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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1977
Page
3
Steven DeGroote of South Africa won the Van Cliburn International piano competition finishing first and receiving 10000 dollars plus a three year world tour. The 24-year-old studied at the Curtis Institute and played Chopin on a 97-key Borsendorfer Imperial Grand Piano. Alexander Toradze took the silver medal and Jeffrey Swann earned bronze.
In Waco Texas a federal trial opens for Frank Hayes former Castroville town marshal charged with civil rights violations in the death of Richard Morales a 27 year old laborer gunned down on a country road near Castroville on Sept 14 1975. The case was moved from San Antonio due to prejudices in the area.
In Beirut a tentative U S backed cease fire in South Lebanon is discussed with Arafat allied groups signaling possible pullback while the Popular Front rejects any withdrawal. Israeli forces begin to withdraw as Palestinian rockets strike Israeli towns wounding eight. Syrian officials join efforts to persuade adherence to the accord.
The U.N. General Assembly begins a three week policy debate as the Security Council considers a British American plan for Rhodesia. Cyrus Vance launches talks with visiting foreign ministers while Carter addressed expected support for the Rhodesia ceasefire plan. The scheme by Andrew Young and David Owen calls for a transition to black majority rule by the end of 1978 with a U.N. envoy to aid negotiations.
Debbie Wagener works as a Cowboys part time cheerleader and fulltime supermarket cashier in Dallas while modeling. She appears on Esquire cover in a silver lame jacket blue halter and hot pants, but wears red plaid smock at work. Her earnings include $200 in ads and appearances and $15 per Cowboys game, as she dreams of modeling full time.
The 5th U S Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans hears an Orange County Florida case over Bible reading and distribution in public schools and teaching Christian virtues. Fourteen judges consider a six month old ruling that Bible readings during a morning period were unconstitutional and a policy allowing Bible distribution. Eight families have challenged school polices since 1970 arguing violations of church state separation and due process. A lower court warned prohibiting the Bible could foster governmental hostility to religion.
AP Farm Writer notes retail meat prices have edged up since spring and are likely to stay steady through fall. Beef and pork have risen in August with modest year over year changes, while price spreads show consumer dollars shifting across selected foods.
Miami defense attorney Ellis Rubin plans an unprecedented defense for Ronald Zamora on the murder charge, arguing television violence intoxicates youths. The case features Zamora and Darrell Agrella, 14, with Zamora pleading insanity, and TV figures including Kojak star Telly Savalas involved via subpoena as cameras and TV access appear under a Florida Supreme Court experiment.
A frontal system brought showers and thunderstorms across the eastern United States, with heavy activity moving from the Ohio Valley toward the Great Lakes and into New York. Isolated showers appeared along the California coast, the Lake Tahoe area, and the northern Rockies, while Texas and parts of the Deep South experienced thunderstorms and minor wind damage in Terrell. Temperatures ranged from the 30s to the 80s nationwide.
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