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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1977
Page
3
Protesters in Puerto Vallarta blocked a bridge citing alleged fraud in recent municipal elections causing traffic jams and scaring tourists though no violence occurred. The city of about 70 000 remained busy with American visitors during the disruption.
President elect Carter outlines a wheel shaped White House staff with Hamilton Jordan as assistant to the president and three deputies. Landon Butler Rick Hutcheson and Mark Siegel named deputies for administration memo flow and policy. Brzezinski named assistant for national security affairs.
Convicted killer Gary Mark Gilmore, three days from death, invites his girlfriend, an uncle, two attorneys, and the promoter who bought his life story to watch the indoor firing squad. Warden Smith reports threats to disrupt the sunrise execution as courts prepare appeals and religious groups plan vigils outside Utah State Prison.
The nation endures a record cold spell with higher heating costs and factory shutdowns. Officials warn of no major thaw for about 30 days as Arctic air grips the country from Texas to the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay vessels face ice entrapment.
Prime Minister Raymond Barre said the release of Abu Daoud, linked to the Munich Olympic killings, was a matter of domestic and international law, not politics. He argued France could not extradite due to 1972 law and that Bonn had 20 days to confirm the warrant under the treaty, while a judicial, not political, decision drove the outcome.
Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden died peacefully in his sleep at his southern England country home after a long illness. He had been ill with progressive liver failure, with reports of lung and bone cancer. he was aged and had returned from Florida weeks earlier. Eden, once foreign minister and wartime leader, resigned after the Suez crisis and was created Earl of Avon in 1961.
A 33 member DPS strike force was deployed to curb drug smuggling between Laredo and McAllen with operations in Del Rio and Brownsville. The effort is funded by a 1.075 million federal grant pending approval, with collaboration from DEA, U S Customs, and Mexican officials.
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