Texas Executes Man For Woman's Murder
Jeffery Allen Barney, 28, was executed by injection in Huntsville becoming the second U S inmate executed in as many days for the rape and murder of a minister's wife in 1981. He offered no appeal, expressed guilt, and spent his last hours calmly playing dominoes before a 12 22 a m death.
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Huntsville
Texas
Jeffery Allen Barney
United States
Barney
Jesus
Daniel Thomas
Florida
Thomas
Bob Graham
Freddie Wier
Dayton
Ohio
Ruby Longsworth
Missed Budget Deadline Draws Little Protests in Washington
Washington AP report notes Congress missed the budget deadline with scant protests. Senators wear yellow lapel pins reading Where's the Budget as Majority Leader Bob Dole resists bringing it to a vote. White House talks continue as Gramm Rudman rules push toward a 1991 balanced budget target.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate Budget Committee
Bob Dole
Dole
R-Kan
Pentagon
Budget Committee
William H. Gray
Dpa
Senate
White House
Reagan
Senate Committee
Cole
Donald T. Regan
Gramm-Rudman
FBI killers may have agreed on bizarre plot in Columbus
FBI killings probe explores theory that Miami gunmen William Matix and Michael Platt plotted to kill each other’s wives. Columbus police link Platt to Patri cia Matix murder. investigators sond a possible money motive tied to Matix’s 1983 hospital death and large insurance proceeds.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Matix
Michael Platt
FBI
Miami
Antone Lanata
Platt
Patricia Matix
Florida
Matix
Metro-Dade
Tony Monheim
Lanata
Antone
Wanderer returns to U S from Soviet border clash
John Weymouth 33 of San Francisco dubbed the Wanderer was held by the Soviets after crossing the Bering Strait into their territory. He was flown to Little Diomede Alaska where residents watched the return by helicopter and officials briefed him on custody and interrogation. Weymouth said he did not want to return and walked onto a sea ice landing pad before being handed to U S authorities. The crowd on Little Diomede cheered the return, while Soviets claimed arrest for border violation. Witnesses noted Weymouth crossed the international date line around April 2, with Soviets asserting April 9 as the date of arrest.
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Little Diomede, Alaska
Weymouth
Diomede
U.S
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Carmel-by-the-Sea
Calif
Regina
Regina Platt
Ohio Hospital
Joyce McFadden
Riverside Memorial Hospital
Anoth
Clude
West Virginia
State Police
Patricia Dove
Jerry Dove
Wanderer
Aiken
Laurens St. Aiken, S.C
Heritage Square
Styles
B. C
S-M-L
A. D
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