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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1979
Page
1
An OCR fragment lists a business line with address details in El Paso Texas. The snippet includes "2601 EH" and "Yandell" with a street and city, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee opens hearings on President Carter's Taiwan policy as Chairman Frank Church criticizes the approach as inadequate and ambiguous. Warren Christopher to urge private unofficial ties with Taiwan while opposing military aid strings. Leonard Woodcock expected to testify. Kennedy Cranston push for a formal protection pledge. Rosalynn Carter to testify on mental health funding, marking a first for a first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt.
Postmaster General William F. Bolger says postal finances are sound and no rate increases are planned before spring 1981, barring inflation. He notes salaries drive costs and that a $180 million surplus is expected for the year ending Sept. 30, with mail volume rising. Delivery on Saturdays will continue.
Glenn E. Watts of the Communications Workers of America announced the union’s national executive board endorsed President Carter's wage insurance plan. The plan would refund inflation above seven percent to workers and could include a one time tax credit if inflation exceeds that level. The AFL-CIO opposes, while the United Auto Workers endorsed it. Watts noted some industries may negotiate and that the union would seek contract reopeners if Congress rejects the plan. He spoke in Austin with Texas locals amid legislative meetings.
A light snow event left .05 inch moisture by 8 am. Forecasts call for decreasing clouds and colder tonight across Pecos and surrounding areas. Sunday's high reached 50 with a 32 degree low. In the Panhandle, lows dip to the single digits to 30s, with highs Tuesday in 40s to near 50, while north areas stay fair and south remains partly cloudy.
Fort Worth woman Joy Smith heads a petition drive to persuade District Attorney Tim Curry not to retry Cullen Davis. She vows to spare no expense and would sell her house to stop further prosecution after a mistrial in the Houston murder-for-hire trial.
State Health official Dr. John Board, regional director, investigated nine Hepatitis cases in Pecos to reassure the public. He stressed transmission is via contaminated ingestion, not air, and urged hand washing. He cautioned gamma globulin is not universally safe or preventive and advised medical guidance for injections. Water tests showed no hepatitis traces.
Twenty five mile caravan of Texas farmers led by cotton grower Clifford Hamilton arrives in Washington on a national Agricultural Movement protest over farm policy. The group blocks streets with tractors and vehicles for hours, demanding Congress and the Carter Administration fully implement the farm bill and raise loan limits and supported prices. 100s of farmers join, with police observing.
Rep. Paul Moreno of El Paso says he will oppose House Speaker Billy Clayton’s bid for statewide office in 1982. Moreno claims Clayton’s committee appointments insult Mexican Americans and vows to mobilize opposition when Clayton runs for governor. He also denounces Gov. Clements for backing reviving the Bracero program, calling it legalized slavery due to low wages and poor conditions.
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