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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1977
Page
3
The Enviornmental Defense Funds identifies Fyrol FR-2 as a substitute chemical for a government banned flame retardant. Officials warn it carries cancer risks similar to Tris, prompting calls for caution amid broader trade and safety debates in Washington.
The House and Senate clash over taxpayer support for abortions in rape or incest cases and other exceptions. L.R.C. Agnew cites a Lancet discussion on abortion ethics as lawmakers rush a Senate provision that would broaden federal aid, while budget gaps threaten Labor and HEW funding.
Oklahoma Governor David Boren says population growth across the Sunbelt burdened by costs and fears of federal aid misallocation. He notes towns in his state face needs for water, police, sewers, and classrooms as growth continues. Houston Mayor Hofheinz offers to trade general revenue sharing for federal assistance, highlighting regional funding imbalances between Sunbelt and Frostbelt areas.
The Federal Energy Administration forecasts smaller gas curtailments this winter for New Mexico Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas with Louisiana seeing a slight rise. State by state figures show modest supply gains in New Mexico and Oklahoma and higher curtailments in Louisiana Arkansas and Texas.
A Pentagon commissioned study of the Army academy at West Point finds morale low, cadets overburdened, and resistance to change. It calls for new ethics and sex education courses, improved intercollegiate athletics with selective recruiting, an indoor facility, and a more relaxed campus humor to restore excellence after a cheating scandal and declining performance.
Henry C. Johnson and Patricia Price entered innocent pleas in U S District Court over alleged interstate shipment of stolen wheat connected to the disappearance of Robert Johnson, a missing Iowa Park grain dealer. Reports say he fell from a Gulf of Mexico boat near Port Aransas, with leads of sightings abroad and grain shortages at Johnson elevators.
Prosecutors presented about 150 items linking Cullen Davis to the 1976 Fort Worth shooting spree at his estate. Detective Greg Miller testified as bullets, blood samples and a garbage bag were introduced, along with wig fibers, to bolster the capital murder case against the Dallas magnate.
SAN ANTONIO Texas AP State aid to Crystal City was ruled out Monday by Gov Dolph Briscoe. The natural gas supply had been shut off last Friday as Crystal City faced more than 800000 dollars in back bills. Briscoe called the situation regrettable and said the state should not interfere. He spoke during a conven tion as La Vaca Gathering Co served the town after court actions including one reaching the U S Supreme Court.
Knoxville based appeals court member Judge Charles Galbreath is replaced on the Court of Criminal Appeals after remarks about a colleague d reported in the Nashville Tennessean. He had told a newspaper he was bored by what he called unnecessary and insane questions from Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey during a Sept. 16 Nashville session.
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