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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1975
Page
3
Betty Ford travels with fellow spouses to the European Security Conference in Helsinki. She shops, attends a wives dinner, visits an open air museum on Scurasaari Island, and views folk music and dance programs during a busy schedule.
Washington officials weigh a slow path to normal ties with Cuba after the OAS allowed member nations to set their own relations. The State Department says talks could begin while preserving the U S embargo, with Cuba seeking sugar trade and compensation claims shaping leverage.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Gerald Ford confer on the opening day of the European Security Conference in Helsinki Finland The two leaders plan to speak with more heads of state attending the event AP Wirephoto
Helsinki AP Turkish Prime Minister Demirel met President Ford and discussed the possibility of reopening U S bases in Turkey, saying they were shut for the time being. He indicated American base activity was halted but offered no details on conditions to resume. Ford pledged to remove roadblocks to closer ties. Kissinger said talks aim for a radical solution to Turkey’s halt of military activities and to reset relations on a new basis. Western leaders, including Schmidt and Giscard d Estaing, worry about U S economic policy and a fragile recovery impacting Europe.
Secretary Weinberger urged a ban on high tar and nicotine cigarettes while a House tobacco subcommittee chair resisted federal action to regulate smoking. The HEW ninth report linked smoking to illness and premature death, but Congress must grant agency power. The Tobacco Institute criticized the study results used to back HEW conclusions.
SAN DIEGO Calif AP Two great white sharks harpooned in Southern California within a week prompt debate on shark behavior. Dr Richard Rosenblatt of Scripps Institute doubts a behavioral shift toward more encounters amid renewed public interest spurred by Jaws and Sharks Treasure.
AFL-CIO vows a massive multiunion push to aid UFW led by Cesar Chavez in its campaign to represent California field hands against the Teamsters in the state’s first farm labor elections under a new law. The federation orders affiliated unions and California labor groups to provide full support during this pivotal period.
Soviet representatives reportedly plan to demonstrate MI8 Hip helicopters in Turkey within months as Moscow seeks to gain influence while the United States arms embargo remains in effect. Turkey, now 95 percent US-equipped, signed an economic pact with Russia worth roughly 600 to 700 million dollars, signaling a Moscow move amid the US Turkey split over Cyprus. The embargo persists after Congress failed to lift it and Turkey seized control of some US bases, affecting surveillance and missile test operations. House and Senate leaders weigh another vote, with potential Republican and Democratic switches anticipated.
Congress ties its cost of living pay raise to two dates October 1975 to set the amount and November 1976 when voters speak The House approved the measure 214 to 213 with a near party split Senate 58 to 29 The Democratic freshmen largely opposed Leaders favored Ford urged passage and the president’s salary remains out of scope The plan covers vice president and cabinet pay scales up to judges and other federal salaries with October 5 percent rise possibly yielding 2125 for members and 3000 for cabinet officers The measure sailed through in two days despite energy debates.
WESLACO Texas AP A Texas A M entomologist says no substitute is known to replace two EPA banned pesticides chlordane and heptachlor feared to cause cancer in lab animals The ban could threaten citrus growers who rely on these chemicals to control termites and ants particularly inside winter freeze protection wrappings around seedlings
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