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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1975
Page
3
About 35,000 Dallas voters backed 149.8 million dollars in city improvement bonds while Fort Worth approved a 92 million dollar bond plan, the largest in its history. Dallas also sent a city council race to a December runoff with Juanita Craft advancing in District 6.
Lebanese army troops pushed into Beirut’s seaside hotel strip overnight capturing the Holiday Inn and Phoenicia Intercontinental while fighting for St Georges Hotel. At least 24 killed, 63 wounded. clashes extend to Tripoli and Zahleh as Moslem and Christian militias clash amid claims of government intervention.
Washington AP A new Office of Professional Responsibility will oversee investigations of misconduct by all Justice Department employees including FBI agents. Attorney General Levi says a supervisor will be named within two weeks and the office will review internal FBI DEA INS and U.S. Marshals Service probes while forwarding cases to Levi or the proper official. The agency aims to strengthen standards amid Watergate era probes and past misconduct cases.
Former U S Treasury Secretary John B Connally urged a constitutional amendment to ban federal deficit spending except in war or national emergencies. Speaking at an Associated General Contractors meeting in Boca Raton he said spending limits should be discussed and criticized political responses to economic problems. He indicated a lean toward Ford for the 1976 presidential race but had not decided whom to support.
The World Council of Churches ends its 18 day assembly by urging intensified consultations to ease religious restrictions in the Soviet Union while preserving church autonomy. Leaders including Dr James Laney of Emory and Dr Tracey Jones of New York weigh the balance between action and concord with Soviet churches. The body notes Western Christians can use media to teach faith but Eastern Europe has limited possibilities. The original resolution accusing the Soviet government of restricting religious liberty was toned down amid Russian Orthodox protests over possible isolation from world Christianity.
USDA says record farm milk prices spur a modest rise in production. Tight milk supplies kept prices high through late 1975, with a sharper seasonal downturn expected early 1976. Strong grain crops helped cut food costs and may raise winter grain rations, boosting milk per cow while cow numbers are not set to fall sharply. Milk output for 1975 expected near last year's 115.4 billion pounds.
The saying to pull the wool over one's eyes traces to when gentlemen wore wool wigs. Highwaymen would pull a victim's wig down over the eyes before stealing watch and wallet.
The Interstate Oil Compact Commission votes at its three day meeting on a policy statement condemning the Energy Conservation and Policy Act now in House committee. The 36 state IOCC warns the bill would cut domestic oil and gas production raise imports raise unemployment and hinder national security. Governor Dolph Briscoe of Texas is elected IOCC chairman with Raymond Sutton and Richard McConnell as officers. Executive Director Dowd reelected. Meetings set for San Francisco San Antonio and Nashville in 1977.
In Oslo Yelena Sakharov accepts the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize for her husband Andrei Sakharov, reading his message of shared honor with all prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. King Olav watches as she receives the prize from Norway’s parliament chairwoman. Sakharov’s separate Nobel address awaits. The ceremony coincides with Stockholm’s anniversary events and a salute to other laureates.
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