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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1973
Page
2
Two gunmen robbed a bank messenger in downtown Frankfurt during the morning rush hour and reportedly escaped with about 2 million marks, over $826,000. Police say the theft occurred as a station wagon from the Hesse State Central Bank delivered money outside the Dresdner Bank near the main railroad station.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP The countdown toward the November 10 launch of astronauts Carr Pogue and Gibson for Skylab 3 has begun The team started at 10 p m EST with checks on the Saturn 1B rocket and Apollo ferry ships The first phase runs until Friday then a launch rehearsal followed by final preparations next week Meanwhile Moscow criticizes US mid east posture as a diversion in Nixon era troubles Kennedy leads Reagan in Gallup poll 50 percent to 43 percent with 5 undecided and 2 percent for neither
A weekend stretch in Texas produced 25 traffic fatalities and 36 total deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. The toll included five homicides, three fire deaths, two drownings and one on a railroad track.
Authorities project a possible annual trade surplus of as much as two billion dollars in American dealings with Communist countries. Officials note gains mainly from agricultural exports, especially the large wheat deal with the Soviet Union. The surplus is cited as lifting the dollar, strengthening it beyond other factors.
In Washington, rival Democratic factions edge toward compromise and revise convention rules once blamed for 1972 unrest. The Delegate Selection Commission backed the drafting committee plans unanimously on Saturday as part of healing party divisions. Indonesia may offer the United States greater petroleum access to address the U.S. oil gap, intelligence sources say. Currently U.S. oil largely comes from Canada and Venezuela, with 6 to 10 percent from Arab nations, some of which may cut supply.
Chicago Sun-Times readers favored impeachment in a write-in poll printed last Tuesday through Thursday. The Sunday editions report 7,010 yes votes out of 8,390 responses, about 84 percent, supporting impeachment of President Nixon.
Open House Sunday for Balmorhea Public Library in its new Dallas Street building. Librarian Martha Moore presided as 40 guests registered. Community Club hostesses and the Young Homemakers served refreshments while guests toured rooms with fiction non fiction history art and children's books. Between 5 000 and 6 000 volumes catalogued with new titles added monthly.
L V Durham of Balmorhea, severely burned in the October 22 roller engine explosion near Balmorhea, was flown from Odessa Medical Center Hospital to Brook Burn Center in San Antonio at 6 a.m. today after stabilization. Ted Brijalba, also of Balmorhea, died Sunday at Medical Center.
Obituary notices detail funeral services for Rebecca F Vara 8K of Kermit held at St Joseph Catholic Church with burial in Kermit Cemetery after a fatal 11 vehicle wreck near Barstow. The notice lists numerous survivors across California New Mexico and Texas and notes other services for Jose Herrera Leandro Quiroz Phil Wilson and Ted Brijalba, plus market and cattle data from Fort Worth and Pecos.
U.S. intelligence says Indonesia with rich oil deposits could bid to help fill America’s petroleum gap amid Arab oil-retaliation moves. Washington notes Indonesia’s vast but untapped reserves, 15 billion barrels, and a plan to offset high funding needs by expanding access for U.S. finance.
Police investigated a car strike and flee incident at 417 S Mulberry St causing about 50 in damage to a fence after a resident Mrs Leatta Jackson reported a vehicle backed into it and left. At 805 S Cherry St Ernie Hill said someone entered the home though nothing missing. Tools were reported missing from a vacated house once occupied by the Jerry Morgan family at 2408 S Cactus St, while storeroom doors were pried open and beds used.
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