Gilmore asks mother to accept fate ahead of execution stay
Convicted killer Gary Mark Gilmore appeals to his arthritis crippled mother Bessie Gilmore to accept the sentence and die, while Utah Supreme Court weighs whether to review the appeal. Gilmore, 36, is under tight security as officials shift him to maximum custody before Monday's execution window.
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Midland Couple Die in Fog Shrouded Plane Crash
A Midland Texas couple, Pauvine Luckie 49 and Maj E C Luckie 55 USAF ret, were killed when their twin engine Cessna 310 crashed in heavy fog near Robert Lee Texas. The plane was found on open ranch land between State Highways 208 and 277 beside the Colorado River. CAP search efforts were hindered by bad weather and two private pilots aided in the search.
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Star of the Magic at Odessa College Planetarium
Odessa College Poole Planetarium will present six showings of Star of the Magic beginning Friday at 7 30 p m running Fridays and Saturdays through Dec 18 Keith Johnson says the program recreates the sky over Persia and explores the Star of Bethlehem admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children location Wilkerson Hall 206 private group shows available call Odessa College Johnson free for faculty and students with ID
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First British woman MP Lady Astor 1919 1945
The first female member of Parliament in Britain was Lady Astor elected in 1919. She served as MP until 1945. American born Nancy Witcher Langhorne from Virginia moved to England after marriage.
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Gunman Tops Skyscraper To Warn World On Tobacco
A 21 year old custodian Dobin Lair held a hostage atop a 62 story Los Angeles bank building for 2 1/2 hours to warn the world against tobacco. Police said the hostage chief engineer for United California Bank Building was released unharmed. The man cited his father’s death from lung cancer and asked for TV crews to tell his message.
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API Plans Hobbs Meet at Hobbs Country Club
The Southeastern New Mexico Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute convenes at 6 30 p m at Hobbs Country Club Hobbs N M Speaker T W Ten Eyck Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project Colorado discusses Prospects for Synthetic and Other Energy Sources in the United States Tickets four dollars at the door or via named local oil executives.
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George Ricks
Atlantic Richfield
Dale Crockett
Shelly Ol
Jim Glover
Continental Oil
Dave Berlin
Gulf Oil
Lockney Blood Drive Opens This Evening
A blood drive co sponsored by Blood Services of Lubbock and the Athena Junior Study Club begins at 6 p.m. today in the Lockney high school cafeteria. Donors are urged to attend during the Littlefield Lockney basketball doubleheader and help hospitals stock blood supplies.
Attacks Threaten Yarbrough Practice in Disbarment Probe
Public attacks by members of the State Bar threaten to deprive Supreme Court Justice-elect Don ald B. Yarbrough of his right to practice law, prompting former Attorney General Waggoner Carr to defend him. Carr warned such rhetoric could bias courts and juries and insisted Yarbrough receive an impartial hearing. A separate note recalls a Missouri Territory bachelor tax of one dollar on unmarried white men aged 21 to 50 in 1820.
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