Flags at half mast for Justice Tom C. Clark
The U S Supreme Court marks half mast for Justice Tom C Clark who died in his sleep at 77 while visiting New York. He helped the 2nd Circuit workload and planned a New York bench seat. Clark served since 1949 and wrote major Warren court opinions including the 1963 school Bible ruling.
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Justice Tom C. Clark
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Clark
New York
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Supreme Court
2Nd
U.S. Circuit
William O. Douglas
Harry S. Truman
Justice Department
Earl Warren
Warren Court
Lyndon B. Johnson
Weather watch shows extreme heat with storms later
Monday's high reaches 108 with an overnight low of 72. Partly cloudy skies give way to widely scattered thunderstorms in the west and north after noon and at night. Expect continued very warm afternoons with highs 90 to 105 and lows 60 to 72, dipping to the middle 50s in the mountains.
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Middle 50S
Soviet interrogates U.S. correspondent Robert Toth in Moscow
Robert C. Toth of the Los Angeles Times was barred from leaving the Soviet Union and taken to Lefortova Prison for interrogation on suspected secret information gathering. U.S. Embassy official Larry C. Napper accompanied him briefly but was barred from observing, with officials saying a witness may not have the right to counsel.
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Moscow
Robert C. Toth
Los Angeles Times
Soviet Union
Toth
Lefortova
U.S
Larry C. Napper
Napper
Tioning
Reeves County Grand Jury Indicts Five Individuals
The county grand jury returned indictments naming five persons. Ruben Tercero Jr faces theft charges for an incident at Gibson's on June 6. Cecil Tate is charged with theft of a pickup from Jimmy Calhoun on May 16. Three defendants, Raymond John Samford, Leland Sparks Samford, and Ann Russell, are charged with possession of more than four ounces of marijuana.
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Reeves’ County
Ruben Tercero Jr
Gibson’s
Cecil Tate
Jimmy Calhoun
Raymond John Samford
Leland Sparks Samford
Ann Russell
Court awards youth for blast injuries in Pecos case
A 5 year old, Amy Nicole Adams, received a 50000 dollar judgment in 143rd District Court for injuries from a hydrogen engine explosion at a Pecos City shop. Other injured relatives sought 50000 each but were denied. The blast occurred Sept 23 1976 in a tin building on SH 17 as inventor John Adams tested hydrogen extraction from water.
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Amy Nicole Adams
Mike Adams
S. Bois d’Arc St
143Rd
Nicole
Gwendolyn Adams
Alan
Mildred Hoefs
John Adams
A.B. Foster Jr
Jefferson Sr
Adams
Foster
SH 17
Pecos
Reeves County
Ner
Odessa
Fort Worth lobbiest to manufacture Laetrile pills
Fort Worth businessman Jim Haas who lobbied Austin to legalize Laetrile says he will manufacture and sell the treatment. He has sold it in Texas for two years, sourcing from Mexico and Germany, and plans production with two pharmacists and two biochemists. Pills to cost 20 to 30 cents each.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Fort Worth
Austin
Jim Haas
Texas
Mexico
Germany
Last escapee recaptured after Brushy Mountain breakout
The final fugitive from Brushy Mountain State Prison, Douglas Shelton, 32, was recaptured or announced by authorities. A Tennessee corrections spokesman said no details were available on how he was seized as guards had targeted the area where James Earl Ray and cellmate Earl Hill were captured.
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Brushy Mountain, Tenn
Brushy Mountain State Prison
James Earl Ray
Tennessee Corrections Department
Douglas Shelton
Ray
Earl Hill
Multistate $10 Million Heroin Bust Ties Del Rio and Chicago
Customs officials seized a total $10 million of Mexican heroin in two states. In Del Rio 23 pounds were found in a car and later 17 pounds were confiscated in Chicago. Suspects Eliazar Herrera-Venegas Fernando Herrera-Galindo and Gustavo Martinez-Fragoso face importation charges. $94,000 in small bills found in Chicago. Heroin concealed under car carpeting and gas tank at the Del Rio border raid on June 8.
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del Rio
Tex
Chicago
Clarence Bingham
Houston
Eliazar Herrera-Venegas
Fernando Herrera-Galindo
Gustavo Martinez-Fragoso
Chanoga Park
Calif
Bingham
Heroin seizure linked to Durango route to U S
Authorities seized heroin in Del Rio in October 1976 in a move believed to be part of a drug route from Durango Mexico into the United States. Three men arrested are former Durango residents. U S Attorney Sam Skinner said the seizure could raise prices and spur Chicago street crime as addicts fund their habits.
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del Rio
Durango
Mexico
United States
Durango Resi
Dents
U.S
Sam Skinner
Chicago
U.S and Britain OK Skytrain Plan Between New York and London
The Civil Aeronautics Board said President Carter approved a tentative plan allowing Laker Airways to run a Skytrain between New York and London with no reservations. Tickets would be first come, first served and priced at 135 dollars for one way and 101.48 dollars for a return.
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Washington
New York
London
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Board
Carter
Laker Airways of
Great Britain
New
York
CAB
Nuclear control conference set for fall gathering
The Carter administration plans a fall conference with up to 30 nations to discuss a global system to curb nuclear weapons spread. Western neutral and communist states may attend, with Vienna as a likely site and China not participating. The talks aim to map rules for a safer nuclear era.
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Washington
Carter Administration
U.S
China
Soviet Union
United States
Carter
Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency
Man Found Dead in Red Bluff Lake
Reeves County sheriff deputy responded to Red Bluff Lake where a body floated in the water. Justice of the Peace pronounced death and the body was sent to Odessa for autopsy to determine cause. An initial identification was made but name withheld pending kin notice, reportedly in Mexico.
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Reeves County Sheriff's
Johnny Prewit
Red Bluff Lake
Justice of the Peace
Cliff Preslar
Odessa
Mexico
Valdez Loses Toyah City Council Bid by One Vote
In Toyah, S O Valdez failed to win a council seat by one vote after a Friday hearing in 143rd District Court. The suit challenged four voters, seeking removal of four ballots. The final tally kept Sandra Gibson 52, Delores Drier 43, H S Haile 40, Valdez 39, Lonnie Richards 36, George Bryant 37, Turin 3.
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S.O. Valdez
Toyah
Valdez
City of
Sandra Gibson
Delores Drier
H.S. Haile
Lonnie Richards
George Bryant
Gibson
Drier
Haile
Richards
Bryant
Turin
Ted Painter
R.B. Jerry McGowen III
Larry Fuller
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West Germany
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