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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1973
Page
3
State Police Chief Martin Vigil said no further effort will be made to locate the origin of the boy’s voice calling for help unless new information arises. Radio finder equipment remains in place after the search ended Aug. 12, with no signals detected from the voice identified as Larry.
Ten range and forest fires burn over more than 110000 acres in the West with Northern California near Yosemite the focal point. The Granite fire in Stanislaus National Forest about three miles west of Yosemite is the day’s most critical at 12000 acres.
Weekend fatalities in Texas totaled 19 with nine traffic deaths eight homicides and two drownings. Other items note Beall diary ties to Agnew aide, gas drilling surge, sulfuric cloud near Los Angeles, French nuclear tests, Tahiti and a FTC consent order against the American Dairy Association over milk fat and calories disclosures.
Laotian government troops crushed exiled General Thao Ma's bid to topple Premier Souvanna Phouma and derail coalition talks with the Pathet Lao. Civil turmoil ended after about 10 hours with the premier declaring the coup foiled and airport and border crossings reopening.
Detroit AP report details a new radical workers movement. WAM, linked to the Progressive Labor Party, claims strikes at Mack Avenue stamping and other Chrysler plants show rank and file power. UAW and Chrys ler officials say conditions vary, with 15 of 20 plants toured showing distressing safety and health issues.
American TV correspondent Jack Begon reappears at a Rome clinic after four weeks missing. Police say he was kidnapped by the Mafia and released after promising to stop investigating Mafia affairs. Begon, 62, vanished July 22 amid coverage of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and a disarrayed office with broken glasses.
A New York Times commissioned Gallup poll reports only 27 percent found Nixon's Watergate speech very convincing, 44 percent not convincing at all, with 50 percent doubting his lack of involvement and 58 percent disagreeing that protests fueled the crimes. The survey of 810 adults carried a four point margin of error.
In San Francisco a planned public sale of live steers drew scant crowds over two days, with only 60 sales. Organizers halted bidding due to weak demand as exhibitors cited the price freeze on processed meat and high costs.
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