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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1977
Page
3
Tel Aviv Menahem Begin says the new Israeli government will not cede the West Bank or permit a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip. He warns such moves would place every Israeli city and home in Arab artillery sights as he addressed the World Zionist Congress.
Fort Mill South Carolina police chief Floyd Foss says his jail built for 19 sits with only one inmate daily. He seeks to house federal inmates and notes three meals daily are required. current inmates get sandwiches. He proposes TV dinners as cheaper and better.
Texas Attorney General John Hill says a Houston ordinance barring adult bookstores within 2000 feet of schools churches and similar institutions may stand in court. He urges restricting pornography access to youths and discusses screening measures.
Gene Leroy Hart, 33, a rapist who escaped Mayes County jail in 1973, faces three charges of first degree murder as a manhunt resumes for an armed suspect believed linked to the slayings of three Girl Scouts near Camp Scott in Oklahoma.
The National Cancer Institute will test Laetrile on terminal cancer patients after public pressure. Dr. Guy R. Newell said the move does not alter the institute’s view that Laetrile is ineffective. The study will compare Laetrile plus standard care against standard care with dummy pills, with results expected in about a year.
President Carter used a Waldorf dinner in New York to praise government by partnership and joke about a $600 toothpaste bill amid questions on his 1976 tax returns. The event raised about $1 million for the Democratic Party as supporters mingled and dined.
In Soweto, police used tear gas on stone throwing students and arrested 176 as protests over detention of student leaders continue. Reports say two children and a 16 year old were killed, with 11 wounded, during clashes as buses and trains carried workers into Johannesburg.
Fidel Castro told about 70 American businessmen in Havana that normal relations with the United States are possible as Carter runs an administration less hostile to Cuba. He noted long standing differences are old problems and urged acceptance of changes in world relations. The embargo remains a concern though he said it will not topple his government.
Kenneth Arnold, the first to report flying saucers, was seen in 1947 over Mt Rainier sparking a craze. A Chicago conference marks 30 years since his sighting with lectures and a Mt. Rainier skywatch.
University of Texas graduate student Mark Edmond Webb pleaded no contest to public lewdness for a peep-show incident with Palestine County district attorney Billy Ray Green. He was fined 300 dollars and given a 10 day probated jail term after recommendation by an assistant county attorney. Webb's lawyer sought a lower fine citing limited income and prior punishment from publicity.
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