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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1978
Page
10
The Council of Energy Resource Tribes reports tribes control significant shares of uranium coal oil and gas while pursuing new business ventures and international deals amid growing US energy demand. The Bureau of Indian Affairs disputes the figures noting the trend of Indian energy power expanding.
AP analysis notes homes function as a savings account and credit line, expanding domestic credit as homeowners tap inflated equity. Mortgage refinancing, rising rates, and open end lending blur lines between mortgage and installment debt, boosting consumer spending despite modest 1979 expectations.
Editorial notes a Senate Annex teletype system linking deaf residents to Capitol Hill. Donated equipment from Western Union and partners AT&T ITT RCA enables two way communication for individuals, news, weather reports and ordering through teletype.
Artificial tree sales may rise 25 to 30 percent this season while natural tree harvesting stalls near 30 million annually. With about 72 million households observing the tradition, many trees will come from boxes or attic scraps rather than fresh-cut greens.
Key events include Magellan reaching the Pacific in 1520 after the Magellan Strait, Panama’s 1821 independence joining Colombia, a 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston that killed nearly 500, Tehran WWII strategy talks in 1943, Cape Canaveral renamed Cape Kennedy in 1963, and recent regional political moves including North Vietnam Paris talks and oil embargo alignments. Rhode Island raids in Mozambique are noted as last year context.
Washington report notes 40 initiatives on the November ballot across 16 states, the most for a non presidential election in 30 years. Propositions ranged from tax cuts to gay rights, busing, nuclear power, and health care, with 20 approved and 20 rejected. Voters showed care and sophistication despite emotional campaigns and heavy lobbying.
Washington state ballot trends show 38 percent adoption and rising. The piece notes momentum for Initiative America as it pushes for national use and a constitutional amendment. It cites 23 states plus DC allowing citizen ballot measures, and references Gallup and Caddell polls showing broad public backing.
The piece surveys Carter era denials and misstatements from White House aides and President himself. It recounts Playboy quotes, Jordan and Powell incidents, and smears aimed at Post reporters. It posits a deliberate pattern of deception to dodge tough questions while stressing Carter's higher moral pretensions.
In Batavia Ohio authorities awaited an FDA report on the cause after 50 Glen Este High School band members and one adult became ill on a return bus trip from Philadelphia. The group out of 120 passengers on three buses performing in Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade saw 23 treated and released from Cincinnati area hospitals.
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