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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1975
Page
4
Reports from Phnom Penh say government troops completely left their Mekong river positions and halted plans to reopen the waterway after an amphibious assault 40 miles southeast of the capital. Casualties were heavy and evacuees were moved by boat to Neak Luong.
Boston AP reports that the manslaughter conviction of Dr Kenneth C Edelin in the death of an aborted fetus stirs fear of new abortion restrictions. Harvard legal medicine professor William Curran warns the verdict will shock and affect physicians nationwide in the coming week.
A February 22 1939 event at Saragosa Elementary School featured square dances songs and speeches about Washington. Students including Rebecca Brisaba Cristine Baeza Feliz Carrasco Jesus Martinez Ruby Vejil and others participated. Principal H L Lackey and teacher Miss Johnson oversaw the program with a Daniel Marquez family photo sent to the enterprise office.
Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. announces candidacy in Washington, pledging candid leadership and economic recovery as priorities. He cites private and public experience, blasts Kissinger criticism, and criticizes the Reagan era for crisis-driven governance while outlining plans for jobs, diverse opportunity, and a steady foreign policy.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C White says felony charges are being prepared in the AGC of Plainview probe. He notes one West Texas transaction involving a former employee and says 2.5 million pounds of grain sorghum are missing, moisture losses not theft. He describes bond requirements and AGC’s broad Texas elevator network. Jaffe disputes media portrayal amid Estes bankruptcy proceedings.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer cited friends of former Nixon aide Egil Bud Krogh saying Nixon was eager to learn about Kroghs jail term last August and fearful of his own imprisonment. Krogh described Nixon as very low in spirits and worried about a possible jail sentence amid Watergate fallout.
The Associated Press findings reveal a 1 percent bonus added in 1969 to federal retirement pensions that compounds annually, pushing payments above inflation and risking a potential $100 billion cost by 1990. Over time, the adjustment creates a perpetual rise, currently affecting nearly two million pensioners.
Kissinger and Gromyko begin discussions on a Sinai settlement between Egypt and Israel in Geneva. Security remains tight after a bomb plot near the West German mission. Soviets press for Geneva peace conference resumption while the United States opposes it to avoid Palestinian participation. Kissinger to London then a Geneva luncheon with Iran’s Shah, as France prepares for an oil producers conference.
Ignacio Cuevas, lone survivor of a prison shootout that killed four during an 11 day escape attempt near Huntsville, goes on trial for one murder count. The case, moved from Huntsville, includes eight defense motions and a request to exhume the body of hostage Elizabeth Beseda.
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