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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1975
Page
3
Around 500 leftist guerrillas attacked army and police posts ten miles south of Buenos Aires for four hours. The army reported at least 50 guerrillas killed and six soldiers. calm was restored by midnight, with gunfire still heard afterward. No prisoners reported.
Three year old Jenny Jones, found neglected and malnourished in a Korean village last week, is expected to be in her new American home by Christmas. "It's a miracle," says Leah, her adoptive guardian, as Norristown AP reports a happy reunion.
President Ford signs the compromise tax cut measure and 18 other bills aboard Air Force One on the way to Vail Colorado. He skis for nearly two hours on trails with sparse snow as Vail reports 64 inches this year half the normal amount. Ford plans to return to the White House December 30 amid more bills and a State of the Union effort.
Washington reports a strict brucellosis quarantine will stop breeding cattle shipments from Texas to other states starting January 6. federal indemnities of about 3.7 million dollars will end, with tests and qualified herd rules to be enforced. steers and spayed heifers over six months may move, others only under brand and quarantine limits.
In Athens the Greek police boosted protection for all American diplomats after the slaying of Richard Welch, the 46 year old U S embassy staffer. The Athens News had named Welch as chief CIA agent in Greece and listed six other Americans and ten Russians accused of espionage. Welch died after ambush near his home as he and his wife returned from a embassy Christmas party.
Pope Paul VI closes the bronze Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica before midnight ending the 1975 Holy Year which drew about 8 million pilgrims. He will celebrate the first outdoor Christmas Eve mass in St. Peter's Square with over 100,000 worshipers watching on TV in 41 countries. The pope opts for accessibility, and the door will be sealed later rather than brick laid.
A twin engine Piper Cherokee piloted by Mack Ross of Brownfield disappeared in a heavy snowstorm near Plainview Texas Tuesday. Federal flight service men at Lubbock identified Ross and feared a crash. Last radio contact was 3 28 p.m. Tuesday as he asked about weather while apparently above clouds searching for a landing. Renewed snowfall hampered recovering efforts today.
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