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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1976
Page
3
Testimony starts in Amarillo in the fraud and conspiracy trial of three former Wheatheart Inc officers once linked to the second largest cattle feeding firm in the nation. Indicted on 28 counts, the case centers on alleged fraud and conspiracy across the company.
United Auto Workers walkout by 170,000 Ford workers appears certain at midnight after rejection of the latest offer. Leonard Woodcock warned a deal before 11:59 p.m. EDT is unlikely and Ford admitted little optimism. A strike could shut 102 facilities across 22 states, with 14,000 Canadian jobs affected if U.S. production halts. Analysts say a brief strike would ease, but longer stoppage could hurt Ford and the economy. Talks paused with plans to resume, but no time set.
Two men from Springfield were examined by a court appointed psychiatrist to assess competency to stand trial for allegedly plotting to kill Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The three defendants pleaded innocent and a further bail reduction request was made. Authorities question whether the plot was real or a hoax.
In Pasadena the Viking 2 lander sits idle as a Martian pebble wedged in the backhoe of its sampler arm stops the mission. Engineers plan steps to extend the arm, photograph the condition, and free the pebble to resume soil deliveries for Organic Chemistry and life-detection experiments.
Thousands of black workers stayed home or were late on the second day of a three day boycott in Johannesburg protesting white rule. Some returned to work. absenteeism ranged 70 to 80 percent in many firms. Police fired at saboteurs and dispersed crowds in Soweto and Alexandra, with 336 killed in three months of anti government riots and 280 arrested under detention provisions.
The House voted 343 to 4 to end the separate Women’s Army Corps and integrate women fully into the Army, abolishing WAC within 90 days of enactment. The bill also ends sex distinctions in promotions and dissolves WAF WAVES and Women Marines leadership posts.
President Ford to veto Vietnam joining the United Nations citing unresolved MIA cases. Ambassador Scranton said the veto aligns with U S political pressures as Security Council prepares a vote seen late today or Wednesday. Carter criticized the move while others warn it could hinder ties with Hanoi amid Soviet influence.
Five Croatian nationalists held on $1 million bail on air piracy charges after a weekend dubbed 30 hours of hell have been charged with second degree murder in the police officer killed in Grand Central Station. Federal and local authorities planned to decide who prosecutes the four men and a woman who used fake bombs to force a New York to Chicago TWA flight to Paris. A real bomb then exploded in a Grand Central locker killing the officer, with questions about a Dec LaGuardia bombing left unresolved. International reactions followed, with Yugoslavia accusing the US, the UN urging action, and Captain Richard Carey criticizing French handling of the crisis.
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