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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1977
Page
3
Reports from Tripoli, Bermuda, Cyprus, Pretoria, and Washington cover Arab rejectionism against Egypt, the JFK assassination files, Bermuda’s first post war hangings, a Mecca pilgrimage plane crash near Benghazi, the Steve Biko inquest verdict, Bell Telephone death benefits case, US Senate price policy on palm oil, state agency hiring orders, wool subsidies, and Nixon letter auction records.
Gusts to fifty miles per hour whip Guadalupe Pass as travel advisory remains in effect. Washington sees heavy rain and mudslides with several evacuations near Sultan. Interstate 90 and passes near Snoqualmie are closed due to slides. In Albany California the unsolved 1963 Berkeley coed murder case resurfaces as Joseph Otto Egenberger surrenders and faces murder charges.
Congressmen press for a U S trade embargo on Idi Amin's Uganda arguing human rights abuses justify curbs. The Carter administration resists, citing free trade policy. U S firms remain Uganda's largest export source, with 1975 76 coffee shipments totaling 175 million dollars.
Lo-Vaca Gathering Co faces a $100 million lawsuit by Good Hope Refineries of Springfield alleging the Texas Railroad Commission lacks authority to regulate gas production. The suit seeks to set aside RR C orders on unnecessary production and to block new gas contracts unless Good Hope’s output is taken.
U S Education Commissioner Ernest L. Boyer urged educators and officials to abandon jargon in favor of clear writing and speech. He criticized endless acronyms and convoluted phrasing, saying education should focus on teaching children to read and write plainly.
The FDA proposes mandatory warning labels on predigested liquid protein products as 31 deaths are reviewed for links to the diet. Ten definite fatalities occurred in women under 45 with heart attacks after weeks of liquid protein only, while officials consider a possible ban. Senator Percy urges removal from the market.
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