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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1977
Page
3
Rival Palestinian guerrilla forces battled through the night in Beirut refugee camps Burj el Barajneh and Chatilla with Christian shells hitting southern Lebanon villages near the border. The death toll reached 11 with 30 wounded as a cease-fire paused the violence.
In Philadelphia the United Presbyterian Church considers whether to disband a task force studying homosexuality and possibly bar ordination of gay ministers. Delegates face a vote amid dissents as Rev. John T. Conner calls for a full report next year. News from Washington and Los Angeles follows.
Tenneco Inc. completes a 40 million purchase of 40 percent in Poclain S.A. the French construction machinery company. The deal, via 629,983 newly issued shares, was approved by French and U.S. authorities and backs Le Plocassis Belleville HQ. Texas courts to prosecute Oklahoma killer Tom Lester Pugh first, amid multi state jurisdiction disputes.
The 5-4 ruling ends a ban on attorney fee advertising for routine services, signaling potential expansion to other professions. The decision, praised as consumer friendly, faces ABA limits and FTC probes into price advertising across medicine, dentistry, radiology, accounting, and nursing homes.
The Maury County Jail lacked a sprinkler system and smoke alarms, with a seven-key process to free prisoners after a cyanide fire killed 42. Officials noted the 13 year old facility met state standards on extinguishers, while a committee was named to review safety across Tennessee jails. Andrew Zinmer, 16, admitted starting the fire and faced arson charges as an adult. toxic padding gas contributed to the deaths.
The Carter administration pursues a standby program to allow the President to impose gasoline rationing on short notice. James Schlesinger and aide James Bishop describe plans to broaden presidential powers and curb usage if supply interruptions occur.
In Skokie Illinois Frank Collin plans a July 4th Nazi march through a mainly Jewish town and dismisses reports about his background. He criticizes journalists including Mike Royko and Jack Mabley as gutter reporters while defending his public image.
The State Department said no territory including the West Bank can be automatically excluded from peace talks with Israel. Officials warned both sides to compromise, or risk wider conflict if no progress this year. The statement calls for a Palestinian homeland and Israeli withdrawal on all fronts.
Locust Grove Oklahoma authorities rely on airborne heat detectors after four days of searching for Gene Leroy Hart a 33 year old Cherokee charged with first degree murder in the Camp Scott Girl Scouts slayings. A National Guard helicopter with heat sensors searched the woods but could not distinguish ground heat. Ground searches and further sweeps were planned as SWAT teams and FBI personnel stood by for possible sightings.
President Carter named a commission to evaluate the volunteer army's effectiveness and propose fair pay benefits and pensions for personnel and taxpayers. He warned the study will be time consuming and controversial and hopes it may encourage longer enlistments. In related notes, Hart remains at large as investigators widen the search for Lori Farmer Michelle Guse and Doris Miller.
Investigators pursue Gene Leroy Hart, 33, accused in the 1977 Camp Scott girl slayings, in a 10 square mile limestone terrain. SWAT, FBI, and state police search the cedar and limestone channels while residents, many of Indian descent, help in the manhunt. Hart, a convicted rapist who escaped in 1973, remains at large amid fears he may be sheltered by locals and related to many in Mayes County.
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