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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1974
Page
3
President Ford rejects illegal domestic spying by the CIA. Colby told him nothing similar to the alleged Nixon era operation is currently ongoing. The report spurred questions as Ford offered assurances during a Sunday briefing.
An AP survey shows six million Americans jobless in November with auto industry hit hardest as car sales fall over 30 percent. Timber and textile sectors report widespread furloughs and plant closings, while jobless rates rise and housing starts slump to an eight year low. Firms like Xerox GE Westinghouse RCA and Nabisco cut staff.
Venezuelan President Perez faces submitting a bill to congress to complete the nationalization of American oil holdings. The plan, crafted by a 36 member commission, aims for state control and compensation near net book value. The draft follows debates over U S Steel and Bethlehem subsidiaries and notes other major oil players in the region.
Police investigate a possible link between a missing Bible page and the throat slaying of 9 year old Arnold Zeleznik in a Fort Washington motel. Vernal Walford, 31, alias Robert Grant, was arrested for first degree murder as detectives review a blood soaked scene and a pocket note referencing sacred law and child sacrifice.
Amber Noel Peebles, 15 months old, was saved after four hours in a coral rock well seven feet deep with a nine inch opening. Fire Lt. Pete Hendricks and a three man team pulled her free as onlookers cheered. The child wandered away from her parents while they picked tomatoes for Christmas dinner.
Roland Charles a 45 year old Chicago police detective who died of a heart attack wrote a three page Declaration declaring racism has reached to the marrow of my bones He described a life of barriers from inferior schools to discriminatory tests and finally becoming a policeman He recalled hero status after the 1966 gunman killings and robberies but said mine is a wasted life full of degradation and not belonging The declaration found among his papers by his common law wife reflected years of silence and a final tribute to his struggles as a black man in a difficult society
Washington AP report notes the Joint Economic Committee urged tax cuts up to 12 billion dollars annually to spur growth and avert a deep recession. It also proposed a gasoline tax increase to lower demand, with 30 cents a gallon forecast to cut consumption by eight percent in year one.
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