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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1975
Page
3
Exiled Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and his wife reached Juneau by the Alaska state ferry Taku after a month in Canada. The trip marks his first arrival on American soil for a private tour of the vast former Russian colony.
The Ford administration says its oil tariff will add about 19 cents to every $100 in consumer expenses. Gasoline may rise to 56.3 cents a gallon, potentially nearing 64 to 70 cents if more costs are borne by fuel. Prices for plastics, fertilizer, and phonograph records could also rise.
Gov Dolph Briscoe signed a law requiring Texas voters to register by mail every two years and obtain a new voting certificate before March 1. The measure aims to purge ineligible names from registration lists and requires voting at least once every three years to stay eligible, praising sponsor Sen Pete Snelson for accuracy and efficiency.
In Vientiane Laos student demonstrators ended their week long occupation of the U S AID compound. U S Marines and a civilian were released under an agreement demanding the total shutdown of AID by June 30. The three were escorted from the compound with reporters present for transparency.
Paris AP Secretary of State Kissinger called on industrial nations to accelerate economic growth and aid developing nations to avert political instability. He proposed a $2 billion OECD trust fund, including $1 billion in IMF gold, plus a $1 billion agriculture fund and new trade procedures. Algeria rejected separating oil from other raw materials in his commissions plan.
Jill Darley of Santaquin Utah testified in Travis County Court that Robert Kleasen cried and said he loved Gary after she spoke with him in his jail cell She described the exchange as cordial and a mother’s plea for her missing son noting the mood changed when Sheriff Raymond Frank interrupted the moment
A Raleigh area student trained to be a French and art teacher waits tables as she and her husband seek work. The College Placement Council found an 18 percent drop in new college graduate jobs, with 69,733 hires this year vs 85,499 last year. Only petroleum, government sectors, and nonprofit/educational institutions showed growth.
United Farm Workers push for a three day demonstration in Hidalgo County Texas to force a melon field boycott. Tony Orendain led a march from the international bridge to a field where 10 UFW sympathizers were wounded earlier. Trucker blocks ended after Orendain returned, as patrol cars led convoys through chanting crowds.
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