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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1976
Page
3
North Platte Nebraska jury hears Erwin Charles Simants confess to killing six Kellie family members in Sutherland on Oct 18 and says he raped a 10 year old girl and her grandmother. The taped confession followed his arrest and relates to a grisly octuple homicide and sexual assaults.
John T. Dunlop quits as secretary of labor after a White House meeting with President Ford who urged him to stay. He will remain cabinet member until January 31 and plans to return to Harvard. W. J. Usery Jr. is favored as successor amid veto of the common site picketing bill.
Four masked bandits posed as police officers at an evening residence in Blue Bell Montgomery County. They shocked a man and wife with a Taser designed dart gun, tied them, demanded valuables, and fled with 7000 dollars in cash 4000 in jewels a Mercedes Benz and two .22 rifles. The victims were treated and released. Taser Systems Inc says the weapon is nonlethal despite claims of danger.
Congress appears likely to reject a new appeal from President Ford and vote to cut off U S aid to Angola this month. House sources predict the House has the votes to approve a Senate passed measure and the administration faces an uphill battle to win approval for continued aid.
Former Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger briefed Ronald Reagan on defense policy but will not back Reagan against Ford for the GOP nomination. Sources say Schlesinger traveled to California at Reagan’s invitation and may discuss issues with any candidate, though he aims to stay unaffiliated. He aligns with Henry M. Jackson on many views and has warned Ford could cut the defense budget too deeply. He emphasizes remaining outside party factions to influence policy.
In the early American Revolution Robert Morris faced a peevish letter from Capt. John Paul Jones about desertions harming the Navy. Jones warned that privateering pay attracted seamen, threatening a respectable Navy unless private emoluments were reduced or aligned with naval pay.
Harlingen Texas AP report traces sightings of a giant bird described as Big Bird across San Benito Olmito Brownsville and Rio Grande City. locals debate if a barn owl or rare condor could fit the bill while authorities note tracks and reports charm media with a KRIO reward offer for alive capture.
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