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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
3
Washington reports say labor and management seek a formula to end wildcat strikes crippling eastern coal production and weakening the United Mine Workers Union ahead of a potential industry-wide stoppage when the current contract with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association expires December 6.
President Carter drew praise from diplomats at the United Nations during a two day stop. U S Ambassador Andrew Young called the trip an obvious success while several delegates credited his personal style with softening critics and boosting human rights and disarmament goals. British Ambassador Ivor Richards said he found Carter approachable and not someone to be yelled at.
The U S Justice Department seeks to bar Judge Willis W Ritter from hearing cases in Utah accusing him of improper procedures and arrogant, erratic rulings. The writ claims Ritter has weakened the court’s function across civil, tax, misdemeanor and felony dockets. Utah officials plan to seek similar action to limit Ritter’s handling of state matters.
HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr urged a top to bottom revamp of drug regulation. He pressed Congress to rewrite the FDA law, improve public access to drug test data, and end closed decision making to curb unnecessary prescriptions and rising costs. He noted 1.5 billion annual prescriptions and the archaic 1938 act amid growing industry sales.
A cold air mass spread across much of the country with frost or freeze warnings in seven states from Nebraska to Michigan. Temperatures dropped to the mid and upper 20s in some areas, North Dakota faced a hard freeze, and Minnesota and Wisconsin saw snow mixed with rain. Montana and northern Wyoming registered low 30s, while the mid Atlantic coast ran in the 50s and 40s in the mountains. Temperatures rose to 80s in southern Texas and the southwest deserts, with 70s along the Gulf Coast and southern California.
Three years after a lone prairie dog burrow sighting in South Dakota, federal biologists report no further wild ferret sightings. Captive breeding efforts at Patuxent face setbacks as one male nears terminal cancer and a female resists breeding. Despite grim signs, Fish and Wildlife officials, including Keith Schreiner, stay hopeful a small wild population may endure.
Millionaire Cullen Davis faces brutal cross examination as Beverly Bass and Priscilla Davis are challenged over inconsistent statements about the 1976 shooting spree at the Fort Worth mansion. Defense attorney Haynes cites personal ties and disputed clinic records amid testimony about a divorce and financial help.
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