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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1978
Page
3
President Carter presses Congress to grant Eddie Slovik’s widow the $70000 claimed from the Army as the late desertion case, including backing to pay the $10000 National Service Life Insurance policy with 30 years of interest. The Army previously upheld the execution as legal.
A savage Northeast blizzard locked the region, blacking out Boston areas, flooding coasts, and forcing shelter in hotels, hospitals, and schools. A state of emergency spurred road and school closures while the National Guard was mobilized. Across the Midwest and East Coast further snows disrupted travel, with 16.5 inches in New York City and 18 inches in New England predicted. deaths and blackouts followed as airports closed and power failed for thousands.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat seeks congressional approval for American weapons as Carter nears a decision. He argues peace depends on Israel concessions and calls for a Palestinian state. Sadat meets House and Senate members while Javits urges delay, noting Congress has 30 days to veto once notified.
President Carter plans a national aid program for middle income college students to be unveiled on Wednesday. Congressional leaders, who spoke after a White House breakfast, declined to share details, saying they would be released by Carter. The administration also proposed 700 million in contingency funds for a tuition tax credit as an alternative to congressional demands.
Agriculture Secretary Bergland advances an early entry into the grain reserve program by allowing farmers to place 1977 wheat oats and barley directly into the reserve starting March 1 without nine month loan maturation. Corn and sorghum entry to follow.
In Addis Ababa the Military Provisional Council says Ethiopian troops rout Somali rebels across the Ogaden desert and that a major counteroffensive to reclaim the eastern region has not begun. Capt. Fikre Selassie Wogderess warns that invading Somalis will face punishment if they surrender to Ethiopian forces. Rebels admit some retreats near Harar, while Jama Ali from Madawein says Somalis will resist to the end.
The Sales Committee of the Reeves County Junior Livestock Show and Sale thanks a long list of contributors for support. Named supporters include A&C Pump Acid Delinters, Ag-Chem, C.R. Anthony Co., Armstrong Ranch, Balmorhea Drug, Big T Family Restaurant, Brownlee Hardware, Halliburton Monahans, Pecos Auto Trim and Glass, Reeves County Sheriff Posse, Safeway Stores, J.C. Penney, Texas Electric Service, Trans Pecos Dairy, Valley Grain and Supply, West Texas Co op Oil Mill, and many others. Their generosity underwrites the event and related activities.
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