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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1974
Page
3
Thanom Kittikachorn, ousted military ruler, slipped back into Thailand and is confined at home. Student leaders demand his trial for the deaths of 72 civilians during the October 1973 uprising that ended his rule.
The Shah of Iran said his forces will not fight on the Arab side in another Arab Israeli war though sympathies lie with them. Al Ahram reported Egypt's war and foreign ministers head to Moscow after an urgent invitation from Brezhnev. A Beirut paper said Moscow offered MIG jets and SA missiles if experts return to Egypt. Relief officials warned hundreds could die from cholera or tetanus after Darwin cyclone. 45 dead, 3 survivors. In Douai, a coal dust explosion killed 36 miners at Lievin, injuring six. worst French mining disaster in 15 years.
Jack Benny, famed make-believe miser, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 80 in Beverly Hills. His wife Sadie Marks Benny and long-time manager Irving Fein at his bedside. Gov. Ronald Reagan and stars Frank Sinatra Bob Hope Danny Kaye George Burns attended. Benny’s career spanned vaudeville radio television and film across 60 years.
Washington AP reports Senator J W Fulbright, longtime chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will receive enhanced retirement benefits after resigning three days before his term ends. The veteran lawmaker led the committee for fifteen years amid diplomatic work and policy debates.
Four children were found slain in a wooded gully near their Martinsville home, sheriff calling it a cold blooded execution. Their mother was found inside the house, apparently sexually attacked and strangled. A suspect was being questioned. no charges filed. The crime occurred after Christmas, with details including a half-eaten meal on the kitchen table and an undisturbed tree.
The SEC outlined conditions for gold merchants to operate without securities laws including no margin buying and offering physical possession. Major banks said they will not target the general public, citing minimal returns, volatility, and fraud risks.
An Indiana State Prison escapee held farm wife Marian Napierala 53 and her daughter Gayle Napierala 19 hostage in a rural home for seven hours before surrendering with two guns left behind. The women were found shot to death. a third daughter, Cynthia 17, uninjured, was taken to hospital in shock. Mosley Jr. Riley 29 of Indianapolis, in custody at the state prison, had been serving 10 to 20 years for armed robbery. State police reported no harm to the hostages during negotiations.
The DC corrections chief says he will honor a no reprisal pledge as about 80 inmates surrendered seven guards and ended a 19 hour occupation at Lorton Reformatory. The deal centers on improved living conditions and no forced transfers, with communications from DOJ and assurances from Delbert Jackson guiding the peaceful end. One escapee died in the abandoned car. others remained at large as inmates cited dehumanizing conditions and transfer threats.
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