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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1977
Page
5
Bill collector groups told a House banking subcommittee that consumer payment failures drive up prices on everyone. Hearings end today with testimony from consumer groups as lawmakers consider tougher rules on delinquents.
A string of late night blasts at the Chemetron Corp Industrial Gases Division plant sent fireballs over 100 feet high and destroyed the facility. Dallas firemen spent about two hours bringing the blaze under control and continued cooling acetylene containers that did not explode.
Dallas executive director Fae Hoffman 32 of Bnai B’rith Women was rescued by a police SWAT team after barricading herself with four others in her office at the Bnai B’rith building. Her mother said Hoffman told her she was out after the rescue. The assault left one dead and several wounded as terrorists seized multiple floors.
The FDA announced a proposed federal ban on saccharin with effect soon. Diabetics and others unable to consume sugar may obtain saccharin by prescription after the ban, prompted by a Canadian study linking high doses to cancer in rats. Canada also enacted a saccharin ban.
The United Farm Workers and the Teamsters plan a joint announcement to settle long running labor tensions in California. The accord would grant UFW sole field organizing rights and Teamsters control over cannery workers, ending years of rival actions.
An undercover agent testified before a congressional subcommittee that he paid a total of 575 dollars to a smuggling ring to cross from Juarez to Los Angeles and then to Washington, D C. He was masked to protect identity as the panel probes alien worker smuggling. Chairman Joshu Eilberg pushes a bill to penalize employers who hire illegal aliens and discriminate against legal aliens, a move met with mixed opposition from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John White will move to Washington as Deputy Secretary of the U S Department of Agriculture. He frames the appointment as a chance to influence global food and fiber policies while remaining resident and active in Texas politics.
The Senate approved Paul C. Warnke 58 to 40 in a vote seen as a warning to Carter and the Soviets that any SALT treaty will face strict scrutiny. Backers cite his toughness as a negotiator despite defense budget cuts and calls for reciprocal restraint.
Irving Texas AP reports twelve year old Phillip Blankenship, blind since birth, won the T. J. Lee Elementary spelling championship after extra spelling rounds held after school, surprising many students with his achievement.
A bill to legalize horse race betting with county by vote approval was referred to the House Intergovernmental Affairs committee. Hearing likely in about a month as lawmakers seek constituent views on the issue.
The U N Human Rights Commission condemned Chile’s military junta for ongoing abuses and approved a resolution by 26 to 1 with the United States as a co sponsor. Uruguay voted no while Jordan and four Latin American states abstained. A separate motion to privately discuss Uganda’s human rights situation was adopted by 17 to 8.
Bibb County prosecutors say three men three suspects fled into a crackdown in Macon were caught with 25 pounds of Columbian marijuana worth about 10 000 on the street. Indicted by the grand jury for possession with intent to distribute are Lester Lee Collins Jr. of Macon a former post office employee Hernando Hernandez Duna Jr 29 of Houston Texas and Charles Allen Norris 31 of Detroit.
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