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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1976
Page
3
In Stockholm Kissinger and Swedish Prime Minister Palme held a three hour meeting to mend frayed U.S. Sweden ties amid large protests. The scene featured as many as 12,000 demonstrators outside the U.S. Embassy shouting anti war slogans.
Investigators continue examining the fatal plunge from a Martinez freeway exit ramp while joint funeral services are planned for four victims near Yuba City High School. A memorial ceremony is scheduled Friday at the school stadium as classes open with a moment of silence.
Investigators reconstruct the bus route and inspect the 26-year-old bus for mechanical defects after a crash. Surviving students are being interviewed as driver Evan Prothero, 50, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Agencies include the California Highway Patrol the National Transportation Safety Board and a DOT hired team.
Chicago AP reports oil analyst Herbert Hugo of Platts Digest says Memorial Day weekend road travel could drive gasoline demand to record levels, tightening supplies and lifting prices beyond last July 4. Current regular leaded averages around 59 cents, with nonleaded 10 to 12 cents higher, as Americans resume big car use and energy spending rises.
Dairy-state lawmakers press the Agriculture Department to keep butter on the Type A lunch list, arguing its nutritional value as USDA reviews proposed removal of butter and margarine from school meals for 26 million student lunches.
Two Concorde jetliners from British Airways and Air France launched from London and Paris within five minutes, racing to Dulles Airport at 1350 mph. The British plane carried 76 passengers and landed before noon local time, while the French jet had 80 aboard. Passengers included Myron Karne and Alfred Huete, each praising the milestone as historic and lucrative. The London to Dulles crossing took about 3 hours 49 minutes, saving four hours over subsonic service. round trip fare was $1,300, a 30 percent premium.
Hundreds of workers and earth movers swarmed the destroyed train trestle as Southern Pacific crews and contractors operated 24 hour shifts to detour rail traffic. Replacement of the 1903 bridge will take about a week after a derailment caused by a load shift on a flat car.
Pope Paul VI elevated 20 cardinals in a Rome consistory signaling internationalism. The Hanoi archbishop Joseph Marie Trinh-nhu Khue joined as the 20th in pectore and did not wear robes due to travel permit delays. The new group raises the Sacred College to 137 with diverse representation including first cardinals from Dominican Republic Senegal Uganda and Nigeria. Archbishop William Baum of Washington is the lone American cardinal.
Philippine troops stormed a BAC111 airliner at Zamboanga airport after the hijackers shot two women. Ten passengers died and 22 others were wounded in the 48 hour ordeal. The dead included leader Pendutur Danansa alias Zapata and two comrades. Three Americans escaped unharmed. The hijackers, part of the Lanao Revolutionary Command, demanded 375000 dollars and a DC8 to Libya.
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