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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1977
Page
3
Police battled rioters in Bogota as Colombia endures its worst violence since the 1950s. Fifteen people died and more than 120 were injured in two days of looting sparked by a nationwide strike pushing for higher wages. Labor leaders vow to continue agitating despite the unrest.
The Senate voted 87 to 7 to delay the saccharin ban for 18 months and require cancer warnings on all saccharin products and vending displays. A dispute over advertising warnings remains, with Kennedy opposing the removal of promotional warnings and the House set to act next week.
In Michigan, Raymond and Marjean Booms seek to connect their daughter Christina’s death after heart surgery to PBB contamination. Christina tested with 200 ppb PBB. state law now limits foods to 20 ppb. The case joins a wider battle over burial of carcasses and ongoing lawsuits from farms tainted by the 1973 PBB incident.
Senate panel hearings reveal Lance claim that he informed staff of financial matters in January. Javits notes staff will testify about Lance interviews as cross examination begins. Lance defends actions, insisting no depositor lost money and emphasizing disclosure of overdrafts and bank troubles.
Americans in Mexican jails under a new treaty may choose to finish sentences in the United States. Nine of 24 prisoners at La Loma Prison Nuevo Laredo will be moved to Matamoros to meet U.S. officials, with others from Reynosa and Victoria also headed there. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a commission to manage the exchange, which allows parole in some cases.
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