Andrews Sheriff and Wife Die in Apparent Murder Suicide
Andrews County Sheriff James A. Gregory and his estranged wife Willa Dean Gregory were found dead in their Northwest Andrews home. Authorities say both were shot in the head at close range by a .411-caliber revolver. The death was ruled a homicide death by own action, with autopsies not requested. The Texas Rangers are leading the investigation after the sheriff called 8 02 a m to say he killed his wife and would kill himself. Mrs Gregory had filed for divorce on May 12 and was living separately.
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Wayne Farmer
Sheriff’s Department
Texas Rangers
Gregory
Cuban refugee total passes 100000 as ship arrives
The Cuban refugee count rose past 100,000 with 847 aboard the Red Diamond V, a 118-foot freighter towed into Key West after its Panamanian registry was revoked. Ship owner Peter Winston Phillip was arrested and questioned for bringing in undocumented aliens and flouting the Mariel ban.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S
Peter Winston Phillip
Mariel
Eric Fisher
U.S. At
Torney
Phillip
Carter
Turks and Caicos Islands
Miami
Fisher
Nestor Rhodes
West
U.S. Waters
Bahamas
Freedom Flotilla
Mariel Harbor
Coast Guard
Norris Turner
Tampa
U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Robert Shade
Clark offers to swap places with US hostages at Tehran event
Ramsey Clark told the Crimes of America conference delegates in Tehran that he would take the place of any hostage to help resolve the 213 day Iran crisis. He urged trial of the Shah, said the regime brutalized millions, and urged hostages be released to aid the Iranian Revolution and world peace. Ghotbzadeh said he would meet Clark, calling him a supporter of the revolution and opponent of the Shah's crimes.
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Associated Press
U.S
Ramsey Clark
Clark
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
U‘s
Bullet Train Surges Past at 55 MPH on I 35
A new high speed bullet train flies past a Dallas to Austin drive at 55 mph on an elevated median rail. The story notes ongoing transit expansion along the interstate and devotes coverage to future implications on travel.
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Tucson
Arizona
Odessa
Interstate 35
Dallas
Austin
Ramsey Clark faces possible charges over Iran trip
Justice Department to investigate former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and nine others for traveling to Iran in defiance of President Carter's travel ban. If charged and convicted, they could face up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Clark met Khomeini in Paris during exile and later advised Iran on legal steps, while Carter, unable to allow his presence, named Clark as a special envoy during the hostage crisis.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
Department
Carter
Iran
Justice Department
Clark
Supreme Court
Tehran
U.S
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
France
Paris
Shah Mohammad Reza
Pahlavi
Khomeini
Houston district fights federal desegregation plan
State AG Mark White announced opposition to a Justice Department cross district desegregation plan for 23 Houston area districts. He argued the constitutional limits of federal power over education and called the suit divisive. Houston officials planned to meet in Washington with AG Civiletti.
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Houston
Mark White
Justice Department
United States
White
Texas
U.S. District Court
City of Houston
State of Texas
Harris County Department of Education
Texas Education Agency
Texas Commisioner of Education
Attorney General
TEA
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas Youth Council
U.S. Department of Justice
State of
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Benjamin R. Civiletti
Diggs resigns from House after Supreme Court appeal denial
Rep. Charles C. Diggs quits Congress effective immediately stating a desire for his successor to gain seniority this year. The Michigan Democrat, finishing his 13th term, announced resignation amid payroll kickback charges and Supreme Court rejection of his appeal.
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Washington (Ap
Charles C. Diggs
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Michigan
Democrat
Thomas P. O'Neill
House
Congress
Carter aims to wrap up Democratic nomination today
Carter expected to sweep eight state presidential primaries and push beyond 1,666 delegates, with Kennedy conceding Carter will finish with a majority. Reagan leads Republican contests as uncontested nominee. Kennedy signals a convention rules fight to reclaim pledged delegates is unlikely to succeed.
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Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
California
New Jersey
Ohio
Reagan
John B. Anderson
Anderson
Gressman
West Virginia
Massachusetts
James Flag
Flug
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