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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1975
Page
3
The second weekend of summer in Texas saw violent deaths cast a cloud over the state with 19 fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Eleven were on streets and highways, three drownings, and five from other causes, per The Associated Press.
Washington AP reports a federal drive requires more than 11 million welfare recipients to provide Social Security numbers to state agencies starting Tuesday for AFDC eligibility. New AFDC applicants must supply numbers. existing recipients have six months to comply. Also, states must locate fathers for child support via new locator systems, with a 5 percent AFDC funding penalty if not ready by 1977. HEW gains access to certain federal records to track welfare fathers. Medicaid recipients will be asked to provide Social Security numbers in states with prior requirements.
Nelson Rockefeller has amended four statements during his six months as vice president, revising remarks on his presidential prospects, the fall of South Vietnam’s U.S.-backed government, and alleged secret commitments to Thieu. The latest incident cites his denial of involvement in assassination plots linked to the CIA and mentions his comments during a Detroit flight and at a New Orleans speech.
Senator George S. McGovern, who lost in 1972, weighs three options for 1976 including a presidential run. He says he does not intend to become a candidate at present and asks supporters for advice on endorsing a liberal or naming unacceptable nominees.
Beirut is wracked by street fighting through the night raising the dead to 120 and the wounded to 486 since last Tuesday. Evacuation plans circulate for foreign residents while factions and militiamen convert areas into a blast zone. Syrian Foreign Minister Khaddam arrives to push peacemaking efforts.
Former Texas Gov. Coke Robert Stevenson who lost the 1948 Senate race to Lyndon Johnson was to be buried at his Hill Country ranch near Johnson's grave. He died in San Angelo after abdominal surgery at 87. Funeral planned for 4 p.m. at First Methodist Church in Junction.
FBI spokesman Thomas Coll said no positive identifications have been made for the 16 persons sought in the shooting deaths of agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler on Pine Ridge Reservation. More than 150 agents scoured the rugged hills as arrests were already made in the case.
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