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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1978
Page
3
The Rhodesia Herald will discontinue use of the Rhodesia name and rebrand as The Herald amid plans for black majority rule in Rhodesia. Editor Rowland F. Fothergill cited not pre-empting the Zimbabwe name.
The House Assassinations Committee reviews new medical findings on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. death, with pathologists testifying. The findings may add precision to the cause but not overturn the conclusion that a bullet severed his spine and major vessels, while blame for the shooting remains disputed as James Earl Ray prepares to testify.
Paraguay's long time ruler Gen Alfredo Stroessner starts his sixth term as opposition groups boycott and call it a fraud. U.S. relations cooled after Carter suspended aid over rights concerns. About 24 political prisoners remain, with 24 freed since Feb. 12 election. 24 others jailed in late 1976.
In Memphis, during a dusk to dawn curfew amid simultaneous police and firefighter strikes, 39 people mostly officers were arrested for curfew breaches. Guardsmen protected firehouses and precincts as fire runs remained light and crime stayed down in the 800,000-resident metro area.
Vatican story outlines the burdens of selecting a successor to Paul VI, noting a future pope would become a private figure within the papal palace and Vatican city state. It details the daily grind, security limits, and the We form in papal address, plus the lone public exception of a kneeling appeal to free Aldo Moro.
Greek magnate Christina Onassis Kauzov abruptly returns to Moscow nine days after leaving her Russian husband Sergei Kauzov for Athens and London. Her mother-in-law remains, and reports of a marriage break are denied. She says she has been away on a business trip and will travel again.
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