Pecos Tales of Tricksters and a New York Slap Fight
Short Pecos stories recount capers at the depot with Cap Wilson and Bill Ross reflection on an opened liquor bottle. A penny ante race ends with pants dropped and a whispered legend of a male-baiting chase. A 1941 New York incident involves Audrey Price and two sisters clobbering an insulted man outside a tavern, leading to jail for William Desmond after a courtroom verdict.
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Pecos
Cap Wilson
Santa Fe Railroad
Bill Ross
R.S. Johnson
Orient Saloon
Carlsbad
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Ross
Mr. Johnson
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Johnson
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George
Bill Kerr
John Perry
Pete Cashell
Cecil Brown
Pete
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Bill
Young
Wallops
New York
Smart Aleck
New York World Telegram
Dudley
Telegarm
7Th Avenue
47Th Street
Audrey
West Side Court
West 54Th Street
William Desmond
Orris Rothenburg
Desmond
Editorials Domino in search of an enemy in Asia
The piece argues Philippines President Marcos seeks concessions from the United States amid reassessment of U S war powers and shifting Asian threats. It notes uncertainties about U S defense guarantees, questions Manila’s leverage over Clark Field and Subic Bay, and warns of a domestic leftist-terrorist challenge that shapes Marcos’s autocratic moves.
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Southeast Asia
Congress
Asia
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Soviet Union
United States
Clark Field
Subic Bay
Nguyen van Thieu
Uncle Sam
Utah Governor Urges End to Property Tax System
Rampton says property taxes should be replaced with sources suited to inflationary times and predicts a phased, full abolition across all government levels within two decades. He calls for tax source restructuring giving each level adequate revenue while relaxing local tax restrictions. Edwards doubts Wallace can win the Democratic nomination. Wallace asserts support from the people.
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New Orleans
Calvin L. Rampton
Utah
Rampton
Louisiana
Edwin D. Edwards
Alabma
George C. Wallace
Edwards
Wallace
Today in History June 10 1975 highlights
On this date in history notable events include 1610 Dutch settlers landing on Manhattan Island 1776 Continental Congress names a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence 1892 GOP renominates Benjamin Harrison for president 1898 United States invades Cuba 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain 1942 Nazi Gestapo kills 173 men in Lidice 1945 Eisenhower receives Soviet Order of Victory. Also notes ten years ago and five years ago events and a year ago Watergate context.
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Associated Press
America
Manhattan Island
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Cuba
Italy
France
Britain
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Dwight Eisenhower
Soviet Union
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Martin
Jordan
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Iranian Students in America Fear Return Under Shah Regime
Washington columnist notes Iranian Students Association members fear arrest torture and even execution if they return home under Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi. They denounce the regime, seek free speech and representative government, and accuse the U.S. of backing the Shah with arms, personnel, and aid totaling billions, risking a Vietnam-like outcome.
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NEA
United States
Iran
Iranian Students Association
America
Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi
Persia
Pennsylvania Avenue
London Times
the Times
White House
U.S
Defense Department
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Southeast Asia
Assured destruction debated by Congress and experts
Ray Cromley notes Congress debates missile policy amid moral and strategic questions. He argues for precision weapons targeting military sites, warns that reliance on assured destruction risks catastrophic civilian loss, and urges abandoning barbaric defense concepts as better options emerge.
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Kremlin
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Ray Cromley
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