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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1973
Page
3
A Senate health panel heard that children endured asthma attacks tests, men were paid to take LSD, and experimental pregnancies occurred with few protections for subjects. The broad scope suggested widespread, unregulated testing lacking subject rights safeguards.
The House approved a disaster-relief measure 269 to 95 to restart emergency farm loans for farmers hit by bad weather. The bill, seen as strong enough to override a veto, follows Nixon admin suspension and faces Senate consideration.
The Nixon administration proposes major cuts to veteran programs including a $811 million reduction in VA hospital construction and a $5.8 million cut in medical research funding. Critics fear consolidating 57 regional offices into 10. The plan also counts wives’ income to adjust pensions, risking benefits for many veterans.
Four people died on a country road near Austin after a liquid petroleum pipeline explosion engulfed vehicles. Infant Jason Grant among the dead. three others severely burned, with Michael Grant and Kathy Grant among the injured. Investigators cited a leak at the Phillips Petroleum pumping plant about 10 miles southeast of Austin. several may have been missing but no additional bodies found after search.
Experts identify a SMU Harrison Bible Collection Torah as the Kaifeng Jewish community’s last scroll from 1163. Dallas printer Michael Pollock led the trace linking to six Kaifeng Torahs, with five elsewhere and this one at SMU. Security and provenance remain under study as researchers expect further findings in six weeks.
The downtown parade kicked off the event with 6,000 riders from 12 trail rides arriving Thursday night after cold wet camping in Memorial Park. The open class yielded the grand champion Brangus bull from Willow Springs Ranch Burton and the grand champion Brangus female from Rocky Creek Farm Round Top with Brown Swiss champions shown by Prices Valley Gold Dairies Albuquerque New Mexico.
Mitchell Energy and Development Co president George P. Mitchell says FPC approval to raise Boonsville Field gas price from 19 to 30.25 cents per thousand cubic feet will fund exploration and drilling in North Texas. The move affects about 130 million cubic feet daily sold to markets including Chicago, with an estimated 2.3 million dollars yearly cash flow to be reinvested in new reserves. Garland and Dallas area towns face rising gas costs as Lone Star Gas Co president W. C. McCord warns substantial rate hikes over several years to maintain supply amid the energy crisis.
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