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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1976
Page
3
Rhodesian government reports four whites killed in 24 hours by black nationalist guerrillas. One victim was a South African vacationer at Lake Kariba. others were Rhodesian policemen in clashes with insurgents.
Chicago mourns Mayor Richard J Daley after a heart attack. Aldermen discuss succession while Daley lies in state at Nativity of Our Lord Church. Possible acting mayor could be Ald Wilson Frost with names like Bilandic and Vrdolyak floated for future leadership.
President elect Carter names Rep. Bob Bergland a Minnesota farmer and former USDA official to lead the Agriculture Department. Bergland grows spring wheat and grass seed on 600 acres and helps run the family operation, signaling hands on farming influence in a key cabinet role.
A group of 12 Western and Midwestern agriculture leaders meeting in Denver urged President elect Carter to boost incentives for farmers. They highlighted import quotas, loan levels and reserves management, advocating private ownership of reserves and expanded export markets to move U.S. surplus abroad.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigns triggering plans to dissolve the Knesset and call elections likely in late May. Rabin allies clash with Likud hawks over land and peace terms while a caretaker government remains in place. The trigger was a no confidence move related to a Sabbath ceremony and NRP abstention.
Marge Colvin, 55, becomes Tombstone's mayor by a 72 vote margin, defeating the longtime magistrate. Inauguration at 1882 city hall near the OK Corral. Colvin says she ran with no slogan or promises and plans to face a tough town image with resolve.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. begins most new rates today after the Public Utilities Commission ordered changes except information calls. The package includes higher intrastate long distance and equipment charges and reduced local fees totaling 64 million dollars yearly. A 20 cent extra charge for information calls over ten monthly is delayed to January 7 and payphone rates may start today with full rollout by March 1. The company seeks a rehearing on the order, which yields a net increase of 57.8 million versus 928.3 million requested.
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