Nixon admits ordering secret bombing of Cambodia
President Nixon for the first time acknowledged ordering covert air raids in Cambodia in 1965 after taking office. He told the Veterans of Foreign Wars that strikes were necessary to protect American lives and would be repeated if faced with the same decision. He noted Cambodian neutrality was violated and that the raids remained undisclosed to save lives.
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New Orleans
Nixon
Cambodia
Indochina
U.S
Ainst
Watergate
President Nixon motorcade cancelled amid assassination scare in New Orleans
The White House says Nixon’s planned motorcade in New Orleans was abandoned after a Secret Service FBI and police investigation into a possible conspiracy against the President during his visit to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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New Orleans
Secret Service
Nixon
Florida
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House
FBI
Gaudet
Clarence Giarrusso
Giarrusso
West Texas Airways resumes Pecos flights after delay
West Texas Airways of Van Horn restarts service to Pecos after a weeklong pause due to FAA inspection and maintenance requirements. The firm adds a Piper PA34 Seneca aircraft and notes limited early passenger interest while fielding inquiries on rates and schedules. The carrier also offers freight charter and air ambulance services.
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West Texas Airways, Inc
van Horn
Pecos
Larry Simpson
Simpson
West Texas
Warner Aviation
West Texas Airways
Minor injuries after Barstow near headon crash in Barstow
Two Pecos residents, Louis L. Orona and Jose Ramos Orona III, suffered minor abrasions in a near head on collision on Highway 80 in Barstow. Pena cited for no license and turning without safety. Nine weekend wrecks reported with no serious injuries.
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Pecos
Barstow
Louis L. Orona
Jose Ramos Orona
Memorial Hospital
Jose Ramos Orona III
Jose Lara Orona
Johnson St
Matilde Pena
Pena
Orona
Texas Department of Public Safety
Jerry Byrnes
Jose Rodriguez
Second St
Howard J. Foster
S. Alamo St
Rodriguez
Foster
Pecos Named Safest in Permian Basin by FBI Report
The 1972 FBI Uniform Crime Report ranks Pecos as one of the safest in the Permian Basin with no murders and only one criminal assault last year. Odessa, Midland, Lubbock, San Angelo, Big Spring, Hobbs, and others reported varying totals across murders, assaults, robberies, burglaries, and stolen vehicles. The report notes city and county figures for the region, including missing autos and overall crime counts.
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FBI
City of
Pecos
Permian Basin
Odessa
Ector County
Midland
Lubbock
San Angelo
Big Spring
Hobbs
N. M
Sal Angelo
Weather Mix Across Texas with Brenda Threats and Fronts
Temperatures declined over the weekend with weekend highs of 163 and 98 and lows near 66. Tropical Storm Brenda tracked toward Mexico while a cool front from the Central Plains neared North Texas by Tuesday. Fire danger rose in the Northwest as fires burned 85 000 acres and storms scattered across Michigan and the Middle Ohio Valley. A Pecos robbery report noted a white male breaking a door at Hill’s Grocery causing about 50 damage.
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Associated Press
Texas
Brenda
Acatan Peninsula
Gulf of Campeche
National
Central Plains
North Texas
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
South Plains
Mineral Wells
Wichita Falls
Marfa
West Texas Mountains
South
Platea
Rockies
Michigan
Middle
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Central Atlantic Seaboard
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Ottawa
Allegan
Saugatuck
Sault Ste. Marie
California
Arizona
Yuma
Ariz
Robert K. Hill
Hill’s
Pecos
Hill
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N. Elm St
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Dominguez
Lake Pontchartrain
Canal Street
Rivergate Convention Center
Estelle D. Clinton
Hickory St
Reymundo A. Reyes
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Reyes
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Cypress Streets
Ernestine Ortega
Marathon
Charles Smith
George D. Pugh
Airbase
Billy J. Hudson
Colorado City
W. Third St
Pugh
Hudson
Gracien Arreguy
S. Pecan St
Virginia Granado
Granado
E. 16Th St
Tommy Wayne Davis
Cactus St
James C. Loggains
Davis
Darren G. Owens
Manuel V. Gomez
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Eddy Streets
Owens
Alamo
Gomez
S. Mulberry St
Ninth and
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Ninth St
Galindo
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Maldonado
Robert Diaz
Carlos Jaquez Garcia
Diaz
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Elm Streets
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Chevrolet
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