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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1975
Page
3
Texas Railroad Commission sets March oil allowable statewide at 100 percent. Chairman Ramsey notes continued imports with 4,023,000 barrels imported in the week to Feb. 7, and March nominations totaling 4,055,124 barrels daily, down 8,946 from February.
Southwestern Bell seeks immediate appeal of a temporary injunction blocking its 45 million intrastate long distance rate increase in Texas. Judge Tom Blackwell questioned the plan noting unexamined facts and asserting the state’s rates are unregulated locally. Bell argues need for funds and urges expedited handling with possible refund if losers.
South Vietnam and Cambodia trip by about 20 U.S. lawmakers was tentatively postponed as Congress prepared to vote on Ford's veto of a 90 day suspension of his oil tariff program. Attacks in the Saigon region and Mekong Delta left eight soldiers and eight civilians wounded, with 44 others hurt and one Viet Cong killed.
Texas Department of Corrections director W J Estelle told a House committee that community based prisoner treatment programs could cut the prison population by up to 40 percent with halfway houses and locally run programs. He emphasized community safety as the overriding concern and noted dissatisfaction with medical care in the state system while contrasting Texas rates of return to prison with other states. He also said the three person state parole board faces an impossible task handling more than 17 000 inmates.
Farah Manufacturing Co. plans to close its two San Antonio plants for an indefinite period after a quarter ending Jan. 31 that showed a 4.9 million loss. About 1,200 workers to be laid off with efforts to help them find alternate employment, while El Paso plants remain open. Overall workforce cuts total 2,700 since Nov. 1, 1974. Sales rose 25 percent despite the loss.
Herbert Gibboney, living on a $210 Social Security check, offered to sell his eye for $35,000 to pay for a bone transplant for his wife who has extensive abdominal cancer. Doctors at Pioneer Community Hospital provide free services as the couple receives widespread public support.
Miami Beach AP report says union chiefs foresee moderated wage demands this year and possible moves toward a 35 hour work week as unemployment rises. Some locals already cut hours to spread work, with garment locals in 30 hour weeks. Meany notes recession may ease wage pushes but actual pay cuts unlikely.
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