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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1977
Page
3
An associate dean at UT Southwestern Medical School says a lack of qualified black applicants limits black enrollment, with only 15 of 746 students Black. Officials and students point to Dallas and school image as deterrents alongside admissions efforts.
The U S Supreme Court ordered Texas to keep Jerry Lane Jurek, 26, alive until further notice after he was slated for execution for the killing of a 10 year old girl. The stay follows his earlier statements about not dying in the electric chair. The order came Monday with execution set for the early hours of Wednesday in Huntsville Texas.
The Texas Supreme Court stayed the scheduled execution of Jerry Lane Jurek and delayed the case at least two months as his attorneys pursue a formal appeal. Parents of Wendy Adams voiced mixed reactions while District Attorney Wiley Cheatham urged execution. The case centers on the 1973 slaying of Wendy Adams in Cuero and Jurek’s capital murder conviction.
Gary Mark Gilmore's body was preserved for medical use minutes after his firing squad death and cremated in Provo by night. University of Utah Medical Center said kidneys were not usable for transplant but some organs may aid research. The four bullets ended his life after a long legal fight and an 18 minute delay past sunrise.
Frogmen scoured Barcelona harbor for missing sailors after the 56 foot landing craft carrying more than 100 men was struck by the Spanish freighter Arela and capsized. At least 38 dead or missing, 50+ survivors reached shore, 12 unaccounted for. Navy to release names of dead and injured.
A commuter train derailed near Sydney striking a highway overpass killing more than 80 passengers and injuring about 95. Rescue teams worked for hours as cranes lifted wreckage and crews treated survivors amid power lines and collapsing structures.
Nelson A. Rockefeller bids farewell to public life with a Senate farewell address. After serving as New York governor and later as vice president, he leaves office on Thursday marking an 18 year stretch interrupted briefly for private life.
A single indomethacin dose closed the patent ductus arteriosus in 50 of 51 preterm infants treated, offering an alternative to surgery for thousands born each year with the condition. Researchers caution that trials are ongoing and large multi center studies are planned to assess safety and efficacy.
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