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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1973
Page
3
Israel will form a five member panel to investigate whether the military mishandled the first stages of the October war as Egyptian tanks and troops crossed the Suez Canal. The military reported two small arms exchanges with Egypt on the Sinai front. one Egyptian was killed.
President Nixon holds a week long credibility push denying any wrongdoing and vowing to restore confidence. He speaks to 3,000 realtors, meets lawmakers, and answers editors questions while offering notes and tapes to clear up Watergate issues. Large Georgia trip follows campaign style reception with thousands.
Vincent M. Gaughan, once a Kennedy campaign aide, claims the Kennedy assassination was a sheer accident and that Lee Harvey Oswald targeted Gov. John Connally rather than Kennedy. He cites Oswald’s anger over an undeserved Navy discharge and notes correspondence with Navy officials.
Two Southern Pacific freight trains collided head on near Lufkin. Engineer Jim Bennett, 24, of Houston, died as six crew members were injured. The wreck halted the Houston to Shreveport line. propane cars and newsprint were aboard. no fire occurred. Spokesmen cited human error while crews cited mixed orders.
In Pennsylvania, mayors may be required to attend driver improvement school after six points on their driving record. A group of 25 mayors at the Pennsylvania League of Cities meeting urged exemptions, calling the classes degrading. Police reject exemptions, noting the program runs four two hour sessions for any driver hitting six points within three years.
Tyler oil man Jack Waren, ally of U.S. Senator John Tower, was unanimously chosen as state Republican chair at the Austin meeting. He succeeds Dr. George Willeford who resigned after leading the party since 1971. Willeford called the session. Waren, 44, urged party unity to back next year’s candidates.
Skylab 3 crew Gerald P Carr William R Pogue and Edward G Gibson face a possible mission cut short if cooling system repairs fail. The crew brought a Copland fluid repair kit and planned to seal a service line to revive the leaky loop while continuing experiments.
Boston clinicians report an experimental blood test highly accurate for colon cancer detection. In a trial of 79 people, 24 of 27 with colon cancer tested positive, suggesting immune system activity signals cancer. researchers caution refinement and automation needed for widespread use and unclear if other cancers are detected.
United Auto Workers and General Motors reportedly reached a tentative agreement early today at 8:15 a.m. EST, less than two hours before expiry. The union warned of ministrikes at scattered GM plants if talks failed, with 415,000 GM workers affected and no national shutdown planned. Local 1112 president Tony Zone confirmed word of the settlement from the Vega plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
A California man reported that all 13 crew members of the Fair Morse were safe after the vessel sank off the Mexican coast last Friday. Capt Arthur Jimenez told a TV reporter he watched the ship take on water and crash ashore near Mata Moros, Mexico, as Coast Guard crews searched for survivors. Debris washed ashore near the Rio Grande mouth as crews investigated the wreck.
The Dow Jones shed 17.38 to 873.95 as energy alarm from Arab ministers lingered. NYSE index slipped 0.72 to 54.76 with a 48 cent drop in average share price, reflecting broader market losses and ongoing energy fear. A separate report details the wrecked schooner Fair Morse near Port Isabel with about 20 aboard, master James T. Nash, Coast Guard searches continuing.
An unusual observation notes that ears of corn commonly exhibit an even number of kernel rows, typically eight to twelve or more. It mentions acceptable counts such as 8 10 12 and implies variability beyond these values.
Mexican Consul to El Paso says mistreatment of Mexican workers by U S border authorities is worsening and spurring border tension. He cites unaddressed complaints, estimates over 750000 Mexicans illegally in the United States, and calls for a new Mexico United States worker agreement to replace the 1960s treaty.
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