Prospectors Hunt Horde of Gold at Victoria Peak
Norman Scott of Expeditions Unlimited led a three hour search for a legendary gold horde on White Sands desert. Three claimants found the same entrance on Victoria Peak within the restricted missile range, signaling possible treasure though no gold is guaranteed.
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White Sands
UPI
New Mexico
Norman Scott
Expeditions Unlimited
Victoria Peak
Scott
Tony Jolley
Milton E
Doc
Noss
Jolley
Kidnap Victims Still Missing
A 34 year old man was arrested in Tulsa in connection with the kidnapping of publisher Haskell Gaither's daughter and another woman. The victims are identified as Mrs. Phillip H. Ashmore, 35, and Kathy Anne Brown, 21. A $500000 ransom was demanded, with money dropped and later retrieved. investigators traced a call to a Jenks trailer park where Chaney was captured.
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Tulsa
Okla
Dist. Atty
Fallis Jr
Larry Eugene Chaney
Fallis
Chaney
Phillip H. Ashmore
Kathy Anne Brown
Jenks
Ashmore
New Instructions
Haskell Gaither
The
Jeffersonian
Nadeau
Quiet man Bob Martin remembered by friends
A note on Pentel Sampson and his devoted families frames a short remembrance. The page mentions Amarillo mayoral race questions and FCC plans to seek funds to police Citizens Band radio and accelerate CBS license approvals.
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Bob Martin
AGGIO
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
CBS
Weather outlook with cooler nights and gusty southerly winds
Mostly clear today through tomorrow with a cooler night. Low tonight in the upper 20s and a high in the mid 60s today, then near 60 tomorrow. Winds turning southerly 15 to 25 mph and gusty this afternoon. A wind warning will be in effect on area lakes today.
Police search continues for 11 year old Timothy missing in Birmingham
In Birmingham Michigan police expand a statewide manhunt for Timothy King an 11 year old missing three days as a $25000 reward draws hundreds of tips. The search focuses on a "sophisticated businessman" type suspect and 300 officers work twelve hour shifts with state police and county deputies aiding the probe.
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Birmingham
Mich
UPI
Detroit
Buddy
Barry King
Timothy
Barry
Rollin G. Tobin
Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies
Tobin
Abductor Dies After Hostage Siege in Orlando
An armed man Algie Simmons aged 42 died in a tear gas siege after holding five hostages two women and three children for over ten hours in a Florida apartment. Police report suggests self inflicted gunshot wounds. The hostages were released unharmed. Simmons had prior hostage related charges and was out on bail for another kidnapping case.
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Orlando
Fla
James York
Algie Simmons
York
Simmons
York Simmons
Atlanta
Orange County
Maroney
Twinity DuBose
Bruce Henson
Mud Dauber Comes Home in Luckenbach Texas Festival
Thousands crowd Luckenbach Texas to watch mud daubers return to their summer home. Picasso Mud Dauber seen. beer flows and marijuana air fills the crowd. Kent Finlay loses the song contest earning a one way ticket to Buffalo with a quip about country music and arrest records. Proceeds aid the Hondo Crouch Memorial Fund for a statue.
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Luckenbach
Tex
Texas
Picasso Mud Dauber
Mud Dauber
Kent Finlay
Mud Daubers
Buffalo
N.Y
Finlay
Uusic
Finley
U.S
Central Texas
ron-Bay
Hondo Crouch
Jack Harmon
Capistrano
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U.S. Army
Stanford Research Institute
Amarillo Garden Center
T. Lynn Perry
Amarillo
Ron Marlow
Sharon Lindermann
Canyon
Shamrock
Bill Howe
Pentel Sampson
Mayo
Tim
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