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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1976
Page
3
The Senate Appropriations Committee, by one vote, approved delaying funding for the B1 bomber until February 1 to give the next president a chance to decide whether to proceed. The move reflects ongoing opposition to the aircraft and ties defense spending to the upcoming election.
The Texas Railroad Commission schedules a Wednesday meeting with Coastal states Gas Corp and Lo-Vaca Gathering Co customers to consider a proposal settling more than 1.4 billion dollars in lawsuits linked to Lo-Vaca. Major customers include Austin San Antonio Corpus Christi Brownsville and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
Irish police report 13 suspected IRA members detained in the largest manhunt in Irish history. The arrests follow the bombing that killed British Ambassador Christopher Ewart-Biggs near his Dublin home. British diplomat Brian Cubbon and Judith Cooke were injured, and Irish chauffeur Brian ODriscoll was wounded. In Londonderry, Rory OBrady and Sean Keenan were handed over after British army custody.
In Dublin suburb police arrested David O Connell and Joe O Neill hours after the ambush that killed ambassador Cubbon. Police blame the IRA Provisional wing or a splinter group. a $36000 reward was posted. Investigators hunt three assailants seen fleeing.
The first Martian weather report shows 122 degrees below zero temperatures and a pink sky due to dust scattering. Seismometer issues threaten Marsquake data. Viking 1 weather recorded 122 to 22 below, winds up to 15 mph. plans shift to a northerly Viking 2 site for higher life-hunt potential.
Coffee prices rose about 40 percent over the past year due to frost in Brazil, Angola's war and a Guatemala earthquake. Shoppers still buy coffee, with many trimming usage, coupons, or switching to tea while grocers report no clear decline in demand. Experts call the rise unprecedented and suggest a possible modest drop in consumption if prices stay high.
In Greenville Texas a German Shepherd named Schnaps will roam the district’s junior and senior high halls this fall in a bid to detect illicit drugs. The program, proposed by 80 local parents through CODE, could expand to Hunt County districts pending commissioners approval. Schnaps, shared by the sheriff and trained in Dallas, will check lockers grounds and parking areas to deter student drug activity.
U S District Judge John Sirica orders the HEW to act against 46 school districts nationwide except the South to enforce desegregation within 60 to 120 days, warning of possible loss of federal funds for noncompliance. Named districts include New York City Los Angeles Chicago Tucson Omaha and Hartford.
In Tyler Texas the federal court heard a proposal for a permanent injunction prohibiting tree cutting and timber sales from Sam Houston National Forest. Witnesses testified for the Texas Committee on Natural Resources against the U S Forestry Service, the Texas Forestry Service, and various timber and sawmill operators as the marathon session extended into the night.
A former enslaved writer, Phillis Wheatley, rose in Boston through the Revolution era abused by tyranny and later earned the distinction as the first Black American to publish a poetry book. Born in Senegal and abducted in childhood, she was sold in 1761 to the Wheatley family who educated her and helped secure her freedom. The World Almanac notes 1794.
The Senate approved an annual government check for working parents with very low incomes as part of a larger child care tax credit expansion. The measure, a negative income tax approach, mirrors earlier aid and would cost over 700 million yearly, offset by higher oil company taxes and taxes on Americans earning abroad.
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