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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1973
Page
2
Apollo astronauts Bean Garriott and Lousma are escorted to Cape Kennedy launch pad as a precautionary move. Officials express confidence they will return to Earth on September 25 aboard the Apollo ship.
All 15 UN Security Council members back censuring Israel for forcing down an Arab airliner last weekend. A split over possible punitive action may form as Arab demands rise. Debate continues. vote not expected before Thursday. The United States signals support for censure but opposes broader measures.
President Nixon works on a national television address expected this week about Watergate. Officials say he has held a small group of trusted aides at Camp David and in the White House to draft the remarks, with denial of knowledge of bugging plans as a key element.
Fort Worth Five leave federal prison on bond amid grand jury questions over gun running to Northern Ireland. Bonds set by Judge Leo Brewster range from 15 000 to 10 000 and 5 000 for members. they express relief and frustration about their detention and the grand jury process.
SAN ANTONIO AP A spokesman for Associated Milk Producers Inc. said milk prices to dairies in AMPI's 12 state southern region rose 70 cents per hundredweight, about three cents per half gallon, marking the second increase in three weeks. The co op, with 40,000 members, cites higher production costs and farm labor exits as drivers, while noting other regions will follow.
Pecos Enterprise lists mail subscription prices for Reeves County and other areas. Rates include six months at 10.50 dollars and one year at 21.00 dollars for Reeves County, with higher rates for all other mail. The notice is printed for readers at 324 S. Cedar St Pecos Texas.
A Mara thon Oil Co official says spark plug misfires as small as 2 percent can triple emissions while many owners notice little or no change at lower levels. The source cites motorists failing to link misfires with pollution and includes a quoted lyric about drivers’ distraction.
The last U.S. air strike in Cambodia ends tonight at midnight EDT, capping a war that dropped about 7.4 million tons of explosives. Insurgent forces hold most Cambodian territory as North Vietnamese troops threaten South Vietnam. The air war has cost tens of billions in inflation, with 16 U.S. servicemen killed and 4 missing. 160 aircraft lost and 3,700 planes crashed or shot down since 1965.
In Houston area, indictments are sought for two teens Elmer Wayne Henley and David O Brooks in the grim mass murder case linked to Dean Corll. Four more bodies found on the Gulf Coast raise total victims to 27 with ongoing identifications.
The Harris County grand jury hears testimony in the sex murder case linked to Dean Corll and Elmer Wayne Henley. Billy Widiger, a youth rumored to have escaped a homosexual murder ring, testifies as prosecutors seek an early indictment. David Owens Brooks implicates himself in the affairs and the three men face multiple murder counts.
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