Just Musin by Alton Hughes Baby’s birth and murder case
In June 1913 a Pecos widow Mrs Dela Steen gave birth to a baby. Her brother in law Pete Steen took the infant to town claiming he gave it to a friend near Pecos, later found buried near the Pecos River after the baby died. Steen was indicted for murder, escaped jail briefly, captured in El Paso, tried and found guilty of 15 years in the penitentiary. The fate of the infant remains undetermined.
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Hargrave
Pecos
Reeves County
Steen
Harrison
Carlsbad
Pecos River
County Atorney
J.A. Crane
Dela Steen
Midland
Drummond
Barstow
E.W. Clayton
el Paso
Huntsville
Editorial: Delivering a postal dilemma
Five years after Congress created the independent U S Postal Service the system faces grave finances. Bailor warns of possible Saturday deliveries cuts higher first class stamps and a record 1.4 billion deficit. The piece argues for partial privatization and public subsidies for rural and nonprofitable routes, urging the Service focus on unprofitable areas while private firms handle profitable urban work.
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Congress
Post Office Department
U.S. Postal Service
U.S
Bejamin F. Bailor
Postal Service
John J. Sirica
Economic illiteracy plagues entire nation
AP analysis cites John Q. Jennings warning of widespread economic illiteracy in 1976. He argues many stakeholders misjudge profits and wage splits, fueling inflation, strikes and capital shortages. Jennings urges firms to disclose income divisions to workers and investors to reduce conflict and restore trust.
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John Cunniff
New York
John Q. Jennings
America
Jennings
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Today in history highlights for January eighth year 1976
January eighth 1976 marked by events from 1815 Battle of New Orleans to 1961 Dutch train wreck and 1959 France's de Gaulle presidency. Notable items include Galileo’s death in 1642 and 1775 Washington becoming Continental Army commander. The World Almanac notes provide context for the Bicentennial footnote.
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Associated Press
U.S
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Galileo
la Salle
Niagara Falls
Woodrow Wilson
France
Ruhr
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Woerden
Netherlands
de Gaulle
United States
Washington
John Sirica
Watergate
John Dean
Herbert Kalmbach
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
Sherman Adams
Thomas Watson Jr
George Washington
Cambridge, Mass
New York
Long Island
New York City
Hudson River
Continental Army
The
World Almanac
Political forecast and CIA security concerns tied to 1976 election
A Ford adviser predicts a Republican loss in 1976 citing unemployment inflation and rising prices. The piece also analyzes CIA security failures following Richard Welch’s death and notes postal officials funding for executive medicals amid budget strains.
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Richard Welch
Central Intelligence Agency
Athens
CIA
Welch
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Musin
By Alton Hughes
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
John Q. Jennings Associates
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Michigan
Jack Anderson
Merry
Les Whitten
Ford
Vietnam
Philip Agee
Latin America
Uruguay
Ecuador
Agee
John Tower
Senate
Austin
W.E
Pete’’ Snelson
Capital Building
Texas
Dick Slack
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.C. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
Ben R. Howell
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