Fifteen hostages freed by Japanese Red Army at Kuala Lumpur
Five Japanese Red Army terrorists released 15 hostages including U S Consul Robert Stebbins and a Swedish diplomat in Kuala Lumpur before departing for Libya with four substitute hostages and five other radicals. The group stopped in Colombo for fuel en route to Tripoli. Stebbins described the captors as precise and organized, capable of killing if demands fail.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
U.S
Robert Stebbins
Libya
Fredom
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Japanese Foreign Ministry
Tripoli
Stebbins
Clovis
N.M
Kuala
Lampur
Red Army
Foster son may know facts on Hoffa case
Jimmy Hoffa's son says he believes Charles O'Brien, Hoffa's foster son, knows what happened to the ex-TU president and demands a polygraph test. O'Brien, 41, says he has no knowledge of Hoffa's whereabouts and spoke with James P. Hoffa as the FBI questions him in the disappearance probe.
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Detroit
Jimmy Hoffa
Charles
Chuckie
O’brien
Hoffa
Teamsters
O'Brien
James P. Hoffa
FBI
Associated Press
James Burdick
Giacalone
Southfield Athletic Club
Back to school time brings Pecos culture spotlight
A Pecos column celebrates local talent and community life as students prepare for the school year. It highlights artists Russell, Kelly, Lassater, Leigh, Prewit and Mary Nabors Prewit, notes public art pieces, and applauds local musicians Bryants Jeff and Jimmy, Tommy Williamson, and the monthly county jamboree while urging community involvement to sustain cultural events.
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Pecos
Russell
Kelly
Lassater
Leigh
Precit
Mary Nabors Prewit
Prewit
West Texas
Leo Elliott
S. Cedar St
Bryants
Jeff
Jimmy
Tommy Williamson
Burglaries Hit Local Vending Machines and Jukeboxes
Police report two burglaries Tuesday night by entry through a window. At Sophia's Club 1224 S Cedar St about 400 dollars in cash disappeared from coin boxes inside vending machines and pool tables. A second theft at Blacks Cafe on W Third St involved a cigarette machine and a juke box with an unknown sum stolen. Both cases under investigation.
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Sophia’s Club
S. Cedar St
Sophia's Club
Nicasio Nunez
Blacks Cafe
W. Third St
Nunez
Pecos CIT Joins Nationwide Computer Network
Pecos joins more than 411 CIT Financial Services branches in 20 states in July to form the CITaction System linking offices and headquarters. The system, developed with Eastern Airlines computer Sciences, promises faster service, simplified transactions and nationwide access to accounts.
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Pecos
CIT Financial Services
Louis Gerrero
Guerrero
E. Fourth St
CITFS
United States
Eastern Airlines
C.I.T. Financial Services
Glen E. Jorgensen
Eastern
Dairy lobbyist free after Angelo arrest
Former dairy cooperative lobbyist Jake Jacobsen, linked to John Connally as his accuser, was freed on personal recognizance after a San Angelo grand jury charged him with four counts of felony theft tied to an $825,000 loan he approved at San Angelo First Savings and Loan Association. Jacobsen, already under federal indictment in the same case, left Travis County Jail after a bond hearing set in San Angelo.
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Austin, Tex
Jake Jacobsen
John Connally
Jacobsen
Tom Green County
San Angelo
San Angelo First Savings and Loan Association
Treasury
State District Court
Tom Blackwell
Travis County
Austin
Boxcar Fire Quenched Near Pecos Involving Lumber Load
An undetermined amount of damage was reported to a freight boxcar and its lumber load after arriving in Pecos shortly after 7 am today. The lumber was on fire when it left Toyah and Pecos fire department personnel fought the blaze. Volunteers spent over two hours on scene unloading and extinguishing the fire.
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Pecos
Toyah
Unattended DA post in 143rd district prompts delay
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe has yet to name a replacement for the 143rd district attorney, after Larry Fuller resigned effective August 1. Reeves and Ward counties along with Loving await a successor, with Briscoe’s secretary offering no clear timeline. The delay leaves the three-county area without an investigative office.
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Texas
Dolph Briscoe
143Rd
Austin
Briscoe
Larry Fuller
Monahans
Fuller
143Rd District
Reeves County
Walter Holcombe
Ward
Ed Keys
Reeves
Loving
Cerinus
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Pecos Drug
S. Oak St
D. W. Bozeman
Bozeman
Griggs
Marathon
Bob E. Griggs
Marathon Independent
Alvis Teague
Teague
Pecos- Barstow-Toyah
Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Odessa Lloyd
Hemet, Calif
Fredrik Bergenstrahle
Tee Wah Kwung
Gerald Lancaster
Houston
Tex
George Burton
San Francisco
Connie
Pecos Cit
Angelo
Raymond Frank
Capitol
Frank
Land Jury
Ers
Lyndon Johnson
Associated Milk Producers Inc
San Antonio
Connally
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