New Evidence Supports Grassy Knoll Shot in JFK Probe
In Grand Rapids, AP reports new acoustical analysis suggests a shot from the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963, challenging the Warren Commission finding of a lone gunman. The committee aims to finish work by year end as experts refine tape echoes and sounds from a police radio during the assassination.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Texas School Book Depository
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Washington Post
Edi
Sawyer
Washington
Louis Stokes
D-Ohio
James Barger
Davis testimony expected later in post Christmas trial
Four witnesses are scheduled to testify today before Cullen Davis faces cross examination after the Christmas break. Prosecutors say Davis could take the stand to explain his relationship with FBI informant David McCrory and the alleged plot to kill his wife, brother, and a judge. The defense maintains Davis was framed by McCrory, Priscilla Davis, and Pat Burleson as the trial resumes.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Houston
Cullen Davis
Fort Worth
Davis
FBI
David McCrory
McCrory
Priscilla
Pat Burleson
Stan Farr
Administration mulls gasoline tax shift to curb price gaps
President Carter's inflation team considers higher taxes on leaded gasoline and lower taxes on unleaded fuel to shrink price differentials and deter fuel-tank modifications. Testimony notes possible removal of federal price controls as OPEC raises oil prices, with inflation projections nudging upward and heater oil expected to rise.
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Robert Farlow
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Congress
Alfred E. Kahn
House Commerce
Kahn
Energy
John F. O'Leary
American Automobile Association
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
OPEC
G. William Miller
The
Federal Re
Serve Board
Parole Board balks at Estes plea role in hearing set
U S Parole Board questions its part in Billie Sol Estes plea deal and Judge Eldon Mahon orders a December 28 hearing to resolve ambiguities. If the deal fails, prosecutors may seek indictments from a two year probe into Estes schemes involving loans and fictitious assets. Estes faces a single count of concealing assets from the IRS while awaiting possible retroactive parole revocation.
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U.S
Eldon Mahon
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Patsy
Fort Worth
Hon’s Court
Internal Revenue Service
Mahon
G. Brockett Irwin
Longview
Kenneth Mighell
Parole Board
Two New Mexico residents indicted in Pecos conspiracy case
A federal grand jury in Pecos indicts Eunice New Mexico residents Howard Britton and Floyd Osmondson in an interstate marijuana distribution conspiracy. They were arrested in Eunice and held at Reeves County Correctional Facility with bonds set at 10000 and 25000 respectively. Co-defendants James Hewitt and Henry Naegle, also from Marfa, were arrested nearby and released on 25000 bonds.
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Eunice
N.M
Pecos
New Mexico
Reeves County
Howard Lee Britton
E. 10Th
Floyd Leslie Osmondson
U.S
Steve Balog
Britton
Osmondson
James’ Nahtan Hewitt
Henry Alacorn Naegle
Marfa
Hewitt
Naegle
RCCF
J. M. Preston
U. S
Ranger
Texas
Minneapolis
Minn
Western District
Lea County
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas
Weather clear and cold tonight with sunny conditions through Friday for Pecos and vicinity. Wednesday high 58, morning low 27. West Texas: sunny today and Friday, cool nights, highs mid 50s to mid 60s, lows in the low 20s to near 30 in the mountains and Big Bend valleys. Friday highs upper 40s to upper 60s.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
China shipment: Dallas firm sells seven oil rigs to China
Continental Emsco of Dallas, a division of LTV Corp, signs a 40 million dollar deal to sell seven oil drilling rigs to the People's Republic of China. The purchase includes two 1500 horsepower diesel rigs and five 2000 horsepower electric rigs for offshore use with depths of 20 000 to 30 000 feet.
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Dallas
Continental Emsco
LTV Corp
People’s Republic of China
United States
People’s Republic
LTV
China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation
Peking
China
China Oil
Raymond Hay
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Robert Hinojos
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