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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1975
Page
3
South Pasadena reports that Bobby Fischer appears to forgo defending his world chess title rather than face Anatoly Karpov under another’s rules. With the title acceptance deadline passed, no official word emerged from Fischer or other principals, and comments were not obtainable.
The Duke of Duval, a prominent local figure, ends a long reign in San Diego Texas. Details remain unclear in the fragment but indicate a notable leadership transition affecting the community and its institutions.
Word spread through Duval that political boss George B Parr had died, triggering reactions among local factions and prompting officials to issue statements denying the rumor as investigators checked reports and footprints in the wake of the unconfirmed claim.
In Washington, twelve jurors and six alternates will be chosen from 44 of 75 screened for former Treasury Secretary John B. Connallys bribery trial. Connally, under a gag rule, faces charges of taking two 5000 bribes from Associated Milk Producers Inc in 1971 to sway Nixon on milk prices.
In central Vietnam, Tuy Hoa Phan Rang Phan Thiet Dalat and Cam Ranh fell without opposition as Saigon retreated the government yielding control of 17 of 44 provinces and a third of district capitals. The North Vietnamese Viet Cong now hold three fourths of South Vietnam and threaten Saigon within 100 miles. Evacuation ships await refugees as cabinet and military leaders meet in Saigon amid warnings of a possible final assault within months.
In Austin, Senate lawmakers pass a full revision of the 99 year old Texas constitution after six hours of debate. The measure, led by Sen. Bob Gammage, moves toward a November 4 statewide vote if the House concurs. Only seven of 25 proposed amendments survive.
World Airways president Ed Daly canceled plans to fly about 500 Vietnamese orphan babies to the United States to escape a North Vietnamese threat on Saigon. Daly blamed USAID and the U S Embassy, saying relief groups were told planes were unsafe. He cited prior Da Nang flight clashes as retaliation. Most babies were to come from Friends of All Children with a large adoption waiting list.
Cambodian government loses its last outpost on the Mekong below Phnom Penh as Khmer Rouge forces seize Neak Luong and nearby Banam. U S evacues nearly 15 percent of staff to Bangkok while airlift of rice continues. Battambang under insurgent pressure. refugees flood into the provincial capital. Prime Minister Lon Nol leaves for Bali with possible peace talks discussed by Bangkok sources. Civilians and soldiers displaced. government convoys halted on Mekong.
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