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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1976
Page
10
Washington column argues organized crime costs $1,000 per family annually and grows through large bribes to officials and police. It calls for confiscation of criminal profits, stiff fines, and a broad audit to expose officials and officers taking bribes, focusing on drying up syndicate capital rather than minor arrests.
Census estimates show U S population at 213.1 million, up 4.8 percent since 1970, with the South and West posting the strongest growth. Arizona up 25 percent, Florida 23 percent, New York and Rhode Island shrinking. Northern states grow slowly. South and West lead.
AP Business analysis notes a historic week on Wall Street with the Dow up 52.42 points, NYSE volume at 141.9 million, and the prime rate at 7 percent. December wholesale prices fell four tenths of 1 percent, boosting optimism while warning about inflation and future volatility. The piece cites mass psychology, recovery, and cautious forecasts for 1976, and ends with a historical aside on James Madison and Zachary Taylor as second cousins.
Highlights include James Oglethorpe and colonists arriving at Charlestown in 1733 and major events such as the 1813 Chesapeake Bay blockade and 1915 central Italy earthquake. Notable items cover Roosevelt Churchill Casablanca talks in 1943 and a 10 year quarrel ending bus and subway strike in New York. Benjamin Franklin quote and bicentennial note conclude.
At the National Council of Teachers of English convention in San Diego, Robert Hogan argued teachers should correct meaning rather than lecture on double negatives. He cited how students without pencils or jobs reflect broader language use, urging practical support over formal grammar lectures.
Washington report details J Edgar Hoover keeping Kennedy sex life in private archives with conflicting accounts on contents. It traces early Charleston investigations in 1941, late presidential era encounters, and claims of taped conversations and blackmail fears, noting Jacqueline Kennedy’s reactions and the potential political impact.
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