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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1977
Page
1
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President Carter and Prime Minister Trudeau announce a $10 billion cross border gas line to Canada and the United States. It would save U S consumers about six billion dollars over the project lifetime, with eight cents per thousand cubic feet saved by U S users and twelve cents for Canadian consumers.
Balmorhea welcomed 1,500 to 2,000 for the third annual Fall Festival and second Frijole Bean Cookoff on Main Street. The event featured bean contest winners, arts and crafts booths, street music by The High Cotton Express, a charity telethon donation, and a community club lunch, with rain cooling the town at closing.
Nairobi AP report says Idi Amin is in a coma after surgery in Kampala hospital for an undisclosed ailment. Robert Astles, Amin’s confidant, told AP he had no further details and planned to visit the hospital. Astles, a British-born Ugandan citizen, is married to Ugandan minister Mary Astles.
West Germany's government released a ransom letter from Hanns Martin Schleyer's kidnappers warning that he will be shot if searches do not halt. The letter, issued after an 8 am deadline for freeing 11 jailed terrorists, calls for release of six men and five women, payment of 100,000 marks per prisoner, and a plane to a chosen destination.
Lightning struck 17 year old Bernard Derrick during Terrell High School practice as storms rolled across North Texas. Tornadoes swept over Lake Lavon Lake Ray Hubbard and near Rockwall while drones of heavy rain and hail battered Dallas Fort Worth. Weather service named storm Clara and warned of gusty winds and flash floods as more showers spread inland and along the coast.
GED tests will be given at Carver Resource Center on September 15 and 20 from 7 to 9 30 p m under Pecos Barstow Toyah School District examiner Mrs Virginia Reed A $10 fee covers the two session test battery and applies to retakes Volunteers must file an Information form before testing Those interested should call 445 5222 Enrollment is open through January and April 1978 with further test dates possible in November and via the School Adult Education Program information from Mrs Reed
South Korea could not compel Tongsin Park to return to the United States where he is indicted on bribery charges. Foreign Minister Park Tong jin said Seoul urged voluntary repatriation but Park refused. The minister noted cooperation within international law and South Korean practice.
A Texas Electric Service Co executive testified plans call for spending about 688 million dollars over the next three years on coal, nuclear, and lignite plants. W.B. Nichols said expenditures would equal roughly 49 percent of the company's total plant as of March 31, 1977, seeking a 79 million dollar rate increase to attract capital.
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