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it* stretch bet-r company inof a 140 car train which was headed south to Panama Citv,uwirei vv a» aiuun^ tfvcicuuitru luuowiiigSunday’s train derailment. (AP Laserphoto)track in the i site was inernoon beforefound to be inso officialsirs must haveerward.he tram, Ravinvestigators . clear ahead of the lead n just beforestigators thatre the wreck rd sensationIs hit the tiesa member ransportation ed Shores as lt;e a sudden s like a drop next thing I e was on the i the sand ”■ fatal wreckirerly, Tonn , een caus-s Bailev said had made a unation that el caused by left on was wreck.* caused by apud propaneling at leastfate, a pro k aboard the freight trainial obstacleto face Fri* red a wavcorkers hadwhich lav onwd and begunme park on5 miles west foortlv afteri front of myw1 saw myw'rv die Noffs Sldeut * The ■s and partsProsecution Loses RoundIn Bundy ManeuversTALLAHASSEE. Fla (AP -Prosecutors lost their first attempt Friday to get a court order for taking hair, blood, saliv a and handwriting samples that they believe will help them build a case against Theodore RBundvwCircuit Judge John A. Rudd ofTallahassee denied the state’s request for an order after Bun dy s court appointed law y ers charged that the request was so vague it didn’t meet constitutional tests But Rudd hushed a Bundy lawyer who protested press coverage of the case.Assistant State AttorneymMANACLED Bl'NDY Theodore Bundy, wearmg a leg manacle and chains, heard CircuitJudge John Kudd deny the state's request to takehair, blood, saliva, and handwriting samples in Tallahassee Friday. Bundy is shown as he leaves court with his attorney Joe Nursev in the background. (AP LASERPHOTO it lt*S.whonrnInc irfn ~~ IHoward Holtzendorf said he would refilc the request “just as soon as we can type it up and get a new hearing ” He also disclosed for the first time that saliva was found in a white van that Bundy is charged with stealing Bundy, 31, also is a suspect in the brutal Jan 15 murders of two Florida State University coeds.Meanwhile, searchers said ram has again stymied their search for 12 year old Kimberly Diane Leach She disappeared from her Lake City school on Feb y about an hour after a man police believe was Bundy chec ked out of a motel about one mile away They reported no leadsRudd heard 20 minutes of oral arguments before upholding Assistant Public Defender Joseph Nursey‘s objections that the state s request for the samples was unconstitutionally vague Bundy is charged with 42 counts of theft burglary and the for ged use of credit cards1 h.s is merely a fishing expedtiton on the part of the state, Bundy s young lawyer argued “They're trying to get body samples from Mr Bundy in hopes of tying him withsomething’*Holtzendorf replied that thebody samples were necessary for comparison with traces of blood, hair and saliva found in a white van Bundy is accused of stealing Bundy and the van have been linked with a foiled attempt to pick up a Jackson-ville girlon Feb S.The blood and hair traces had previously been publicly disclosed and authorities havesaid previously that teeth marks were found on one of the FSU victims Holtzendorf wouldn'tdiscuss the saliva, but he did sayit w as found on an object in the recovered van.It was Bundy's fourth appearance before RuddMercury Drop
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Sat, Mar 04, 1978
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