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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1981

Page

15

Military jury orders death for airman at Holloman Base

Airman Robert Gay 28 of Detroit was sentenced to death by a 10 member Air Force court martial jury for two murders committed after a supervisor reprimand over a haircut. He killed Tech Sergeant Jose Rodriguez and an unarmed security policeman with an M-16 at Holloman AFB New Mexico. The case now moves through multiple appeals to determine if military execution will proceed.

Holloman Air Force Base N.M Robert Gay Detroit Alamogordo Gay Air Force 12Th Air Force U.S. Court of Military Review U.S. Court of Appeals John Howell Holloman Otero County Fort Leavenworth Kan Howell Tech Jose Rodriguez Las Cruces Victor Lamberty el Paso Texas Donald Brockett Bobbie Snell Army John Bennett Pentagon Janet Wray Herman Dennis Robert Burns Truman Pat Vaughan Airman Rodriguez

Earths geology reflects catastrophe witness trial

Harold Coffin of the Geoscience Research Institute testified in Arkansas court about catastrophic geology. He cited fossil preservation as evidence of rapid burial during a worldwide flood, contrasting with evolution and supporting creation science as defined in the act.

Bill Simmons Associated Press Little Rock Ark U.S. District Court Arkansas Earth Harold Coffin Geoscience Research Institute of Loma Linda Calif U.S William Overton Coffin Seventh-day Adventist Church American Civil Liberties Union ACLU

Talking Christmas tree aids boy’s speech improvement

Fargo AP reports ten-year-old Duane Ross who has speech difficulties began speaking in full sentences after engaging with a talking Christmas tree at Dayton department store. Teacher Kathy Kasper notes the tree spoke back, prompting spontaneous conversation of several minutes.

Moon Plans Washington Times Start In 1982

New York based News World Communications plans a Washington general interest daily named the Washington Times. Vice President Nicholas Buscovich says the paper will provide a forum for voices not in the Washington Post and will hire well known journalists from around the country. Moon’s company already runs The News World and Noticias del Mundo in New York.

New York Sun Myung Moon Washington, D.C Nicholas Buscovich News World Communications Inc Washington Post Moon New York City News World Noticias del Mundo

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