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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1975
Page
3
Former Treasury secretary and Texas governor John Connally predicts a tight horse race if Ronald Reagan challenges Gerald Ford for the 1976 Republican nomination. Connally, speaking Sunday, has not yet decided whom to support.
A massive blaze at Atlantic Refinery Co on the Schuylkill River injured Mayor Frank L. Rizzo with a broken thigh as explosions and flames rocked the plant. More than 350 firefighters and ARCO employees fought gusty winds to contain the inferno that began in an eight foot trench near fuel tanks 35000 and 9000 barrels capacities. Rizzo, up for reelection, faced surgery and weeks on crutches after colliding with a fireman during the evacuation.
Herbert Rasmussen, president of the Bank of Seleta in Fortuna, and his wife Garnet survived a 14 hour nightmare after two masked intruders robbed the vault at gunpoint. Rasmussen was strapped with a bomb that authorities later said was inoperative, and he was treated for shock while the device was removed.
Broadway reopenings begin as four shows resume after a 25 day walkout by Local 802 musicians. The strike cost theaters about $3.5 million in lost ticket sales and affected singers dancers and crew across the Great White Way.
Five Panamanian crewmen from the sunken Mimi admitted killing four officers and scuttling their ship after a mutiny at sea. A West German captain said the mutiny was premeditated, with authorities noting the men had papers and appeared prepared for sinking. The case raises ongoing jurisdictional questions as the men await further action.
President Ford faces likely defeat as key Democrats predict his proposal to link a 28 billion tax cut with matched federal spending cuts will die in Congress. Senate Banking chair Proxmire and House Appropriations chair Mahon argue the 1975 tax cut should not be made permanent and question the plan’s timing and size.
Charalyn McGrue told police prowler fears moved her to search her dark home with a .38 caliber pistol. A closet door opened and a voice said Boo, triggering a shot that killed her 7-year-old son Joseph Beatty. Detective Trantham called it a tragic accident and the case awaits district attorney action.
High winds fan a raging forest fire in northwestern Colorado, burning about 3200 acres since Saturday. Nearly 500 firefighters fight the White River National Forest blaze as authorities say the wind is the biggest factor and crews from California, South Dakota and Wyoming are being sought for help. The fire, started likely by hunters, remains out of control under dry conditions and low humidity.
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