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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1977
Page
1
President Carter signs an 11 billion farm bill shaping four year programs. It tightens poverty rules for food stamps while boosting wheat payments and expanding agricultural research with emphasis on solar energy and nutrition. The measure extends Food for Peace aid and adds development programs for poorer nations.
Senate eyes a Jackson Byrd compromise to boost wholesale gas prices to 2.03 per thousand cubic feet while retaining federal controls. The plan aims to break a 9 day filibuster amid a clash between Carter plan price ceilings and industry backed deregulation. The White House backs a conference revival of the Carter proposal.
Houston reports a potential weekend strike by longshoremen could affect 7 000 workers at ports from Lake Charles Louisiana to Brownsville Texas. Galveston Wharves posts 30 percent layoff for three weeks starting Oct 5 citing slackened cargo—contract talks with ILA and WGMA loom, automation losses cited, with two to three weeks needed to return to normal after any settlement.
State Rep. Dick Slack of Pecos is appointed to a seven member joint House study committee by Speaker Bill Clayton. The panel includes members from Ways and Means Appropriations Financial Institutions and Higher Education. It will study alternatives to the constitutionally dedicated ad valorem tax for financing state higher education permanent improvements. Twelve studies total aim to curb costs by using existing staff and overlapping jurisdictions. Final reports due before the 1979 legislative session.
Du Pont and Atlantic Richfield faced doubt over a proposed $1 billion petro chemical refinery in Brazoria County. About 5,700 acres southeast of Alvin were optioned for Centennial Hydrocarbons, with Dr. Edwin A. Gee citing air pollution policy uncertainties as the project’s main obstacle.
The Evening Optimist Club of Pecos will install officers in Saragosa Hall at 7 30 p.m. Saturday with a barbecue supper and dance. Freddy Varela y La Familia Varela of Midland will provide music. Supper served 7 30 to 9 p.m. Tickets are 3 50 per person for supper and dance and 5 per couple for dance only. Advance 3 50 tickets available from club members.
In Huntsville Texas defense lawyers seek to place former Houston police officer Terry Denson back on the stand in a murder case over the drowning death of Mexican American laborer Joe Campos Torres. Case hinges on self defense and testimony about Torres prior conduct and alleged statements from officers.
Forecast calls for mostly fair skies with hot afternoons. Wednesday’s high expected around 102 degrees and overnight low will be mild.
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