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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1976
Page
3
Patricia Hearst, convicted bank robber, to meet probation officers today as sentence looms. She may face Los Angeles arraignment next week on eleven state charges of kidnaping robbery and assault.
Mitsuyasu Maeno, 29, a Japanese movie actor and pilot wearing a World War II Kamikaze uniform, crashed a light plane into Yoshio Kodama’s residence amid the Lockheed payoff scandal. Maeno was killed. Kodama and 11 others escaped injury as the house caught fire. Police indicate the crash was intentional after Maeno cut his engine and steered toward the home.
The actor Maeno flew a single engine plane with a cameraman filming for a movie promotion. He wore WWII era gear and shouted Tenno Heika Ban zai before takeoff, while Kodama, 65, remains bedbound after a stroke and faces tax evasion charges tied to a large payment from Lockheed promotion in Japan. Maeno flew from Chofu airport and planned a flight over Kodama’s Setagaya residence, then returned after an hour and a half of filming.
In Dallas Kissinger reiterates U S opposition to further Cuban intervention abroad and defends Ford era policy while urging restraint. He stresses not being the world's policeman yet opposing Soviet expansion and regional retreat. He targets Reagan Jackson Carter and calls for majority rule in Africa.
The Supreme Court hears arguments in three abortion cases. Massachusetts requires parental consent for minors with judicial veto, overturned by a district court. Missouri laws on consent and Medicaid funding were upheld or struck down by lower courts.
The Federal Election Commission loses power to disburse funds to presidential candidates and parties after Congress misses a restructure deadline. Senate leaders seek a compromise to restore the FEC under reform plans, with talks continuing after weeks of debate and impasse.
The Warren Commission debated omitting a New Orleans Times-Picayune story quoting Fidel Castro threatening U.S. leaders. Cesarian staffer Liebeler said the piece influenced questions of Castro, Oswald reading it, and whether it should have been examined as a foreign-conspiracy lead.
Jerry Don Wood, a 29 year old farmer from Caddo Mills, chased two masked robbers after they abducted the bank president's daughter from the State National Bank. He retrieved a rifle, fired to puncture a getaway car tire, and led locals in pursuing the robbers who were later disarmed. Wood received the Texas Hero of the Year award in Dallas.
Congressional GAO probes Texas Colorado and Utah show funds diverted to administration and anti hunger groups rather than direct feeding. No dollar total or illegal acts proven, but hunger relief less achieved than intended. Management changes urged as Ford Nixon era efforts to end the program continue amid ongoing appropriations.
Arab nations seek a Security Council condemnation of Israel with calls for withdrawal from occupied territories and Palestinian rights while Pakistan and Libyan allies push for a softer resolution that would avoid a U.S. veto. Debates follow unrest in the West Bank as PLO and Arab states accuse Israel of occupation and demographic change.
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