Vietnam veteran frees nine hostages after nine hour siege in Cleveland
Unemployed Vietnam veteran Ashby Leach held nine hostages for nine hours in Chessie System Inc. offices on the 36th floor of Terminal Tower in Cleveland demanding better GI benefits. He released the hostages around 7 p.m. after networks declined to broadcast his demands. he surrendered unarmed to police.
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Cleveland
Ashby Leach
Huntington
W.va
Chessie System Inc
Chessie
Charles R. McKinnon
FBI
Leach
Railroad Holding Company
McKinnon
George R. Joseph
Terminal Towers
Public Square
Joseph
W. Va
From A to Izzard Texas Campaign Reflections
Dull Texas Senate race looms as Bentsen and Steelman fight for party loyalty voters. The piece contrasts past sharp political battles with current slow campaigns and calls for a hard fought governor contest.
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Senate
Tex Kiersey’s career ends with a planning to write
Retiring newspaperman Tex Kiersey is noted for his crime solving work in Amarillo and his insights on policing changes. The piece recalls his past as he contemplates a book, yet states he has already begun writing despite vows. A Texas Ranger praises his common sense and value.
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Tex Kiersey
Tex
Amarillo
Texas Ranger
California
Wes Izzard
Two more deaths from Legion disease tied to congress
Philadelphia health officials said two attendees of the International Eucharistic Congress died of Legionnaires disease, raising the death toll to 28 among 177 cases. Victims included Stanley Kuczek of Indiana and Sister Mildred Trzil of Iowa, both linked to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel.
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Philadelphia
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
American Legion Convention
Legion Convention
Day
Stanley Kuczek
Munster
Ind
Mildred Trzil
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bellevue-Stratford
Milton Shapp
Lewis Polk
University of Connecticut
Atlanta
Federal Center For Disease Control
Polk
Connecticut
Don Berreth
CDC
Dr. Polk
Bond Denied In Gun Slaying Case In Amarillo
Two 19 year old Amarillo men David Mabra and Murrill Crawford were arraigned on capital murder charges in the shotgun slaying of Edith Whitfield at the Toot'n Totum store. Bond denied due to capital murder. Both also face burglary charges related to an arson burglary at Maywood Inc. Bond set at 15000 for burglary.
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Amarillo
Edith Whitfield
David Mabra
S. Garfield
Murrill Crawford
S. Highland
Potter County
Roy Byrd
Tom Curtis
Curtis
Eddie Kirkwood
Bert Collins
Maywood, Inc
Byrd
Whitfield
S. Grand
Rampaging Zulus Clash With S. African Blacks
Zulus with knives and clubs swept through Soweto for a fourth day clashing with black residents while labor boycott tensions strained the township. Police denied aiding the Zulus and reported some injuries but no deaths as clashes spread across Meadowlands and Dobsonville districts.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Africa
Convention Board Funds Misused Questioned by Amarillo Officials
Travel vouchers totaling 943.66 claimed by Raymond Raillard for BCVA representation at Houston and Dallas travel shows were challenged by Amarillo City Commissioners. The session, amid tension, discussed board expenditures, the merger with City Development and Tourism, and accountability of BCVA spending.
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Board of Convention and Visitors Activities
BCVA
Amarillo
Clay Briggs
Raillard
Briggs
Keith Taylor
Board of City Development
Taylor
BCD
City Commission
Board of City Development and Tourism
BCDT
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Srate
Iet
Chessie System
Chowchilla
Madera County
Fred N. Woods
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Izzard
Q. Henry
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Austin
Legion Disease
Bond
W. le Roux
Dobsonville
Meadowlands
Convention Board
George Lokey
Lokey
Kathrine Wilson
Lakey
Drummond
Mrs. Wilson
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