Swedish bank siege ends with standoff and gas plan halt
Gunman Jan-Erik Olsson and four hostages faced a five day bank siege in Stockholm's Kreditbanken vault. Police prepared a secret action plan after considering gas, while Olsson tied ropes to hostages and warned of killings. Officials said time favored police as negotiations stalled and a getaway car disappeared.
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Palme
Stockholm
Premi
Fr Olof Palme
Minman
Land
Kurt Lindroth
Jan-Erik Olsson
Olson
Lennart Geijer
Kreditbanken
Olsson
Lindroth l
Cobra Cobra Shoot On Sight Warning For Poisonous Cobra
In Chicago area suburban Buffalo Grove police order to shoot on sight a 4 month old Egyptian cobra named Seymour missing since Saturday. Dav id Pearson claimed the snake is tame but state law bans keeping poisonous animals at home. Dennis Merritt Lincoln Park Zoo notes cobras bite when cornered and can climb as they search for food.
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Chicago
UPS
Seymour
David Pearson
Bultuln Grove
Ill
Pearson
Saxe
Civi Defense
Steve Haissey
Buffalo Grove
Dennis Merritt
Linc Coln Park Zoo
Une
Merritt
Roy Melugin
Clovis
23Rd Street
Melugin
Highland Hospital
Larry Nichols
23Rd
Street
Elgin Avenue
Animal Shelter
2Nd Street
Nyc
Council
Mayor Lashes In-Fighting Over South Plains Training Plan
Mayor Morris Turner criticizes internal disputes delaying manpower training programs on the South Plains. Turner, as head of the Lcounty program, says infighting hinders planning and coordination of the initiative.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Morris Turner
Turner
Squirrel and City Move Spark Training Budget Dispute
The Lubbock City Council moved administration of the planning program from City Hall to SPAG during Turner's absence triggering claims of embarrassment and concerns that Manpower programs for underprivileged may disappear. Turner cites Department of Labor ruling making the city prime sponsor for new training programs.
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Department of Labor
Thurstay
Turner
Lubbock
City Hall
South Plains Association of Governments
SPAG
Carolyn Jordan
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Nyc
South Plaine
Drug Questions Posed By Newly Elected Law
Lubbock County district attorney explains how the new drug law changes classifications for marijuana offenses. He outlines three case classes and notes pending actions after Sept. 5, with many cases likely dismissed or downgraded to misdemeanors.
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Leland Boyd
Lubbock County
Crimi- Avalanches
Siati
Nal District Attorney's
Texas
Crim. Dist. Atty
Allen R.griffin
Avalanche Jour‘nat
Griffin
Taos DA Reduces Shooting Charge In A J Today
Taos New Mexico district attorney reduces shooting charge in a case where a man was jailed after an alleged threat to a figure in a federal matter. The case involves questions about who fired the shot and whether the suspect matched a witness description.
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Taos
N.M
Edwiner
Gaudet
Moon
James Bran
Nixon
Keo
Brandenburg
New Mexico
Man EU
Mally
Albuquerquej
Secret Service
Taoson
Stanley Gaudet
Dalk
Rights exercised by 18 year olds hubbub after midnight booze sales
The article notes 18 year olds gaining full legal rights to purchase alcohol as of Monday with several liquor stores reporting brisk business and few arrests. Law enforcement reported no unusual trouble while some clubs reported increased patronage and laxer enforcement during the late night revelry.
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Sam Aulese
Avalanche Journal
Sean C. Bowman
Alcheloc
Lubbock
Wall Tv
Wall
Waterine Hale
Ers
Dallas drinkers celebrate after alcohol law expansion
In Dallas hundreds of drinkers gathered on Travis Street and at tables in a club to toast the 18 year old drinking rights. Teens 18 to 20 celebrated with beer while police tried to manage the crowd. Clerks refused sales to 18 year olds at a Paso shop near closing time.
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Dallas
UPT
Texas
University of the Texas Law
Travis
Dolph Briscoe
Paso
Jand
Dave Gray
Travis Street Electric ‘Co
Prayer fragment calls for forgiveness and duty
A reader closes with a plea to God asking forgiveness for desecration of creation and urging believers to act as His children in daily life.
Bomb blast at London embassy injures secretary
A package explosion at the British Embassy in Washington injured Nora Murray and damaged the sixth floor. The incident followed a rash of letter and parcel bombs in London, with officials saying the device did not come through the mail. FBI, DC police, and the State Department launched a joint investigation.
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George Washington University Hospital
Nora Murray
London
UPI
A.m. Cdt
Irish Republican Army
Washington Embassy
Washington
William P. Fortune
Murray
England
Lhart
Foreign Office
John Grigor Taylor
Grigor Taylor
U.S
FBI
Metropolitan Police Department
District of Columbia
Inheritance Plot Leads to Murder-for-Hire Charge
Sacramento AP report says Waldis Lea Copleman wife of patrolman Ron ald W. Copleman 41 was charged with solicitation of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. James Gerow Jr 39 a Rancho Cordova bookkeeper and family friend was also arrested. The plot unraveled when the hired killer reported to investigators as the couple faced an alleged $3 million inheritance claim and a planned Sunday killing of Copleman at a Rancho Cordova pet shop.
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Sacramento
Calif
Waldis Lea Copleman
Ronald W. Copleman
James Gerow Jr
Sheriff's Office
Bill Miller
District Attorney's Office
Copleman
Miller
Gerow
Ranch Cordova
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