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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1977
Page
3
A passenger bus skidded in rainy weather about 30 miles north of Monterrey and overturned at midnight Sunday killing four people and injuring forty. A witness said the bus zigzagged on slippery pavement before going off the road, the Red Cross reported.
The U S Supreme Court by unanimous vote upholds agency shops requiring nonmembers to pay union dues for bargaining benefits. The ruling states workers benefit from collective bargaining and may be obliged to fund union services even if they do not join.
FDA rejects decomposed shrimp as edible while a Mexican plant can re process it for import. Port Lavaca shrimp operator R E Clegg distrusts breaded shrimp quality. Houston murder case ex-vice squad head Nixon seeks appeal of 20 years. Texas Railroad Commission takes no action on Southern Union rate hike in Hutchison Carson and Gray counties. Texas AG seeks 1.8 million tuition refunds for former students of proprietary schools. Carrizo Springs bank president released on bond. Texas hospital costs urged controls to avoid federal caps.
Moluccan gunmen firing volleys at a village school in Assen held 105 children and six teachers, demanding freedom for 21 jailed comrades and a jumbo jet. A second group seized about 50 people on a train near Bovensmilde. No casualties reported.
INS Commissioner Leo Castillo plans a stopgap move sending 100 Border Patrol officers to the California Mexico border and expanding task forces to six cities to reduce a 236000 case backlog. He seeks authority to seize vehicles used by human smugglers and to create temporary work programs for illegal migrants to harvest crops.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower, 28, writes her first book Special People featuring profiles of Prince Charles Mao Tse tung and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She seeks to be seen as a contributing writer beyond being Nixon’s daughter and discusses marriage strain during the White House years with husband David Eisenhower, a law graduate working on a book about his grandfather.
About 46 million workers will see higher pay next month as the June 1 tax cut takes effect. The average weekly withholding falls by 2.13 dollars, with a family of four earning ten thousand dollars saving about two hundred dollars yearly. The measure eases standard deductions and adds credits, benefiting mainly low income earners while itemizers get little relief.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band closed a three week U S S R cultural tour with a Moscow concert as 80 000 Soviets cheered whistled and clapped. Audience reactions varied from Riga to Yerevan as police and gates kept crowds in check and black market ticket prices climbed.
The National Cancer Institute considers testing Laetrile on humans to see if it is an effective cancer treatment. Acting director Dr. Guy Newell cites state legalization and FDA bans influencing the institute. A voluntary, informed consent trial could begin within 60 days with initial findings in six months.
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