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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1977
Page
3
In Houston, uncertainties raised by Hurricane Anita push back testimony in a $7.6 million wrongful death civil case from 1972 involving a Houston plastic surgeon. Judge Arthur C. Lesher urged jurors to return Friday morning as proceedings proceed amid weather-related disruptions.
A federal court ruled for Virginia apple growers letting 5,100 Jamaicans be imported to pick fruit, despite a Labor Department stance that unemployed domestic workers were available. The ruling by Judge James Turk may impact Texas labor access only if upheld on appeal, with unclear final effects.
SAN ANTONIO Texas AP fired Southwestern Bell executive James Ashley described his preference for fraternity men from large universities who drank and chased women, testimony in a $29 million damage suit. Royce Caldwell, an ACU graduate, said Ashley dismissed ACU and Baylor graduates as too religious and not willing to drink. The suit accuses libel, slander, and wrongful dismissal related to Gravitt’s death and a company probe in 1974. Additional testimony covered Ashley watching porn and sexual relationships during a three day hotel stay. The trial peers into an internal effort to smear critics of company practices.
King a 10 year old Shetland pony confined four years in a nailed shut stall piled with manure has had nearly 18 inches of deformed hoof removed. Veterinarians led by Dr. Walter Hilton reported the film showed no growth abnormalities or underlying disease. Hilton praised Kings will to live as he described the three hour operation to slice chip and file away piled bone and hoof. Officers of the SPCA had found King in a fly and maggot infested stall atop a four foot high manure pile and suffering from laminitis the most severe seen by the vets. His hooves had grown 18 inches beyond normal length curved toward his knees like rocking horse runners.
SAN ANTONIO AP The 43rd Southern Governors Conference closed with nine governors approving resolutions urging Congress to boost federal funding for highways and prison construction. The group endorsed a fourth of any gas tax increase be retained by states and backed a balanced federal budget by 1981. James Hunt and Mills Godwin spoke on funding needs, while James Edwards became the new conference chair.
Federal agencies warn they may ban nitrites in processed meats after five years of scrutiny. FDA and USDA demand 60 days of studies showing no cancer risk from nitrites or nitrates formed compounds. Red meat and poultry uses would be subject to similar tests shaping potential restrictions in care of public health.
South Korean businessman Tongsun Park vows not to return to the United States amid questions about alleged influence buying in Congress. A sealed federal grand jury indictment reportedly was handed up last Friday, with charges undisclosed. Park fled nearly a year ago and was last seen in South Korea. News reports say the indictment could aim to pressure his return to testify, or to drop charges later. Park, 42, a rice magnate, allegedly spread hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts to U.S. lawmakers over two decades. Park and many recipients deny illegal acts.
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