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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1977
Page
3
British studies reported in Lancet show women 35 and older who have used birth control pills face higher death risk from circulatory disease than nonusers. The surveys covered 63,000 women over nine years with half current or former pill users and half never used.
Ronny Zamora, 15, found guilty of first degree murder in a Miami Beach home invasion that killed 83-year-old Elinor Haggart. He also received burglary, armed robbery, and firearm charges. The defense urged a television violence defense while prosecutors noted the verdict rejects that premise. Sentencing set for November with minimum 25 years.
U S intelligence says Communist Vietnamese and Cambodian troops clash along the Vietnam Cambodia border in Tay Ninh and Dalat provinces. Reports describe battalion sized engagements with heavy casualties. The fighting marks a renewed border dispute despite formal ties.
Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker calls on President Carter and Secretary Vance to provide secret documents on the U S Panama Canal treaty. He warns there is no chance of approval without clarification of U S rights to protect the waterway and its neutrality after 2000. The State Department reports ongoing talks between U S and Panamanian negotiators and notes unresolved interpretations. Ellsworth Bunker and Sol Linowitz met Panama's ambassador to discuss future wartime passage and U S protection of the canal. A diplomat says the issues remain unsettled and talks continue.
El Paso officials report finding a sophisticated ceiling listening device near the mayor's desk amid a leak controversy over a city hall luxury hotel project. Federal agents sent the transmitter to Washington for FBI lab analysis as city hall security expands.
Rainfall continued in West Texas with most areas around half an inch and some spots near one inch. Forecasters expect the rain to spread east across the state through the day and night, while temperatures range from the 60s to 70s in the morning and highs near the 80s statewide. Cooler air moves in to Northwest Texas overnight. Frost warnings extend across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Lower Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois with a hard freeze warning in northeastern Wisconsin.
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