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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1975
Page
3
Over a three day Fourth of July weekend, traffic fatalities reached 474 with NSC forecasts of 480 to 580 deaths and 22 000 to 27 000 disabling injuries. The count ran from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday.
An internal Labor Department report finds 16.5 percent of 1,147 federal public service positions sampled were filled in violation of rules. It notes improper hiring and potential misspent funds up to 17.5 million. The audit, led by Frank Yeager, also cites staffers working for private groups in San Diego and Seattle.
IRS officials drafted a confidential report on Operation Sunshine during the July 4 holiday. The House Government Operations subcommittee led by Rep. Rosenthal plans hearings to hear testimony on the project, which investigates organized crime and potential infiltration of legitimate businesses in Miami. The panel may disclose more if made public.
Israeli air and ground forces shelled suspected guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon early today. Beirut reported at least three dead and many injured. Later rockets from Lebanon hit Safad, with no casualties. An obscure Beirut group threatened to kill U.S. Col. Ernest R. Morgan unless aid to the masses was supplied. Israeli cabinet delayed Sinai withdrawal decisions to seek U.S. clarifications on a proposed Egypt accord. Israeli forces said they returned safely from the Rashadiyeh and Tyre raid.
The White House organized Republican mayors to defend urban policies at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, with about 50 GOP leaders forming a caucus and receiving administration policy papers. Falk led the lobbying effort, signaling a more open operation than in the Nixon era, while some Democratic mayors welcomed the approach as election year politics. Separately, an Arab Israeli conflict note followed with Beirut reporting Israeli strikes against Lebanese bases and a hostage case involving Col. Morgan. In Wichita, a mother faces charges after three children were left in a locked car, two dying from heat exposure.
President Ford outlines major highway financing changes to Congress aiming to complete the Interstate system faster while increasing state involvement. The plan would reallocate highway trust funds and reduce funding for local routes, with a revised approach to tax revenues and mass transit funding. Ford’s highway message launches a busy week as he moves toward his 1976 candidacy announcement and a campaign swing through Illinois and Michigan.
The Associated Press tallies 70 violent deaths in Texas as the nation begins its 200th year. Of these, 42 died in traffic crashes, 13 drownings, and six shootings. Major crashes occurred near Garrison, East Texas, and Fort Worth, with three Fort Worth victims named as Michael Edward Freeman aged 18 Linda Colleen Wheat 19 and Ruthie Peister 16.
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