Odessa bar owner shot burglars later killed in club incident
Isidro Pereda Ramos 42 of 112 E Ada St died after a fight at El Rancho Grande Club at 509 W Clements St. He had gained local notice in August for firing on two alleged burglars at El Tampa Club using a .223 rifle, holding them at gunpoint until police arrived. Authorities stress the two men from the prior incident are not suspects in Ramos's death. Ramos had lived in Odessa three years, previously in Midland.
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Isidro Pereda Ramos
E. Ada St
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
el Rancho Grande Club
W. Clements St
Medical Center
Ramos
el Tampa
S. Dixie Blvd
Mexico
U.S
Midland
Odessa City Towing Contract Jurisdiction Case
District Court Judge Joe Connally questioned his authority to rule on a disputed towing contract between the city of Odessa and Permian Wrecker Service Co. He planned a decision on jurisdiction and said he would hear more testimony from city officials and Sherman Imler if the court has jurisdiction.
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Sheila Welsh
Odessa
Joe Connally
Permian Wrecker Service Co
Connally
244Th District Court
Sherman Imler
Sherman’s
Trapped Salvadorans Die in Abandoned Truck Near Edinburg
Police in Hidalgo County report four Salvadoran migrants died from dehydration and heat in a back of an abandoned 18 wheeler while a dozen others including three teens survived. The smugglers reportedly moved two truckloads and attempted to ignite the vehicle before fleeing. Survivors included two 15 year old girls and a 14 year old girl among others. Survivors were hospitalized for dehydration and high temperatures. A cyanide alert was issued for two men suspected to head to Houston with remaining aliens.
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Edinburg, Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Hidalgo County
Erasmo C. Bravo
Bravo
el Salvador
Mexico
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Reynosa
United States
Edinburg
Citizens Band
Harold Harvey
Border Patrol
Edinburg General Hospital
Pat Sobosel
DPS
Houston
Tainted eye drops attack in Rialto shocks Californians
A Rialto woman suffers severe eye burns from acid contaminated Visine A C eye drops bought at a local store. Doctors report the solution contains dangerous acid with testing ongoing to identify exact makeup amid a string of tainted over the counter medications in California.
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Rialto
Calif
California
Chicago
Carol Sam
San Bernardino County Medical Center
Leeming
Pfizer Inc
Parsippany
N.J
Pfizer
Robert Wilson
New York City
Gruzd
Sam
Secret Service offers list of threatening persons in Chicago
The Secret Service will provide investigators with names from a large list of people deemed candidates for surveillance in the cyanide Tylenol deaths. Chicago police and a task force will check backgrounds and whereabouts of those listed as potential threats to officials visiting Chicago. Johnson & Johnson halted all Tylenol capsule production as seven Chicago area deaths were linked to the tampered product.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
Secret Service
Johnson & Johnson
Chicago Area
Polish Parliament set to outlaw Solidarity under new union law
Parliament moves to ban the suspended Solidarity union and redraw labor structure under communist control with a two year plan. Draft cites prison terms for violations and requires a week long notice for strikes. National unions would be delayed until 1983 with federations allowed from 1984. Archbishop Glemp cancels Vatican visit amid fears of unrest.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Communist Party
Soviet Bloc
Gdansk
Jozef Glemp
Vatican
U.S
Glemp
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