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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1979
Page
1
The Labor Department reported unemployment rose to 6.0 percent in August, the highest in over a year, with 300,000 more jobless and total employment down 310,000. Wholesale prices climbed 1.2 percent led by energy costs and food, signaling ongoing inflation pressures.
The Pecos High School freshman class chose a squad to boost school spirit for all freshman games in the 1979 80 school year. Front row from left Ysela Herrera Minnie Lara and Sandra Dominguez. In the middle Eva Herrera and Camilla Lara. Sandra Shorter is in back. Staff photo by Robert Hinojos.
AFL-CIO backs the proposed SALT II treaty while Cuba's 2000 to 3000 Soviet troops keep the pact in doubt. Senate leaders weigh delaying floor action amid Cuban controversy. Retired Gen. Graham disputes early Soviet presence, while Coretta Scott King and other figures endorse the treaty.
Defense attorney Richard Haynes broadens questions about key witness David McCrory focusing on his erratic work and four marriages. McCrory testifies to a $1000 bank account and $20 in a safety box, his Witness Protection Program status, and Davis allegedly paying him $5000 for investigative work and later to hire a hit man.
New York reports say Senator Edward M. Kennedy nears candidacy. His wife Joan and mother Rose Kennedy reportedly no longer object, and family backing is noted. Kennedy publicly backs Carter’s renomination, but Wieghart argues Carter’s political woes may doom him.
Negotiators begin search for compromise on a standby gasoline rationing bill as House and Senate panels seek common ground. The White House wants Carter’s power to order rationing during fuel shortages while removing thermostat and fuel set aside exemptions. A 20 percent shortage trigger is debated. A separate Energy Mobilization Board bill faces further committee votes next week.
President Carter announced a $33 billion plan to deploy 200 MX missiles on surface road racetracks across the West. He said the system would survive a surprise attack, be verifiable under arms control, affordable, and environmentally sound. The plan, agreed with advisers, places missiles on 23 hardened shelters along each track and allows relocation during an attack window.
Weather forecast notes wide scattered thunderstorms and showers tonight in Pecos and vicinity, with partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Yesterday's high was 7 degrees with a low of 66 this morning. West Texas remains partly cloudy through Saturday with cooler conditions in the north, widely scattered showers and thunderstorms across most areas tonight, highs mostly in the 90s and near 102 in Big Bend, and lows ranging from upper 50s in the mountains to lower 70s in Big Bend section.
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