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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1978
Page
3
Salvador Brazil guests include Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko touring St Francis Church and a petrochemical complex. Security stepped up due to potential Japanese Red Army threat. The trip marks 70 years since Japanese immigration to Brazil and includes other engagements with Japanese tech ties.
In London AP reports German museums pushed strong purchases at the von Hirsch sale. Thursday brought a $13.4 million session record with two enamel pieces selling for $2 million and $2.22 million, plus other high prices. Receipts reached $21.7 million as funds from the late Robert von Hirsch’s collection continue to sell. Von Hirsch, a German Jew who fled in 1933, died in Basel last November at 94.
American and Soviet scientists have conducted joint experiments outside Moscow on magnetohydrodynamics to improve coal fired electricity. U.S. Dr. William Jackson says the cooperation saves tax dollars by sharing test facilities and aims to raise plant efficiency from about 35 to 65 percent, lowering electricity costs. Jackson, cochair of the U S Soviet MHD effort, notes cost effectiveness and useful data for both nations as six U S specialists visit Moscow to map five year plans.
A letter bomb threat prompted evacuation of about 4 000 workers at the Comanche Peak nuclear plant construction site southwest of Fort Worth. No bomb was found after searches by federal and local authorities and plant investigators. The site remained closed for the rest of the shift and following day.
The Harris County Commission ers Court reversed a $400 travel grant for State District Judge Richard Millard to attend the State Bar Association convention in Fort Worth. Three commissioners rescinded approval after a reporter questioned the decision, noting the routine budget for district judges and Millard’s claim that convention programs would aid his civil work.
India Indonesia and Thailand signed a boundary agreement carving up the Andaman Sea arguing the UN Law of the Sea talks are moving too slowly. The pact uses a 200 mile seabed limit to settle overlaps while a UN source cautions that pace of negotiations is irrelevant to the deal.
In Chicago Nazi leader Frank Collin declares victory in free speech rights after canceling a Skokie march due to a federal court ruling. He will hold a Saturday rally outside a downtown federal building as the Jewish Defense League warns of a confrontation in Marquette Park and the park district studies Leighton’s order. The district questions permits and potential blockages remain possible.
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