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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1975
Page
3
Reports from Beirut and surrounding areas describe intensified fighting in Tripoli and northern Lebanon with casualties mounting. Police confirm 16 killed and 45 wounded as Moslems and Christians clashed through the night around Zagharta and northern towns.
Judith Campbell Exner held a news conference to deny involvement in any plot between the Kennedy White House and the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro. She acknowledged relationships with Kennedy and with Mafia figures Sam Giancana and John Rosselli, but refuted acting as a go between. She said she met Kennedy in 1960 and Giancana shortly after, with 16 to 200 White House visits claimed in reports.
Murray Dusty Miller 60, long seen as heir apparent to Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons, will retire next month as secretary treasurer for health reasons. The surprise move amid master freight talks, union pension fund probes, and organized crime allegations sparks questions about a broader shakeup, though officials say it is health driven. Miller, unavailable for comment, has battled arthritis and undergone surgeries in recent years.
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered a gradual shift away from natural gas for boiler fuel to conserve dwindling supplies. If oil becomes the main alternative, national security could be affected and air pollution may rise. By 1981 large users must cut by 10 percent, and by 1985 a 25 percent reduction is required.
City planning director Jonathan Cunningham testified in federal court to defend the city and El Paso School District against charges of discrimination against Mexican Americans. Urban planning specialists had argued city policies isolated Mexican Americans and kept their children in poor schools.
PRUDHOE BAY Alaska AP The spill from eight interconnecting storage tanks at Alyeska Slope Camp near the Arctic Ocean released diesel or heating oil over two acres of frozen tundra. The 600000 gallon leak occurred during a rapid 50 degree temperature swing as tanks apparently overfilled and fuel expanded water pollution danger denied by officials. Cleanup uses portable pumps to return fuel to tanks and recover as much as possible.
A temporary restraining order halted Arch McColl of Midland Texas from selling oil stocks from his strip hotel room in Las Vegas. Judge J Charles Thompson set a Dec 30 hearing on the district attorney backed complaint. McColl advertised 10 to 15 shares of a Lubbock oil well to Las Vegas residents. he is not a registered Nevada broker and the stocks are unregistered.
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