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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1977
Page
3
Claudine Longet and ex husband Andy Williams faced a jail term after she was sentenced to a month in jail for killing her lover. She also must pay 25 dollars for a probation report although she could have faced two years and a five thousand dollar fine.
Government experts showed private companies could access confidential data in a Baltimore based system that holds Social Security, Medicare, and welfare records. The gaps have been patched and no evidence exists of exploitation by private entities.
Rep. Andrew Baker proposes full state funding of the Foundation School Program to aid farmers and ranchers. The Texas Farmers Union backs total state financing, potentially raising taxes, while Gov. Briscoe favors a 90 percent state share with local funding. TFU cites a $900 million cost and a budget surplus to cover expansion.
The Federal Power Commission warned two years earlier of mounting gas shortages and urged mandatory conservation and allocation plans. It warned wide plant shutdowns and unemployment, noting intrastate gas sales bypass price controls and threatening residential service in some areas. Carter asked Congress for interstate allocation authority but no cross state plan exists.
A million-dollar federal grant funds a 33 member task force to battle narcotics and marijuana rings from Del Rio to Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley. Captain Walter C. McFarland heads the unit as it also targets auto theft and gun running while coping with heavy media coverage.
At a Florida meeting industry leaders warn that byssinosis or brown lung from cotton dust could cost millions or shut down ginning and textile mills. Rep Bowen urges expanded research while Dr Wakelyn proposes federal exposure standards, cautioning against a single industry wide rule and noting high equipment and energy costs.
The Conference Board reports the average American age sits at 28 and could reach about 35 in roughly 30 years if zero population growth persists. The assessment highlights long term demographic shifts and aging trends.
Federal hearing officer Nahum Litt recommended approving a 4000 mile Arctic Gas pipeline from northern Alaska across Canada to U S markets. He found the Arctic Gas Study Group plan superior to El Paso Alaska Co and Alcan Pipeline Co options, with expansion potential and access to Prudhoe Bay and MacKenzie Delta reserves. The proposal would run from Alaska through Canada to the western United States then south to Washington Oregon and California before looping through North Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Illinois. Charles Wagner, 93, pursues courses at Ohio State Mansfield aging access program providing free classes for seniors.
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