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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1975
Page
3
The United States accuses North Vietnam of grave cease fire violations and says Hanoi seeks to impose a military solution in Vietnam. A note warned the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to accept full consequences without elaboration.
President Ford and the Democratic 94th Congress move toward an early tax cut with a national rebate of up to 1000 dollars per taxpayer. Democrats back a roughly 16 billion dollar personal and corporate tax relief, while opposing details and oil tax hikes as insufficient to ease burdens. Republicans back Ford proposals as the White House outlines a 46 billion program to boost the economy and reduce oil dependence.
President Ford plans to nominate William T. Coleman Jr. for transportation secretary raising questions about his Pan American World Airways links. Coleman, a former NAACP Legal Defense Fund leader, would be the second black Cabinet member if confirmed, with FBI background checks pending. He faces scrutiny over his airline board role as the Transportation Department works to aid Pan Am’s solvency.
President Ford proposes an 18.2 billion price hike to curb oil demand. The plan, backed by Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott, faces Democratic criticism and would lift gasoline and fuel oil about five cents per gallon. It also includes incentives and potential import quotas if prices fail to cut consumption.
Jerry Stroda, 36, a Junction City resident with cerebral palsy, died after choking on meat while awaiting brain pacemaker implantation that could restore movement. The community had raised about 6000 dollars to cover surgery and therapy, and the obituary noted his mind remained active despite his wheel chair.
General Dynamics officials project about 3,700 new jobs during development of the F16 jet program at Fort Worth with up to 12,000 peak employment including production. The contract amounts to $417.9 million for 15 engineering planes, with Pratt & Whitney getting $55.5 million for the F100 engine. Production begins January 1979 at 15 per month, with potential expansion if NATO orders rise.
Khmer Rouge gunners shelled a Mekong River refugee convoy from Neak Luong, hitting one boat with 75 mm shells. More than 250 civilians were aboard, with 26 killed and 42 wounded. Government forces say 900 troops were reinforced to Neak Luong as clashes continue in the siege zone.
West Texas publisher James N. Allison Sr. died suddenly at his Midland home. He was publisher of the Midland Reporter-Telegram and the Plainview Daily Herald and had owned the Midland paper since 1940. An apparent heart attack caused his collapse in his bedroom.
Professor Albert Szent Gyorgyi, a Hungarian scientist, won the 1937 Nobel Prize for his work on paprika extracts. He identified bioflavonoids in paprika, compounds later noted for supporting the body's capillary health.
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