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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1977
Page
3
El Salvador declared a state of siege as troops and police dispersed thousands of demonstrators demanding a presidential election. Official counts said at least five killed and 78 wounded after a week of demonstrations in San Salvador. The government won a special legislative session to proclaim the siege.
Federal Power Commission Chairman Richard L. Dunham convened a Monday conference on an electric utilities plan to sell natural gas at prices more than double the nationwide ceiling. Texas Utilities Fuels Co seeks permission to sell about 15 billion cubic feet to Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co at 3.28 dollars per thousand cubic feet.
Three Texas A&M University students filed a federal suit demanding campus recognition for a 20 member gay student services organization. They seek campus literature distribution and use of facilities comparable to other groups.
Congressional sources say prisoner exchanges between Mexico and the United States will take at least six months due to red tape. About 600 Americans in Mexican jails and an undetermined number of Mexicans in U S prisons could be affected once transfers are arranged. The treaty, signed in November, awaits Senate hearings and statutory setup, with full Senate action not expected until mid summer. Senator Tower supports principle. Senator Bentsen has not taken a position.
Texas animal agriculture officials will register for the Texas Animal Agriculture Conference April 4-5 at the Rudder Center Texas A&M with the theme A Look into the Future. Short courses cover beef dairy horses and swine plus range pasture and wildlife management. Dr. O D Butler moderates the general session with five speakers on issues from electronic identification to water planning and antibiotics in feed.
Alger Hiss says he will seek a retrial next fall to prove his innocence. Speaking at the University of Kansas he accuses the FBI and other agencies of illegal tactics and perjury tainting his 1950 conviction for lying about Soviet military secrets.
West Alabama farmer Joe Woolridge appeals a bankruptcy ruling after being ordered to pay $155,000 to a judge's estate by Wednesday or lose 131 acres tied to his wife's family farm. Woolridge says he repaid a $3,000 loan with hundreds of bales of cotton starting in 1952 to Circuit Judge E F Hildreth.
President Carter asks Congress to create a Cabinet level Department of Energy consolidating 19 energy programs from multiple agencies. James Schlesinger would be secretary, aiming to coordinate energy policy while Interior keeps leasing authority on lands and offshore areas. Congress will hold hearings next week, with a lengthy to do list and a likely year of work ahead.
The Spirit of St Louis replica built by the Experimental Aircraft Association will fly 22,000 miles and 82 cities in a 19 week tour from June 15 to October. Pilots will be EAA members. a forward cockpit will carry one passenger. The tour honors Lindbergh’s 1927 flight and expands to more towns than the original.
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