What I did on my vacation by John Pitts
A reflective travel piece recounting a two week Texas tour from Fort Stockton to Brownsville including Fort Stockton, San Angelo, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, and Laredo. Observations note Texas scope, back roads over interstates, diverse landscapes, and the value of seeing through a child’s eyes for renewed wonder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
San Angelo
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Galveston
Freport
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Matamoros
Mexico
Laredo
del Rio
Home
Texas
New York City
Pecos
Denver
Yuma
South
Pecos Weekend Traffic Accidents Injure One
Weekend police reports show a 16 year old girl Lupita Orona injured in a wreck at Seventh and Locust streets around 11 45 p m. She was treated and released from Memorial hospital after autos driven by Charley Jones and Raymundo Orona collided.
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Lupita Orona
Almond St
Memorial Hospital
Charley Jones
Raymundo Orona
Seventh and
Locust Streets
Orona
Margarita Guebara
Toyah
Ray Matta
Ash St
Third and
Cypress Streets
Thomas R. Chavez
E. Fourth St
Roman Alaniz
Pharr
Tex
E. Third St
Chavez Auto
Alaniz
Tucson
Ariz
Pecos Shell Service
U.S
Leah Veleen Yarbrough
City Humane
Malaysian terrorists seize U S consul in Kuala Lumpur
Four to six terrorists storm an embassy block in Kuala Lumpur seizing U S Consul Robert Stebbins and a Swedish diplomat. Three security men are wounded as police surround the 12 story building. terrorists threaten to blow it up and may hold about 50 hostages. Japan says it will meet the demands amid worries over life.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Red Army
Japan
U.S
Robert Stebbins
Mat
American International Assurance
Tokyo
Takeo Miki
United States
Ford
Japan Air Lines
V. Manickavasagam
Robert S. Dillon
Michiaki Suma
Hoffa Believed Kidnapped or Slain by Thugs
DETROIT AP ex Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is believed dead or abducted as sources say his push to regain union power threatened officials and organized crime. The FBI says it has no firm clues, with agents set to interview people who can shed light on Hoffa's disappearance after he planned to meet three men including a Detroit Mafia figure and a former Teamsters official.
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Detroit
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
FBI
Jay E. Bailey
Bureau
Hoffa
Detroit News
Teamsters Union
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Chicago Sun-Times
Bailey
Anthony
Tony Jack’ Giacalone
Tony Pro’’ Provenzano
Leonard Schultz
Brazil's coffee crop 70 percent destroyed
An aerial view of Parana and surrounding states shows extensive frost devastation. Brazil faces a sharp drop in coffee output with 70 percent of 1976 harvest gone and prices rising sharply as inventories dwindle and exports shift to cover demand.
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Brazil
Londrina
Parana
Brazilian Coffee Institute
Institute
U.S. Commerce Department
New York
London
Truckload of drugs seized near Buchanan Georgia
Sheriffs deputies probing reports of a plane crash found no plane but seized a truckload of illegal drugs and arrested five men in the Treat Mountain area. Burlap sacks marked as possibly from Colombia, South America, or the Bahamas filled much of a nine ton van.
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Buchanan
Scott Roberts
Roberts
Haralson County
Treat Mountain
Colombia
South America
Bahamas
Here
Dawson County
United States
Jaworski comments on Nixon tapes and Watergate
Former Special Prosecutor Leon M Jaworski said Nixon might still be president if the Watergate tapes had been destroyed when first revealed. He added the American system that exposed the Watergate scandal probably would not have worked without the tapes surfacing. He spoke during an interview for Public Broadcasting Service Martin Agronsky Evening Edition.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Leon M. Jaworski
Jaworski
Public Broadcasting Service
Martin Agronsky
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É Que
John Pitts
Rio de Janeiro
Marcos Schaulff
Congress
House
It Budget Committee
Pecos Park
Barney Hubbs
J.J. Maxey
Nixon
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