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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1977
Page
3
Nationwide referendum results show 149 178 yes votes to 76 311 no across 910 districts. Nearly 30 percent of eligible voters participated as Panamanians endorsed the new canal treaties amid ongoing regional coverage.
A Columbia radio station ran a contest offering a trip to Warsaw as first prize and a New Orleans stay second. Warsaw residents turned the gag into a boost, welcoming the winner with a village parade, certificates, a pig picking barbecue, and tours of nearby towns, turning contempt into attention.
Consumers spend nearly 10 billion yearly on cosmetics and toiletries. FDA labeling rules since April 15 require listing ingredients on labels or packaging. Cosmetics defined as products applied to the body for beautifying, with drugs like antiperspirants regulated more strictly than cosmetics. Some color additives, such as Red Dye No. 2, have been banned and substitutes developed.
Tensions along the border grow after Patrick and Thomas Hanigan were acquitted of kidnapping and torturing three Mexican aliens in August 1976. A border-town newspaper printed ads urging Mexicans to boycott U.S. border shops until Hanigan justice. The Manzo Area Council of Tucson organized demonstrations and a Saturday boycott, while local officials warned of harm to cross-border business. The FBI opened a probe into rights protection questions, with federal intervention deemed unlikely.
Hubert H. Humphrey, back in the capital for the first time since August, greets supporters at Andrews Air Force Base with a gaunt but broad smile. President Carter and Vice President Mondale observed as Humphrey plans to enter the Senate on Tuesday, declaring returns as therapy and vowing to raise hell in Washington.
Christian rightists and Muslim leftists in Lebanon are openly recruiting and arming new fighters. Combined, they are estimated to field about 45,000 trained men, far exceeding the Lebanese army’s 4,000 loyal troops, with about 3,000 on active duty per side. The Mourabiton Ambushers swore in 700 recruits in Tyre, while Christian Tigers expanded in East Beirut led by ex President Camille Chamoun.
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