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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1973
Page
3
Kissinger and Sadat agree the Geneva conference will first pursue a separation of Israeli and Egyptian forces along the Suez Canal front. First session likely ceremonial, disengagement to be tackled after the Israeli vote on December 31.
New York AP reports thousands more workers join unemployment as energy shortages drive job cuts. Eastern Pan American reduce staff while Allegheny trims 30 percent of flight schedules. Auto sector adds about 6,000 layoffs from 750,000 workers affected nationwide totals 177,000. Gasoline shortages prompt REACT volunteers to guide motorists to open stations as Nixon urges Sunday shutdowns.
Gallup poll from Nov 30 to Dec 3 finds 31 percent approve of Nixon’s performance up from 27 percent a month earlier while a majority still disapproves. Senate moves to cut military petroleum shipments to Southeast Asia and trims 467 million from Indochina aid. Pentagon says North Vietnam and Viet Cong are stronger than in years, with intelligence estimating enough arms to support 200,000 soldiers for a year.
London reports an energy crunch prompting Barber to unveil tighter controls and higher taxes. Heath warns of a harsher Christmas with a possible 10 million unemployed, as factories shift to 3 day weeks and power limits spread across days.
Longview Texas AP story follows Carol Wyatt Harold Kilgo and Wyatt family joining a national truckers protest against high fuel costs and low rates. They block a Longview truck stop with a loaded rig, stressing that quitting now would embolden brokers.
Washington AP reports hearings will begin next month on a bill to overhaul the commodity exchange law for the first time in over 50 years. Introduced by Rep. W R Poage the measure would create a five member Commodity Futures Trading Commission with broad regulatory power, replacing the Agriculture Department’s self governing Exchange Authority. The panel favors independence through budget and staff but keeps the agency under the Agriculture Department.
In 1825 the first pipeline in America was constructed from hollow logs to supply natural as to homes in Fredonia New York. By 1865 a five mile line carried oil from wells near Titusville Pennsylvania to a railway, marking early pipeline expansion.
In Sterling City Texas Bert Dennis and other ranchers complain coyotes are wiping out sheep goats and calves after bans on poisons and tools like the M44. They cite deer declines in Van Horn area and losses across Upton County Coleman County and Martin County. TSCRA members report predator problems costing over a million dollars yearly while officials debate humane methods and federal tool restrictions.
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