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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1977
Page
3
Paulo Carneiro, agriculture secretary of Parana, says light frosts in the last two days are not expected to significantly affect this year's coffee harvest. A Parana newspaper report claimed 20 percent of the crop was damaged by the cold snap.
The FDA will hold two days of hearings on saccharin bans with 49 expected witnesses. Congress weighs repealing the Hatch Act to allow federal workers to engage in partisan politics. Sirhan Sirhan seeks talks with LA supervisors about Kennedy assassination. A transit funding proposal uses standby gasoline tax for mass transit. Pearl Bailey honors Joan Crawford at a memorial service. Weather tailoring plan announced for farmers with NOAA and USDA. Sikorsky S-61 helicopter safety inspections urged after fatal crash. A murder case in Indianapolis spurs a flood of cash heirs and farcical claims.
In Houston, leaders from Spanish speaking communities planned a demonstration before city hall to address the city council over alleged police brutality. About 40 marchers protested outside police headquarters after the death of Joe Campos Torres as Police Chief B G Bond met with minority leaders.
In Geneva, Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko joined 31 nations signing a convention banning environmental modification for hostile use. The pact, drawn from a U S Soviet initiative, targets artificial disasters and long lasting environmental harm as a security threat.
In Anse Rouge and northwest Haiti a severe drought threatens Mees, a pregnant widow, and 320,000 others. Agencies from the United States, Canada, West Germany and relief groups mobilize in a multiagency effort to provide 1500 calories daily and avert famine as UN and CARD assess needs across 15 areas.
With nearly half the votes counted the Likud bloc led by Menahem Begin appears set to form a government. Labor trails as seats forecast show 41 for Likud 33 for Labor 14 for the Democratic Movement for Change and 12 for National Religious. If coalition gains hold Begin would command a narrow majority and seek to extend Israeli law to the West Bank, risking Arab opposition and potential regional war.
President Carter held a 70 minute Los Angeles town hall broadcast locally then returned to Washington after an 18 hour trip. He may revise the concept for a national televised citizens conference arguing it would reveal what concerns people want addressed. He listed black government appointees and said no job will be offered without consideration of blacks.
A major study reported by National Cancer Institute researchers links alkylating agents used in ovarian cancer and other therapies to a higher later risk of acute non lymphocytic leukemia. Experts caution against alarm, noting benefits of treatment and calling for further study on early versus late cancers.
Congress debates energy policy tradeoffs as Texas faces cleaner air with less gas and more coal. Rep. Krueger argues substantial job and cost impacts exist while Rep. Eckhardt backs a temporary easing of air laws to allow coal plants. In Houston Gulf Coast, UT study finds 13 000 megawatts needed but only 3 000 could be coal fired, worsening local pollution.
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