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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1978
Page
3
Spotlights from Rangoon report ten thousand convicts will construct a new road to Mandalay, a 400 mile superhighway. They will receive wages and liberal home leaves, per government plans. The item moves through several regional briefs on aviation incidents, political visits, legal cases, medical milestones, and crime indictments.
The Panama Canal treaties face a final Senate vote with about 65 firm supports for the first and second agreements, as two undecided lawmakers threaten to switch. A compromise on non intervention and canal operation could deliver victory for President Carter if key defections hold.
ANSA reports a communist communique signed by the Red Brigades claiming Aldo Moro has been executed. The message says Moro lies in Lake Duchessa, 6,000 feet up Mt. Velino in Abruzzi. Police rushed to verify, with authorities noting the authenticity unknown.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the public does not have a common law right to access the 30 Watergate tape recordings from the Nixon era. The decision blocks release to networks, PBS and Warner Communications, reversing a 1976 Appeals Court ruling. The ruling favors Nixon’s privacy concerns and limits public airing or sale of the tapes.
Three young boys held for more than 10 hours by Al Boyer, 38, an escaped Alabama convict, slip from a Menlo Park house while he shaves for a televised news conference. Police say Boyer, pursued after a high speed chase, surrendered when the children fled. The motive and crimes remain unclear. Boyer is in San Mateo County jail.
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance travels with U.S. officials toward Africa to push for an all party conference among Rhodesian leaders and guerrillas. Joshua Nkomo may seek terms with black leaders as Ian Smith faces internal opposition and friction risks. The trip aims to prevent broader war while raising U.S. influence before Moscow talks.
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