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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1975
Page
3
Police in Montreal pursue possible ties to an escaped convict Richard Blass in the Gargantua Club massacre that left 13 dead, while seeking connections to a prior October double slaying at the same venue and considering witnesses were targeted.
President Ford pushes tariff on imported oil and opposes mandatory gasoline rationing while Congress moves to hearings on tax relief. House Leaders seek to block the $3 per barrel oil tax as debate on energy policy continues amid broader economic measures and foreign policy concerns. Ford warns of potential oil field control only in a extreme crisis, while seeking more South Vietnam aid and maintaining detente with the Soviet Union.
Dr. Darold Treffert of Oshkosh links rising teen crisis reports to the American Fairy Tale theme that possessions and status define happiness. He cites a tripling of teenage personal crisis cases to about 30 daily and notes many youths, including 11 year olds, face emotional problems.
The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 allows private industry to develop federal geothermal resources through competitive and noncompetitive leasing. Geothermal resources are identified or inferred on about 700 million federal acres in the Western states and Alaska. National Parks and wildlife refuges are excluded from geothermal leasing.
Sen John Tower R Texas introduces bills to remove barriers to social security benefits including survivors and disability, allow a working wife to draw benefits on combined income, and extend full old age benefits to those forced to retire at 60. A construction bill with Sen Paul Fannin would repeal the Davis Bacon Act raising federal project wage costs per GAO estimates.
MARCO ISLAND Fla AP Doctors study sleeping pigs to learn why sudden fatal heart attacks often begin in deep sleep. They wired brain activity and found irregular heartbeats signaling danger during deep sleep. Baylor College of Medicine researchers say the mechanism is unclear but the link to deep sleep is real.
In Moscow and across the Soviet Union, unusually warm weather and scarce snow dampen spirits and fuelling flu fears. Tass notes Moscow averages near freezing, while Leningrad endures its warmest winter in a century. Forecasters warn of a return to Arctic chill in February with temperatures dropping to 15 below zero.
President Ford proposes higher energy prices with a tax cut, projecting a net gain for families earning 15000 dollars or less and a net loss for those above that income. He will order higher import fees on oil starting February 1, rising to three dollars by April 1, with a one cent per gallon rise per dollar of fee.
Washington reports Cuba has offered to swap an alleged CIA agent, Lawrence K. Lunt, imprisoned on espionage charges, for Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican nationalist serving a 50 year term for assault with a deadly weapon tied to the 1954 House shooting incident. Lebron is jailed in Alderson, West Virginia, with others receiving stiffer sentences for attempted murder.
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