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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1975
Page
3
ANOKA Minn AP Big Mouth a Holstein calf feeder named Arnell Beckman 56 who runs an oil distributorship and gas station bought the calf 13 months ago hoping for profit. The venture failed and the animal died at a local slaughter house ending the businessman's risky scheme.
Beckman fed and raised a calf in his Coon Rapids yard as a protest against high livestock prices. The Holstein grew from 75 to 1040 pounds, then sold for 313.60 dollars after costs of 422 dollars, yielding a 108.40 dollar loss. NFO members debate protest effectiveness and farm profits.
The last of more than 140,000 Vietnamese refugees bound for new homes across the United States will depart from Chaffee Arkansas this Saturday. The center has processed nearly 51,000 refugees since opening last April as South Vietnam fell to Communists, marking the end of a long resettlement program with about $405 million in funding.
President Ford vetoed a 45 billion Labor HEW bill citing a nearly 1 billion over his request and 8 000 new federal jobs. He said the measure would worsen deficits and is unjustified and unwise. House veto sustained. White House warns in memo.
HOUMA Louisiana reports an unusually strong oyster season in 1975 with abundant harvests though 84 square miles of Terrebonne Parish beds remain shut due to pollution. Oyster division chief Harry Schafer notes the year is nearly a modern-day record, signaling robust industry despite closures.
In Amsterdam seven South Moluccan gunmen released 25 hostages unharmed ending a 16 day siege at the Indonesian consulate. The calm surrender followed a birthday party for a hostage as Dutch residents cheered under fluttering flags.
Ike, nine, and Eldon, twelve, are returning from Echo Glen Children's Home in Fall City Washington where Ike faced trespassing shoplifting and theft charges while Eldon ran away and was an incorrigible truant. They shared a cottage fought bullies and comforted each other. They will reunite with a mother in Spokane for a Christmas dinner and gifts before separate lives ahead. They vow to stay out of trouble to return home.
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