Mutscher appeal reaches Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
A 16 volume 5000 page transcript plus briefs have been filed with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Gus Mutscher bribery conspiracy case. The Abilene district court sent the materials and no date was set for a hearing. Defense has six months to file its brief and the state six months to reply.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Hose
Gus Mutscher
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Abilene
Daniel
Ferry sinking in Guayaquil toll nears two hundred
AP reports the Christmas Eve sinking of the FE Jambeli off Guayaquil Bay has 191 bodies recovered by late Thursday as divers continue the search. Frogmen work amid grim conditions in the sunken coastal steamer.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Guayaquil Bay
Hughes indicted for fraud in Air West purchase
Billionaire recluse How ard Hughes faces a federal grand jury indictment charging conspiracy stock manipulation and wire fraud tied to his 1968 Air West purchase. Also named are a former Hughes aide and two others in a nine count case stemming from SEC probe. Hughes reportedly relocated to the Bahamas amid extradition rumors.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes
U.S. District Court
Air West
Hughes
Securities and Exchange Commission
Grand Jury
Kissinger Says Soviets Could Aid Middle East Peace
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger indicated the Soviet Union may help stabilize the Middle East after years of inflaming Arab nations. He noted Israel Egypt and Jordan now share a basic outlook and voiced willingness to cooperate with Moscow if actions align with peaceful aims. The United States will not concede to a settlement at Israel’s expense.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Middle East
United States
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Moscow
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Kissinger
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Abba Eban
Mexican president gains power to cut inflation
A congressional committee granted Luis Echeverria special powers to fight inflation and food shortages in Mexico. He can let the government compete with private food sellers, control prices and distribution, and expand the National Basic Commodities Agency to sell food below private store prices. The move follows panic buying in Mexico City over sugar, oil, and rice.
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Luis Echeverria
Echeverria
Congressional
Congress
National Basic Commodities Agency
Ward County gains extension and gas field update
Ward County field gains a fifth producer and a 5/8 mile southwest extension at the Barstow North gas area near Cayanosa. Atlantic Richfield Co. No. 142 Wor sham tested as the new well, with open flow around 23.87 Bcf per day from perforations at 17,833 to 17,716 feet after 10,000 gallons of acidizing. Exxon No. 119 Haley Unit is to be plugged back to 15,475 feet while Amco files to relocate its No. 2 B Sealy-Smith Foundation in Winkler County, with depth adjustments and past production noted.
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Winkler
Barstow
North
Fuselman
Atlantic Richfield Co
Worsham
Cayanosa
H&tc
Amco Production Co
Glorieta
Monahans
Winkler County
Sealy-Smith Foundation
G&mmb&a
Kermit
Exxon Corp
Haley
Evetts
Nixon withholds Watergate transcripts and summaries
The White House will not release transcripts or summaries of key presidential conversations. The Senate Watergate subpoena for about 500 tapes and numerous documents prompts aides to withhold material to avoid harming Nixon’s defense. The Washington Post reports Buzhardt denies sharing documents with John Wilson or private lawyers.
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White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Nix
Nixon
Washington Post
J. Fred
Buzhardt
John J. Wilson
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
the Post
Wilson
Burhardt
Post
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Fhrlichman
The
Nixon's commercial flight a presidential first
Washington AP reports energy concerns spurred a historic move as President Nixon flew commercially to California, picking United Airlines to set an example. White House aides said no prior incumbent traveled on a scheduled airliner. Roosevelt and others had mixed government and chartered trips.
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Nixon
California
United Air Lines
White House
Bruce Weliihan
Harry S. Truman
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Air Force One
San Clemente
Key Biscayne
Proxmire
West Coast
Two die in El Paso bar shooting clash
El Paso police report two men killed and two wounded in a bar fight that began as staff attempted to eject a belligerent patron. Fermine Aguirre 1S, son of the wounded owner, Guillermo Aguirre 43 of El Club Latino, and Pedro A. Rodriguez 28 of Juarez Mexico were identified or suspected in the incident.
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EL Paso
Tex
Fermine Aguirre
Guillermo Aguirre
el Club Latino
Pedro A. Rodriguez
Juarez
Mexico
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