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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1978
Page
3
President Carter will fly 100 minutes by helicopter then 95 minutes on the ground tonight to support Democratic candidates in Delaware, with stops in Wilmington for two fundraisers. The AP highlights other world and national items on a crowded dispatch including diplomacy in Cyprus and local crime notes.
Cyprus says it will release the Egyptian commandos who survived the abortive raid at Larnaca airport with their arms, while rejecting Egypt’s request to extradite two Arab gunmen to Cairo for trial. The incident left 15 Egyptians dead and 16 wounded, with 41 captured, and involved Palestinian militants holding 11 hostages aboard a Cypriot airliner.
New York AP reports a Newsweek Gallup poll shows U S sympathy for Israel slid from 46 percent in October to 33 percent in the latest telephone survey of 654 adults. Egypt’s willingness to compromise scored higher, while ratings for Sadat and Carter leaders were mixed and a US push for more pressure drew a majority opposition.
The first votes on the Panama Canal treaties are expected this week as sides test strength while the overall decision on Senate consent remains about a month away. The Senate resumes debate after a recess, with House actions limited by Washington's Birthday.
Edward Jay Epstein claims in Legend that Oswald, while in Japan and later in the Soviet Union, provided the Soviet Union with information about the U-2 spy plane enabling its downing of Francis Gary Powers. The book also alleges FBI relied on a Russian defector and disinformation from a UN Soviet official to cloud Kennedy assassination links.
In Quincy Massachusetts 71 year old Mary Regina Connor kept police at bay for 11 days after allegedly threatening to shoot neighbors’ sons over snow shoveling fees. She claimed she would kill herself if officers entered. Police noted she may be armed though no weapons were seen. A warrant for arrest followed the threats.
The Tass press agency calls Haldeman's charge that the Soviet Union plotted a joint nuclear strike on China in 1969 false from top to bottom. It accuses the U.S. press of sensationalism and says the matter should be exhausted after denials by U.S. officials.
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