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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1977
Page
3
Fire swept a Manila mental hospital building housing more than its design capacity. Officials said 32 inmates died while some lay unresponsive in the burning ward and others resisted rescuers attempting to remove them.
Three admitted kidnapers James Schoenfeld Richard Schoenfeld and Fred Woods could receive life with no parole after a judge found three of the 26 kidnapped schoolgirls suffered bodily harm from fainting spells nosebleeds and stomach upsets during the 1976 ordeal The judge scheduled a January 15 hearing on defense requests for sentence modification and possible constitutional challenges to the statute
The government will identify and follow up with thousands of soldiers and others at the Smoky test near Nevada on August 31 1957 to determine leukemia connections. The National Research Council will study 3413 listed participants over about two years, using medical records rather than routine exams, and may expand to other tests including Dog Event 1951 and 1953 Desert Rock tests. Two leukemia cases are definitively linked by the CDC, while six cases are identified by the Army as linked to Smoky participants.
Severe westward winds gusting to 59 mph kicked up dust across West Texas as a fast moving cold front neared. The National Weather Service issued travel advisories for Guadalupe Pass and the Davis Mountains with expectations of continued gusts and front crossing the state by nightfall.
The GAO report finds the CPSC spent 157 million dollars over four years with only a token reduction in injuries. It notes an average 834 days to issue three standards for pool slides, architectural glass, and matchbooks, while under 330 days are required by law.
Washington outlines possible steps for Israel in response to Egyptian overtures. U S sources say West Bank control could ease and Palestinians might gain local self rule. Carter may visit Israel to back Cairo negotiations as Brzezinski hints at a follow up meeting. Sadat and Begin previously observed on TV couch.
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