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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1978
Page
3
Bootle magistrate Vera Bray quits after 21 years on the bench as Princess Anne's husband Mark Phillips pays a small fine for a second speeding conviction in 13 months. Bray complains one law for the rich and one for the poor, saying she would have fined him more.
Antwerp authorities report four men from the Antwerp area have been arrested for questioning in the March 7 1978 kidnap murder of Baron Charles Victor Bracht. His body was found near a marshy dump in Oelegem after a ransom negotiation. The baron’s son Theodore Bracht urged severe punishment for the killers.
The Israeli Supreme Court considers the appeal of Terry Fleener, a Texas resident convicted of security law violations for sending photographs and maps to Arab guerrillas. Defense argues for commutation and deportation. judge notes the act remains a felony despite no evil intent as delay extends judgment.
In Rome two kidnap victims were released after lengthy captivity, while police found no leads on former premier Aldo Moro or the Red Brigades holding him. A Rome professor alleges Moro was drugged to influence handwriting and decisions, describing a tasteless odorless drug used on dissidents.
The Soviet Union accuses the CIA of detaining Arkady N. Shevchenko under duress and demands his return to the USSR. His American lawyer says Shevchenko is in voluntary seclusion near New York awaiting a meeting with Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, who is en route back from Europe. The State Department would not comment, while Washington disputes U.S. influence over his decision not to return. The Soviet mission decries a premeditated provocation and says Shevchenko is in the hands of U.S. intelligence under duress. The Soviet Embassy formally protests. Dobrynin discussed the matter with Secretary of State Vance.
The House ethics committee heard testimony that ex Rep. Otto Passman received payoffs through Dr. Murdock Head of the Arlie Foundation for a 1972 foreign aid increase. Witness Stephen Elko said Head used coded payments and written notes to avoid fingerprints, while investigators alleged extortion threats and favors for a rice and sugar firm.
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