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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1976
Page
3
McAllen reports show Mexican buyers delaying purchases at U.S. merchants amid peso devaluation while experts warn a slow rebound. trickle back observed but optimism muted. The roundup also covers Abilene, San Antonio, and Dallas items on crime, politics, and state finance.
Secretary of State Kissinger resumes talks with key Arab and Israeli leaders during a breakfast with Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon and a working lunch with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud at the Waldorf Astoria. He plans conversations with Indonesia, Pakistan, Cyprus and the Philippines and will host British Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland at dinner to view the Ford Carter debate.
Dallas AP report quotes Joe G Moore Jr a former Texas Water Development Board executive director urging abandonment of plans to import out of state water for the High Plains West Texas. He notes cross border sourcing remains too difficult to secure before local irrigation water runs out and spoke at a Water Development Board public forum during 22 hearings to build support for a proposed state constitution.
Dallas County commissioners confront a federal deadline to expand jail space or risk closing the facility to inmates. Judge Hughes demanded improved living conditions and tighter security by Feb 1, 1977, while officials debated funding and long term plans.
Bob Randall, a 28 year old glaucoma sufferer, gains access to a legitimate supply as the FDA, DEA, and NIH approve a Merritt led study testing marijuana to reduce internal eye pressure in severe glaucoma. About 50 subjects will receive prime marijuana cigarettes or synthetic THC capsules as part of the research.
Galveston District Attorney Ron Wilson says a hearing is tentatively set for Friday on charges against Bahama Cruise Lines operators over possession of 90 slot machines and a roulette wheel on the Vera Cruz. An indictment by a Galveston County grand jury accuses illegal gambling device possession as the ship arrived Sept 10. Texas authorities seized the machines after the vessel came in to pick up passengers for nine three day Gulf cruises. The ship then sailed to Miami without passengers on Sept 13.
U S District Judge Merhige fines Allied Chemical 13.2 million and Life Science Products 3.8 million for Kepone discharges into the James River. Two former Allied employees fined 25 000 each and placed on five year probation. Gov Godwin imposed fishing bans on the lower James River. In Texas a cow and calf cost ten dollars.
California and Oklahoma sent the largest auto tourist groups to Texas in the past year with 9.5 and 7.5 percent shares. Florida Illinois and Louisiana followed. Auto visitors averaged 1109 to 1453 miles seasonally and spent 17.11 per person daily in summer.
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