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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1973
Page
3
A 22-year-old Soviet air force lieutenant, whose name was not released, has filed for political asylum with the Office for Recognition of Foreign Refugees in Zirndorf, West Germany. Officials confirmed receipt but said the pilot was not at the refugee camp.
In Houston the Skylab crew had blood samples taken by Dr. Joseph Kerwin the first time in space. Commander Charles Conrad Jr. said the procedure went smoothly as the trio awoke in their orbital lab and prepared for a televised news conference after two tense days restoring the damaged lab with a sun shade to cool it.
Democratic leaders and the Senate Armed Services Committee reject Nixon’s claim that Watergate probes endanger national secrets. The Fair Campaign Practices Committee calls Nixon campaign tactics dirty, while Vesco associate LeBlanc seeks talks with Archibald Cox about a “missing link” in the case in Costa Rica.
Across the nation Memorial Day weekend motorists faced locked stations and rationing while a California attendant was shot and killed after refusing to sell gas. A motorist, booked for murder, threatened the attendant and opened fire as he tried to arm himself. Officials warned of uneven supply despite no nationwide shortage, with refinery and station outages affecting Ohio and California. Average refinery output stands around 45 million barrels weekly as demand nears 49 million in summer.
FDA inspectors in American Samoa cited 13 sanitation problems at Star Kist before two tuna lots sickened 232 people with scrombotoxin. Issues included thawing in bay water, roaches, leaking rain into cooled fish, and unclean cans. No legal action taken then. later recall and renewed inspection followed.
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