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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1975
Page
3
A Sohio spokesman said industry nears a practical shale oil recovery system after a test yielded nearly 97 percent of useful products from 10 000 barrels of shale oil. Parado project director Harry Pforzheimer of Sohio and 16 firms lead the effort.
Robert Kleasen, 42, the man charged with killing two Mormon missionaries, filed a $50,000 civil rights suit against Sheriff Raymond Frank and jailer Bill Mansell alleging mistreatment. He says a poisonous centipede sandwich was served to him between two pieces of white bread on April 11, along with cockroach infested potatoes. The sheriff doubts the incident and says centipedes are not normally served in the jail. The suit cites cruel and unusual punishment including alleged assaults by another inmate and harassment. A May 19 trial date on capital murder charges remains set as Kleasen claims ongoing persecution by authorities and the CIA since 1965.
A House Ways and Means subcommittee begins formal work on an energy conservation bill proposing import quotas, a gasoline tax hike starting Jan 1 1976, and a tax on gas guzzlers. Initial votes favored quotas, with later adjustments and rebates considered to curb foreign oil use by 1985. The president could adjust quotas by up to one million barrels daily as needed.
Norman Snake Brooks known for a cave dwelling lifestyle faces a preliminary hearing on murder charges in the slaying of deputy Roy Dirks. Eighteen women in his Children of the Valley of Life group are held as material witnesses under bail and the children placed in foster homes. Brooks, 31, was detained April 16 and charged with murder the next day.
The Askew family and others victimized in a 1973 Collinsville raid sue six DEA agents for 4 million dollars. The Justice Department defends the agents after their acquittals as eight months of suspensions followed the criminal case. The suit flags libel counterclaims against the Askews while Sen. Percy questions the department's representation.
Gallatin, Tennessee AP report confirms Air Force Captain Ronald Dwight Perry among three pilots announced dead by Hanoi. The father recalls two years of worry and thanks Senator Kennedy for help as Perry, 28, was shot down over North Vietnam in December 1972.
Joliet Illinois officials consider criminal charges against inmates after a six hour takeover of a Joliet Correctional Center cellblock. One prisoner Herbert Catlett was found with a slashed throat. About 12 hostages were held. State's Attorney Rudman said some 200 inmates may face charges for hostage taking.
Pamela Levy of Fairfield Ohio delivered five babies at General Hospital Cincinnati after a caesarean section in a two minute span. The premature quints include three girls and two boys with birth weights from 3 pounds 3 ounces to 4 pounds 13 ounces. Doctors report the prognosis is good but the smallest baby required a blood transfusion and faces a critical 72 hours.
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