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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1978
Page
3
A roundup of varied items shows Texas Gulf, Inc. and Duval Corp. granted exceptions to the railroad commission rule cutting natural gas use for boilers by 10 percent in 1981 and 25 percent by 1985. Duval faced potential costs of $50 million to switch fuels.
Humphrey and Truong Dinh Hung are charged with espionage and conspiracy. Miller says federal investigators conducted pervasive wiretaps and videotaping of Humphrey without warrants for months, intercepting 567 calls in a 26 day period. A hearing before Judge Bryan is set for March 17 in Alexandria Virginia.
U S Geological Survey scientists report a 200 million year drift of a 40,000 square mile land block named Wrangellia from near the equator to a position in Alaska and parts of Canada. Evidence includes volcanic rock layers, fossiliferous limestone, magnetism, and tropical climate indicators, with possible traces in Oregon Washington and Idaho.
The United States threatens to oppose a U.N. Security Council draft condemning the Rhodesian Salisbury settlement while seeking edits to align with British and U.S. positions. Nkomo and Mugabe demand power over a future black government, while Smith’s rivals signed the deal. Debate opens as black African delegates accuse the warring parties of appeasement and warn against recognizing the pact. The New Hebrides note follows, describing joint British-French administration since 1906.
Mexico files formal protest over last week's blockades at the Hidalgo Reynosa border as U S farmers deny access to Mexican trucks loaded with fruits and vegetables. Foreign Minister Santiago Roel demands assurances no further blockades occur and notes potential violence from demonstrators. About 220 farmers were arrested in the first protest and some 1,000 joined a second token demonstration before it ended peacefully.
Osagie Omorodion, 24, died Feb. 18 from a gunshot wound after attempting to hijack a Dallas city bus. With his parents unlocated despite embassy searches, the Dallas County medical examiner's office decided on a pauper's burial after unsuccessful outreach to the Nigerian Embassy.
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