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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1976
Page
3
Washington reports say Congressman Washington-Wayne Hays will resign as chairman of the House Administration Committee in the coming days and may announce plans not to seek re election in November. Sources close to Democratic leadership confirm the move and the potential retirement.
White-ruled South Africa faced spreading violence as a three day black uprising hit at least seven townships. Reports say 58 dead and 788 wounded with higher figures feared. Police opened fire in Alexandra and enforced a ban on outdoor gatherings until June 29.
President Ford ordered the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to evacuate by convoy any Americans who wish to leave war torn Lebanon. The planned convoy to Damascus would lack U.S. military protection. In Beirut the embassy urged Americans to depart, with 30 of 1,350 U.S. citizens and 470 non U.S. dependents signed up to join a British convoy. The exact timing and arrangements remained unclear while State and Pentagon officials offered few details. The move follows the slaying of Ambassador Francis Me loy Jr. and Robert War ing, whose bodies were to be sent to Damascus for transport to Washington.
Houston FBI officials say Marjorie Dennstedt, wife of Exxon vice president Frederick Dennstedt, spotted a hand-cancelled envelope containing a bomb. She returned it to the mailbox and alerted authorities. the device, about nine by 12 inches, could have caused major damage if opened. The letter is linked to a nationwide extortion plot with similar devices.
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