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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1977
Page
3
A chartered bus carrying Roman Catholics plunged 300 feet into a canyon near Nueva Italia Michoacan killing 37 and wounding nine survivors report Red Cross physician Dr Jesus Mora Martinez. The accident occurred about five miles south of Nueva Italia after the bus missed a curve in the canyon.
Miami report notes no depressions or tropical systems this summer prompting National Hurricane Center forecasters led by Ray Biedinger to call it unusual. The lack of activity comes amid typical storm-season expectations and a calmer Atlantic region than many years.
Archer Parr's former ranch foreman faces trial on a charge of stealing a tractor from Duval County as State District Judge Darrell Hester presides. Also, South Texas district officials given three-year probations after pleading guilty to theft and misconduct. District Judge Ross Sterling to rule on a Houston adult bookstore zoning suit within two days.
U S Rep Eligio de la Garza D Texas reported a $500 campaign gift from Korean sources and four Korea trips at congressional expense. He and Rep W R Poage D Texas are cited among Texans with Korea ties, while Park faces scrutiny as a potential Korean government agent. De la Garza says social ties and gifts were limited. he declined a 1975 campaign contribution offered in Korea and redirected it to a Korean school.
HEW Secretary Califano drafts three options to reduce welfare payments for residents of federally subsidized housing to meet Carter's cost limits. One option would trim cash welfare between 400 and 900 million dollars, aligning with the president's reform goals, while critics warn of possible forced moves to cheaper slums.
Three wealthy California youths James Schoenfeld Richard Schoenfeld and Frederick Woods pleaded guilty to 27 counts of kidnapping for ransom for the 1976 Chowchilla bus hijacking that left 26 children and a driver imprisoned in a buried van for 17 hours They retained innocent pleas on bodily harm charges and face life without parole if convicted on those counts The case returns Aug 5 for a hearing before Superior Court Judge Leo Deegan each defendant remains jailed on 1 million bail
Belgrade AP report says Albania, led by Enver Hoxha, requested China remove technical advisers after 50 Albanian students left Chinese universities. Diplomats estimate 700 to 2,000 Chinese experts remain. ties severed since 1961 split with the Soviet Union.
Egypt reports a cease fire has taken hold on its western frontier and a military spokesman denies a Libyan ambassador's claim of ongoing fighting. Algerian and Palestinian mediators press efforts to resolve the Egyptian Libyan conflict, a long standing dispute with regional implications.
In Dodge City Amanda Blake known as Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke arrived via Wells Fargo stagecoach and mingled with locals and tourists. At the Long Branch Saloon she donated one of her on screen dresses to Boot Hill Museum during a ceremony marking her local celebrity visit.
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