New report hinted on Kennedy assassination shot from two locations
UT professor Dr Dennis McFannen says upcoming House Select Committee findings will challenge the Warren Commission view of Kennedy’s 1963 death. He asserts four shots from two locations in downtown Dallas, contradicting Oswald-alone conclusions and acoustical versus visual evidence.
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University of Texas
House Select Committee On
Kennedy
Dallas
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Warren Commission
McFannen
UT News Information Service
Warren Commis
Sion
John B. Connally
School Book Depository
Committee
Lee Harvey Oswald
Select Committee
Barstow Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement Counts
A Barstow woman named in a sealed February federal indictment entered not guilty pleas to six counts of embezzlement from Fort Davis State Bank funds in Pecos. Nancy Holguin waived readings, remained on a $10,000 bond, and set docket call for April 16. Public defender Robert Ramos was appointed after she disclosed unemployment and lack of counsel.
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Barstow
Pecos
Fort Davis
U.S
J.M. Preston
Nancy Holguin
Robert Ramos
el Paso
Hess unopposed for Pecos ISD board post in April election
David Lynn Hess runs unopposed for a one year unexpired term on the Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District Board of Education. A Pecos resident since 30 years, he cites community support for school progress and urges votes on Saturday April 7. He and his wife Sara have five children and he participates in local church Rotary and community committees.
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David Lynn Hess
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent
Hess
San Angelo
Eden
Texas
Bakersfield
Caif
Jefferson
Sara
James Craig
David Zachry
Mary Lynn
Gretchen
Catherine
First United Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Pecos
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Pecos High School
Mouse possibly caused Lubbock restaurant fire deaths
In Lubbock Texas authorities found nesting material and a mouse in a circuit breaker at a restaurant fire that killed three firemen. Chemist Jack Benton said the mouse in the fuse box sparked an electrical short. Victims were Kenneth H Haggard 34 Larry D Tucker 25 and Eddie C Swafford 30. About 100 volunteer firefighters from nine South Plains communities and two New Mexico towns came to relieve them. Funerals were staggered at 10 2 and 4 pm with city flags at half mast.
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Haggard
South Plains
New Mexico
Pact expires Saturday forces Teamsters talks with industry
Negotiators for the Teamsters and the trucking industry resumed contract talks under Carter administration scrutiny as the current pact nears a Saturday midnight expiry. The sides focused on non wage issues while awaiting new offers. the union pressed for wage and fringe benefits above 7 percent, and the industry proposed a 6.5 percent first year in a three year package. The administration flags the talks as a test of voluntary restraint, while union lawyers challenge a judge’s dismissal of their Taft Hartley inquiry and seek access to government experts.
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David Espo
Associated Press
Teamsters
Carter
Frank Fitzsimmons
Trucking Management, Inc
The
U.S
George Hart
Brown accuses British firm of blocking Alaska oil pipeline
California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr accuses British Petroleum controlled Sohio of seeking to abandon the Alaska to Midland pipeline. Sohio denies the charge, saying only a miracle could revive the $1 billion project as lawmakers debate its fate at a Senate Energy Committee hearing.
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California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Carter Administration
Alaska
Standard Oil of
Ohio
Brown
Senate Energy Committee
Midland
Texas
Sohio
British Petroleum
London
Sohio Board
Alton W. Whitehouse Jr
Oil price rise strains Carter as OPEC hike hits costs
President Carter faces added pressure from a 9 percent OPEC price increase approved in Geneva. The move raises Arabian light crude to 14.54 per barrel and could lift U S gasoline prices by up to five cents a gallon. Regulators weigh tilt rule changes allowing refiners to price closer to production costs.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
White House
Rex Granum
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United States
OPEC
Geneva
Energy Department
Federal District
Jody Powell
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Windy Weather and Warmer Temps Forecast for Pecos Area
The Pecos region is headed for windy conditions today tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures and a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Highs will be in the 70s and 80s, with lows in the 40s and 50s, and Thursday’s highs ranging from the 60s in the north to the 70s and 80s in the south. In national energy news leaders warn of potential higher prices and inflation risks as the president’s energy proposals loom, while OPEC’s move draws sharp criticism from Alfred E. Kahn and Congressman Jackson. Gallup finds 71 percent of auto owners would cut driving if gasoline hits $1 a gallon and is available only on certain days.
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Pecos
West Texas
Gallup
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ASCS
Security State Bank
David L. Hess
Midland Pipeline
Standard Oil
Energy
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Interior
Cecil Andrus
Midwest
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Dwash
Alfred E. Kahn
Jackson
Farnum Jewelry
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