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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1976
Page
3
Automated air sniff confirms 3 percent nitrogen in Mars atmosphere. Findings reduce a long standing obstacle to life possibilities. Scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory report the data from the Viking 1 lander on Monday.
The U S Navy evacuated about 300 Americans and other foreigners from Beirut aboard the amphibious ship Coronado before dawn. Ambassador Talcott W Seelye left for Washington while President Ford and Pentagon leaders monitored the operation from the White House. The plan to move by road to Damascus was scrapped due to safety concerns and the evacuees were to be landed in Athens.
West Virginia and parts of Ohio endure a wildcat strike crippling coal output. About 2,500 Ohio miners join the action, with virtually all of West Virginia’s 59,300 miners idle, costing $2 million daily in wages and prompting related industry shutdowns. Some workers plan to return. others cite ongoing civil strife.
In Tampa Florida a malpractice case casts doubt on the murder conviction of Clifford Hallman on Death Row. The prosecutor who secured the death sentence for killing barmaid Eleanor Jean Groves now says a new trial is warranted due to evidence that inadequate medical care caused her death. A hospital consultant testified Groves died from unrecognized bleeding left unattended. Hallman’s attorney moved for a new trial and to set aside the death verdict.
Reagan strategists say Senator Richard Schweiker strengthens the ticket and broadens the base just weeks before the convention. Ford backers call the move desperate, noting Schweiker’s liberal record and the ongoing delegate race in Pennsylvania and beyond, with mixed early reactions from Northeast delegates.
Former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and his secretary Toshio Enomoto were arrested in Tokyo on charges of violating foreign exchange controls related to a $12 million Lockheed payoff scheme. Tanaka resigned from the Liberal Democratic party after the arrest amid political upheaval and market drops in Tokyo.
The Senate approved provisions to cut tax benefits for firms that boycott Israel or pay bribes abroad. Up to a year in jail could be imposed for failing to report income from such activities. The antiboycott and antibribe rules target foreign income and would cost offending firms about 100 million dollars in 1977.
San Leandro California AP reports James Schoenfeld 24, then a person sought in the Chowchilla kidnapping case, was denied entry into Canada four days after the abduction when police found a rifle and three handguns in his car at Cascade, British Columbia. He was escorted to the U.S. and released. Schoenfeld carried false and real IDs including those of Frederick Newhall Woods IV and Ralph Lester Snyder, with a beige 1962 Chrysler matching prior descriptions. Authorities noted he claimed travel to the Olympics and that both Schoenfeld and Woods face local and federal warrants in the case. A separate note mentions Schoenfeld's brother Richard turned himself in earlier, and details the July 15 kidnapping of 26 children and a driver near Chowchilla. A search warrant was planned in Marin County and prosecutors considered further charges while defense plans a plea of innocent.
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