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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1978
Page
2
Gov. Dolph Briscoe calls a special March 4 election to replace Rep. Ruben Torres who resigns to head the Governor’s Office of Migrant Affairs. Filing deadline is Feb. 1. Torres resigns effective Jan. 31 after two terms in the Texas House.
Washington AP reports new HEW rules on government funding for abortions, seen by opponents as lax and effectively endorsing abortion on demand. Critics led by National Right to Life oppose the 60 day reporting window for rape or incest cases, while supporters call the rules fair and humane.
Senate leaders say floor debate on the Carter-Torrijos Panama Canal treaty could begin within two weeks and last a month or more. The Foreign Relations Committee approved it 12-1 with key changes and amendments to be considered on the Senate floor.
Weather disaster rolls across the region with tornadoes in Virginia and North Carolina. At least 43 killed as storms dump snow and rain, cut power to 160000 homes, and flood rivers from West Virginia to New England. Federal aid mobilized. Ohio declares emergency.
Judge William Williams ruled Treatise Wheeler Ill, 19, competent to stand trial for the hit and run deaths of two Louisiana women outside Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion. A UT psychologist testified Wheeler understood the second degree murder charge and could assist counsel. Wheeler faces charges in the Aug. 18 incident that killed Alice Hovarter and Juanita Joanne Johnson.
The Texas Railroad Commission says a 1977 federal law jeopardizes the production of more than eight billion tons of coal in Texas or 70 to 80 percent of near-surface lignite reserves. It asks Attorney General Hill to seek to block the surface mining act’s prime farmland provision, calling it an invasion of state sovereignty. The commission notes over 800,000 acres designated prime farmland may not meet that status and urges action by Tuesday.
Canadian and U S experts press a ground search near Baker Lake for debris from a downed Soviet Cosmos satellite. Radiation from a uranium power pack prompts fears of an extremely dangerous hotspot while international oversight and safety measures are debated.
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