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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1977
Page
3
The United States warns Rhodesia to recall 700 troops hunting guerrillas in Mozambique or face consequences. Washington discusses pressure with Britain and several African nations while UN condemnation and South Africa led economic measures are considered.
The Carter administration says a newer, more powerful nuclear warhead is not a bargaining chip in strategic talks with the Soviets. A possible change in deployment could occur if the Soviets engage seriously, with no ties to recent arms proposals. The White House weighs reconsidering the plan by 1979 if diplomacy improves.
Lt Governor Bill Hobby names three senators to pick a Texas poet laureate as they react with surprised smiles. Other items note Houston police officers dropping suspensions, a trial in Amarillo for infant death, drowning stats by gender, and a Houston soldier given 99 year term for attempting to rape a new mother in a hospital maternity ward.
Officials in Southgate Ky say they identified the Zebra Room as the fire origin and arson has been ruled out. The death toll reached 161 with two more victims identified, as investigators narrow the cause and timing of the blaze at the Beverly Hills club.
In Washington the House approved a bill to cap tuna bycatch at 68 910 dolphins and porpoises for the rest of the year. The vote 334 to 20 leaves limits higher than current levels but lower than what industry sought, with future cuts to be set by the secretary of commerce.
The Newspaper Guild asked Congress to bar grand juries from forcing reporters to reveal confidential information. Guild president Charles A. Perlik Jr. told the House Judiciary Committee that subpoenas to news gatherers have become a contagion and urged reforms to shield sources from federal inquisition.
Litchfield Connecticut one man grand jury found serious errors by the prosecutor in the 1973 murder case of Barbara Gibbons. The report overturns Reillys manslaughter conviction and orders a new trial but drops renewed charges due to suppressed evidence. The inquiry also notes police not aggressive enough and cautions that no crimes were proven. Reilly, 22, previously spent months in jail awaiting trial and later worked at a service station.
Former Texas Governor John B. Connally proposed revitalizing the Republican Party by forming a shadow cabinet of expert critics to assess the Carter administration. He urged constitutional changes on deficit spending, term limits, and federal judges' retirement, while declining to discuss a 1980 presidential bid.
The Agriculture Department reports 98 percent of corn planted and 76 percent of soybeans in the ground as spring planting nears completion. Rain delays hit western Corn Belt and Texas Oklahoma harvests while winter wheat remains in good condition nationally. Dry weather persists in the West and pastures run below normal across many states.
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