Witness claims two snipers at New Orleans hotel siege
A witness says he saw a second sniper with Mark Essex on the eighth floor of the Downtown Howard Johnsons during the snipe attack that killed six. Police say they will interview 400 responders and review for multiple shooters while Essex’s body lay beside a .44 magnum carbine found after a Marine helicopter siege.
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NEW Orelans
Moon Landrieu
Howard Johson
Mark J. Essex
Emporia
Kan
Seige
Essex
New Orleans Times- Picayune
Rault Center
Gravier Street
Robert Bemish
Bemish
Henry Morris
BYU Student Testifies on Watergate Infiltration for Money
A Utah college student testified at the Watergate trial that he met weekly with E. Howard Hunt to exchange intelligence reports on Democrats for envelopes of cash. Thomas Gregory of Brigham Young University said he infiltrated the Muskie and McGovern campaigns and was paid by a man identifying as E.L. Warren, later identified as Hunt.
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Washington
Utah
White House
E. Howard Hunt
Thomas Gregory
Brigham Young University
Edmund S. Muskie
George McGovern
Gregory
E.L. Warren
Provo
Muskie
Warren
Hunt
National Democratic
Watergate Complex
U.S. Dist
John Sirica
Nixon
Meyer Praised by Pecos Chamber on Retirement
Mike Burkholder, Pecos Chamber president, lauds Harold Meyer for ten years of service as chamber manager. In a note to Meyer he thanks his unselfish dedication to Pecos and says counsel will be sought in the future. Meyer steps down February 1 and will travel, relax, and serve his church and community.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mike Burkholder
Harold Meyer
Meyer
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Burkholder
Mercury Dips to 15 as Texas Faces Deep Freeze
Cold snap grips Texas with subzero readings from Ballinger to Perryton and four inches of snow in some areas. Ice coats highways while authorities urge minimal travel. Texas Christian University delays spring registration but campuses stay open. Mexico and the Pacific Northwest report snow and sleet with hazardous driving along the Gulf Coast.
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Pecos
Texas
Abilene
Ballinger
Perryton
Texas Highway Department
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Odessa
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Amarillo
College Station
Childress
Lubbock
Lufkin
Dallas
Galveston
Austin
Beaumont- Port Arthur
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Five Pecos County jail escapees flee. deputies pursue
Sherrif Gene Austell and five other prisoners escaped from Pecos County jail near Fort Stockton at 10 p.m. Thursday. Four captives were recaptured. Austell and Gary Wayne Fitch remain at large. Deputies set roadblocks and warned area officers that Austell could be armed with a shotgun.
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Sherrif Gene Austell
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Pete
Ten Eyck
Gary Wayne Fitch
Austell
McCamey
Fitch
Reeves County
A.b.’S
Allen Fogel
Gerald Edward Meadows
George Edward Mounce
Jimmy Dean Rogers
Gary Ingram
H. B. Purvis
A. B. Nail
Nail
Pecos
School district weighs 2 million in new upgrades
Architects Covington and Shelton told the board about an estimated 2 million plan to add a kindergarten facility, football stands, and a band hall district wide. A 700000 kindergarten building is projected with 24 classrooms and cafeteria for 600 children.
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Covington and Shelton
West Pecos
Pecos
H. L. Ramsey
Ramsey
C. J. Kesey
Paul Williams
Richard Naylor
Whitley
Pecos-Barstow ISD Board approves cafeteria wage increase
The Pecos Barstow ISD board met Thursday to review rising costs and mounting losses in the monthly report. Superintendent Ray Whitley proposed a 10 cent hourly raise for cafeteria workers and a $15 monthly increase for salaried employees. The board unanimously approved the increases effective January 1.
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Pecos-Barstow
Richard Naylor
California Hit by Flu Outbreak
The CDC reports a major English influenza outbreak in California with Northern California and the San Francisco Bay area peaking in early January. National deaths from pneumonia and influenza run below typical seasonal expectations. Dr James Hin of the California Health Department in Berkeley cites the epidemic peak.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S. Central For Disease Control
California
CDC
James “Hin
California Health Department
Berkeley
San Francisco Bay Area
Woman suffers slip and snow delay on trek to downtown office
Mrs. Virginia Roche, a secretary for an insurance company, faced a series of weather related mishaps after leaving home 30 minutes early. A crash at a stop sign delayed her, a neighbor exchange failed, and a long bus wait followed. she slipped, injured her ankle, sought medical help, and could not reach work before afternoon. Her boss gave her the day off.
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Dallas
Virginia Roche
Kissinger and Tho End Six Hour Vietnam Talks
In Paris, Henry A. Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Duc Tho conferred six more hours, the fifth straight day of peace talks. Fog and snow delayed the session at a Communist villa near Gil Sur Yvette as both delegations gathered. A North Vietnamese car delivered two typewriters. progress details were not released.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Gil Sur Yvette
Kissinger
Horses Return Without Rider in Subzero Search
A Massachusetts man, Leonard Sandgren, vanished after buying two horses in San Angelo to ride to Arizona. Both horses returned to the former owner while a large search, aided by a DPS helicopter, continued amid subfreezing cold and fresh snow. Sandgren, who runs a grain store in Great Barrington, said he rode off Tuesday afternoon for a lark. The sheriff cautioned about survival prospects in the near 10 degree weather.
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San Angelo
Tex
Massachusetts
Arizona
Tom Green County
Odell Wagner
Department of Public Safety
Leonard Sandgren
Great Barrington
Mass
United States
Wagner
Sandgren
Military security tightened at Saigon command HQ
In Saigon the U S military command tightened security over intelligence reports that Communist terror groups may target the base. Officials urged heightened vigilance as patrols and access controls were intensified to prevent possible breaches.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Smith cited for leaving accident site
Betty Oster of 1402 S Plum St told police a pickup hit her parked car in the 1400 block of S Plum St about 9 30 a m and fled Patrolman Ben Montanez stopped a pickup matching her description driven by James Stanley Smith 301 W Ninth St Smith charged with no driver s license failure to control vehicle and leaving the scene Nancy Green Smith at the same address was ticketed for permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle The accident occurred when Smith s pickup going north on Plum turned and he lost control on slick pavement hitting Oster s car in the side
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Betty Oster
S. Plum St
Ben Montanez
James Stanley Smith
Ninth St
Smith
Nancy Green Smith
Montanez
Plum
Miss Oster
Seventh and
Elm Streets
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Chamber
Reeves Deputies
Ers
Enterprise
Ray Whitley
Covington
C. W. Wright
H. L., Ramsey
Philip Ferguson
Lewis Cowart
Betty Payne
Bessie Haynes
Jackie Leonard
Karen Smith
South Pecos
Waits
North Vietnam
Air Force
U.S. Command
Saigon River
Michelin and
Lai Khe
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Highway 1
Vientiane
Sala Phou
Muong Kasi
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