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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1976
Page
3
A four week transit strike in San Francisco saved the city about 7.5 million dollars, offsetting the planned 5.7 million in pay cuts for 1800 workers. The situation prompted broader economic and political discussions across the nation with multiple related items appearing from Washington to Dallas.
Jimmy Carter claimed a strong popular vote win and led for 65 of Pennsylvania’s 178 delegates as returns came in. He called Pennsylvania the last gasp of organized opposition to his bid for the Democratic nomination, saying we’re now No. 1.
The Army inspector general’s 259 page report finds intelligence led LSD and other hallucinogen tests on soldiers violated Pentagon rules and ethical standards. Between 1956 and 1967 about 585 personnel participated, with 48 to 53 subjects per operation, mainly volunteers, in Edgewood Maryland and overseas.
Carla A. Hills says local communities will face a need to provide low income housing for the poor outside city ghettos without federal coercion. She noted current federal incentives for housing and community development are enough to entice suburbs to participate.
The Ghanaian government cancels Henry Kissinger's Africa tour stop citing illness of Col. Ignatius Acheampong. U.S. officials blame Soviet agitation and indicate a possible meeting with Shirley Temple Black in Liberia to discuss cocoa price stabilization and a commodity agreement. Kissinger arrived in Zaire and praised U.S.-Africa ties while urging unity against external blocs.
Steven Soliah was found innocent in the federal bank robbery case in Sacramento and may face renewed charges of harboring Patricia Hearst. Prosecutors in San Francisco said they are evaluating all options and evidence since September 18. A related Carmichael bank robbery in 1975 left Myrna Opsahl dead, with Soliah not the triggerman.
A Boeing 727 overshot the Harry S Truman Airport runway in St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Officials say 37 dead or missing as 57 injured were treated at Knud-Hamsen Hospital. The plane carried 81 passengers and seven crew members, with many victims vacationers from the East Coast.
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