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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1977
Page
3
At least 36 people died when a Guadalajara to Nogales freight train derailed on a bridge after brake failure. Police warn more bodies may be found as wreckage blocks the Pacific Railroad route to the Arizona border.
Stan Kenton 65 was discharged from Reading Hospital after a six week recovery from brain surgery to remove a blood clot caused by a May 22 fall at a Reading motel. His manager drove him to Philadelphia then he flew home to Los Angeles.
In Houston, former policemen Terry Denson and Stephen Orlando face a September 7 trial in state district court for the death of Joe Campos Torres, whose body was found in Buffalo Bayou after a tavern disturbance.
A 15 car freight train in Huntington Park, California, fatally struck three children and critically injured a fourth who were stepping between ties near the yard. The engineer tried to stop but could not prevent the tragedy. Names: Amanda Lack 7, Jason Lack 6, Julie Kline 10, Holly Kline 8.
Riot police moved in at 5 a.m. to clear barricaded strikers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM the continent’s largest university. Dozens were taken for questioning as protests continued with plans for a 24 hour shutdown of other universities.
A fire in the Danbury federal prison system dormitory at about 1:30 a.m. prompted three blasts from the horn and a quick response by Capt. Antonio Lagarto and his crew, who rushed from bed to tackle the worst blaze in the system's history.
Moscow escalates attack on U S plans to produce the neutron bomb as Carter weighs final decision. Russian analyst Kornilov denounces efforts to derail arms talks while U S officials confirm underground Nevada tests. The White House expects study results by August 15 before a production decision.
Paducah Ky AP three South Texas officials travel to testify as character witnesses for Alberto M Vera the Texas man accused of conspiring to obtain marijuana from Mexico Also named are Dr James Ray Ammons and his pilot Hubert Max Putman Ammons has pleaded no contest and Putman pleaded guilty and agrees to testify Putman testified alongside John and Barry Raidt about a 1976 trip from Murray Kentucky to Austin Texas seeking marijuana Where almost no marijuana was found during the trip
Two month old girls joined at the torso remain critically ill after a June 23 separation operation at Children’s Hospital. Dr. Judson Randolph led the team in a tough ethical choice to try to save both, noting only one might have survived.
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