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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1985
Page
1
San Fernando Mexico police say eleven people linked to a drug smuggling ring were arrested after a tanker truck loaded with marijuana sparked a two hour chase and gun battles that killed four officers and a civilian. The suspects were rounded up in Reynosa and a related home raid after the truck escaped toward the Texas border.
U S ambassador John Gavin said two bodies found in plastic bags on a ranch where five people died in a shootout with police are likely those of a missing Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a Mexican anti-drug agency pilot. He warned the war against illegal drugs may place U S agents at risk.
In Austin critics including parents coaches and school leaders push to ease the no pass no play rule seen as traumatic. Senators Glasgow Sharp and Sarpalius seek shorter suspensions and more study while the State Board backs a six week penalty and eight hour weekly practice limits. The education panel will review further bills and testimony.
ECISD is studying an incentive plan to encourage dropouts to return and graduate. Assistant Superintendent Keith Dial noted formulas may let students work while in school and get academic support. The plan aims to reenter regular classes and aid youths ages 14 to 21, with JTPA partners offering remedial education and minimum wage work half the day.
In Tucson a 32 year old man received an experimental artificial heart called the Phoenix Heart after cardiac arrest halted a human heart transplant. The device kept him alive about 11 hours while a second human heart was found. Medical officials described the procedure as life saving though FDA regulations were cited as not followed.
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