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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1975
Page
3
Twenty one Houston Police Department members and a former secretary are subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury probing illegal wiretapping by HPD. Two former narcotics officers Carlos Avilla and Antonio Zavala plead guilty and testify voluntarily.
Russian technicians began joining the Soyuz spacecraft with its booster at Baikonur as American astronauts rehearsed for the Apollo-Soyuz mission. Weather at Baikonur was extreme with 113 degree heat, while Cape Canaveral prepared for launch despite a severe thunderstorm. The Soyuz and Apollo are slated to launch Monday with a planned orbital rendezvous 140 miles above Earth after two days of maneuvers.
Los Angeles AP Cher reveals two sides as divorce action against Gregg Allman unfolds while grand jury testimony centers on the overdose death of Robbie McIntosh. She recalls offering McIntosh two hits and urges a doctor while Kenneth Moss faces murder charges. Cher also aids Alan Gorrie and Cher and Sonny Bono previously managed finances.
The Gateway City, a Seasland container ship owned by Seasland Corp of Menlo Park New Jersey, was fired upon by two unidentified fishing style boats about 25 miles southeast of Sattahip Thailand while en route from Hong Kong. Damage was superficial and no crew were hurt.
In Texas, Judge O P Carrillo signed an order permanently removing Duval County Judge Archer Parr from office after Parr was convicted of perjury and suspended. Parr, nephew of late political boss George B Parr, plans to appeal. The ouster followed a civil suit filed March 24 by District Attorney Arnulfo Guerra.
American officials remain skeptical about North Vietnam s sincerity in seeking normal relations. They cite Hanoi s demand for reconstruction aid as unacceptable and note no evidence the move serves counterweight aims. Kissinger warned that ties depend on Hanoi s conduct toward neighbors and the United States amid unresolved missing Americans after the 1973 ceasefire.
Government officials say the U S grain harvest should be so large this year that retail food prices through late 1976 will rise more slowly than in the past two years Yet uncertainty remains about the impact of a possible large scale Soviet purchase of U S corn and wheat on supermarket prices.
Lebanese security officers expected the release today of U S Army Colonel Ernest R Morgan 43 of Petersburg Virginia kidnapped 13 days ago and facing death threats A Bayraq reports a proposal to turn him over to the Syrian government via Saiqa the Palestine group backed by Syria Two Syrian army officers reportedly arrived in Beirut to aid the effort.
The Interior Department dropped the 10 million acre per year goal for offshore oil leases and proposed six sales annually through 1978 without a new acreage target. Officials cited public comments and new information, noting the 1975 target could be zero despite six planned sales. The final plan forecasts about 3 million barrels per day production and roughly 200000 barrels of spills annually.
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