vice presidential attack lines with a sharper, more confrontational tone.
Jack Ford the President’s son apologized after he hurled confetti and toilet paper onto Texas delegates pledged to Ronald Reagan during a Republican National Convention gathering. Tom Callison a San Antonio salesman described a weeks long verbal clash with Ford supporters as the incident followed earlier taunts about marijuana and Ford’s admitted past use.
President Ferdinand E Marcos and his wife visited devastated Cotabato City to survey destruction after earthquakes and tidal waves. Officials reported 3,131 dead and 3,117 missing with over 150,000 homeless as relief operations continued across Mindanao and Zamboanga.
NOW holds protests during the Texas State Textbook Committee hearings on proposed public school texts. Nancy Shriber of Austin testified against Random House College Dictionary, citing vulgar words and definitions. A written list cited 97 such words. Patricia Konstam challenged Scholastic World History Program volumes for gender bias, noting women’s underrepresentation in government roles.
At a four day 85 nation summit in Colombo Sri Lanka leaders urged a new economic order shifting wealth and tech transfer to developing countries. They endorsed a planned regional commercial bank and oil embargo threats against France and Israel while condemning Western support for white minority rule and US bases in the Indian Ocean.
Across black townships near Port Elizabeth and in Cape Town, rioting, arson, and looting claim 19 more black lives in three days, lifting the overall death toll since mid June to 252. Police report victims killed by knives, vehicle runovers, and shootings as violence spreads to industrial plants.
Former dairy lobbyist Jake Jacobsen received two years probation for his role in the Nixon era milk scandal. Judge Hart noted Jacobsen’s care for his ailing wife and he was a key witness against Connally who was acquitted. Jacobsen pleaded guilty to bribing then Treasury Secretary John Connally with $10,000.
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