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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1974
Page
3
Prime Minister Ian Smith returns to Salisbury after talks in Lusaka with nationalist representatives and leaders from Zambia Tanzania and Botswana fueling expectations of progress toward a Rhodesia settlement.
Massive layoffs across autos and other sectors pushed November unemployment to about 6.3 percent, the highest in 13 years. The Labor Department data, based on mid month figures, show 5.5 million unemployed in October and signal further December rises amid auto sales slump and coal strike.
Houston officials say Southwestern Bell owes the city 1.9 million in additional taxes after discovering the company used separate figures for rate setting and ad valorem taxes. City assessor G B Webb cites a 218 million valuation increase as the outcome of the discrepancy. Webb notes distinct tax and rate departments caused the differing valuations.
President Ford's four months in office have seen more vetoes overridden by Congress than many predecessors. With 15 vetoes, seven unchallenged, four sustained, and four overridden, GOP members voice concern over frequent vetoes. Rhodes and Baker urge restraint while Nessen says cooperation with a Democratic Congress will continue. The latest overridden bill boosts veterans education benefits 22.7 percent, passed 394-10 in the House and 90-1 in the Senate.
Hundreds of coal miners are returning to work today under a national agreement reached in Charleston West Virginia. The action ends a prolonged shutdown and restores production after disputes between unions and operators.
President Ford and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt held a third and final meeting to address the large petrodollar inflows from oil nations, aiming to curb inflation and recession risks while ensuring aid reaches needy economies. Schmidt plans to speak at the National Press Club before leaving. Meanwhile US coal miners resume as 120,000 union members face a new contract.
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