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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1977
Page
3
Herbert Kappler a former Nazi official serving a life term for mass murder in German-occupied Rome is missing from Celio hospital in Rome where he had cancer treatment. Police say Italian television reports he escaped. Kappler age 70 had been hospitalized for months.
A Justice Department report alleges Braniff International and Texas International coached staff not to cooperate with Southwest, exchanging memos and secrets to block competition. Grand jury testimony from 1975 cited. the prior antitrust indictment was dismissed on procedural grounds, while a new probe continues.
The FTC released ratings showing nearly one third of 166 cigarette brands have tar under 15 mg and nicotine under 0.3 mg. Ratings span Carlton through Players brands, with Carlton 70s regular at five tenths mg tar and 0.1% nicotine, and Players at 34 mg tar and 0.3% nicotine. The period also notes industry promotions and calls for stronger health warnings.
Washington report says Chip Carter plans to relocate to Plains Georgia to join the Carter peanut business leaving wife Caron and baby James at the White House. The 27 year old resigned from the Democratic National Committee and sources note marital problems while public appearances suggested reconciliation.
The Marble Cone blaze on California's central coast grows to about 123000 acres near Carmel Valley as nearly 10000 firefighters battle across California. Deep Creek in Colorado, Brook Creek and Meadow Creek in Oregon, and a wind driven brush fire in Washington also draw crews. Fire lines, aircraft support, and evacuations plans edge in amid containment efforts.
Showers tease Texas with scattered storms moving across the state after weekend rainfall. Morning temps ranged from the 60s in the Panhandle to 80s along the gulf with highs in the 90s to near 100 in the south and southwest. Local flooding was reported in Colorado and Pennsylvania with flash flooding near Cottonwood Creek in Colorado Springs and potential urban flooding near Hot Springs Arkansas.
U S Export-Import Bank may loan up to 400 million of the 1.2 billion needed to build a Mexico to United States natural gas pipeline. Ambassador Patrick Lucey said financing could involve banks from Japan and West Germany with materials sourced from lending countries. If approved, construction could start by year end and supplies would boost U S gas imports.
In Belfast the IRA aims to intensify assaults on British troops after failing to disrupt Queen Elizabeth II's Northern Ireland visit. Operation Monarch confined most violence to Catholic areas, while security forces log more arrests and a drop in midyear deaths. Provisional leaders warn the conflict will drain British resolve as discrimination debates sway support.
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