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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1975
Page
3
The Associated Press reports Pathet Lao moves to end the Laotian monarchy and dismiss Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma after 13 years in office. King Savang Vathana may abdicate amid plans to mobilize royal families into rural labor. the shakeup follows broader upheaval across Laos.
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz warned that food can be a powerful diplomatic tool as he detailed his overseas trip to Iran Israel Yugoslavia Romania Hungary and Poland. He urged expanding U S agricultural exports and private investment to aid developing countries while noting falling food prices from exports.
Former President Nixon ordered secret wiretap files moved from the Justice Department to the White House to avoid blackmail by J Edgar Hoover Ehrlichman testifies in a deposition filed with a suit over the legality of the taps The files were moved in 1971 and later found in a White House safe Ehrlichman says Kissinger chose Morton Halperin for taps due to distrust and policy disagreements
The biggest air attack of the year struck Lebanon’s northern area near Tripoli and Nabatiya with 30 Israeli planes in mid morning raids. At least eight killed and many wounded as camps, guerrilla bases, and a missile armory were destroyed. Syrian-backed Saiqa guerrillas engaged with SAM7 missiles but caused no hits.
Dr. Raul Mascarenas, placed on 10 years probation for letting a Chinese acupuncturist treat patients, urged Texas lawmakers to legalize acupuncture by non physicians. He cited a policy that equates acupuncture with medicine and said a bill to overturn it is being drafted.
Dallas AP reports Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz warned the nation cannot risk progress against brucellosis if Texas does not comply with federal disease controls. Texas cattlemen oppose federal standards, saying state rules suffice, while USDA contemplates quarantine measures and a hard choice if Texas persists. Butz urged a joint solution with Texas and likened the standoff to nerve games between New York City and President Ford.
President Ford proposes a 2.3 billion federal aid package to New York City to avert default. House leaders move to substitute the Ford plan for the existing bill, enabling floor action without committee review. Mayor Beame to meet leaders as Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess to consider the plan. The proposal sets three annual loans with interest up to 1 percent above federal borrowing costs and requires NYC to tighten its fiscal controls. Javits and Tower introduced the plan in the Senate, with Javits calling it the minimum to ensure fiscal survival.
Tourists currently use a winding ranch road across Mrs. Fletcher Pratt’s cattle ranch to reach Guadalupe Park opened 1972. The House voted to authorize a land swap with Pratt to allow easier entry, with the Senate having passed a similar bill. No extra money required.
Honolulu AP reports the American Medical Association votes on strikes for economic gain and malpractice and national health insurance amid debate between younger proponents and older opponents. Dr. Max H. Parrott says the AMA may face collective bargaining in the future and denies the right to die is an AMA issue, favoring case by case death determinations with family input.
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