Texas gun buyers rush for machine guns amid new law
Demand for automatic weapons surges as dealers note rising sales. Texas leads in civilian machine gun ownership with 12 410 registered in the state. A new federal rule restricting production for private use drives buyers to acquire rifles and semi auto models sooner.
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Dot Koster
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Washington
Clifford Macias
Inmate Stabs Guard in Texas Prison
A Texas inmate stabbed guard Roger White with a 28 inch rod at about 2 am Sunday in Tennessee Colony. White, 27, a one year TDC employee, was listed in stable condition at Anderson County Memorial Hospital.
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Tennessee Colony
Texas Department of Corrections
Roger White
Anderson County Memorial Hospital
TDC
Charles Brown
Blown engine forces landing on Pan Am jet
Pan American flight 156 a Boeing 727-200 carrying 144 passengers and six crew members returned to Hobby Airport after one of its three engines failed and was shut down en route to Miami. Officials said no injuries were reported.
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Houston
Pan American World Airways
Miami
Hobby Airport
Hobby
James A. Arey
Pan Am
Killer Rudy Esquivel Executed in Texas
In Huntsville Texas AP reports Rudy Esquivel the Houston narcotics officer killer was executed by lethal injection at 12 21 a m CDT after the Supreme Court denied a stay. Witnesses recalled Bible passages as he spoke to friends and his attorney General Jon Mattox commented on juror exclusion claims.
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Rudy Esquivel
Houston
Texas
Ester Gonzales
Barbara Longoria
Longoria
Esquivel
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Mattox
Swaggart urges aggressiveness at LIFE-AID rally
Evangelist Donny Swaggart called for aggressive witnessing at LIFE-AID in Dallas urging thousands to organize and confront modern evils. He urged militant Christianity and street evangelism at North Lake Park as about 20,000 attendees heard the message during an eight hour rally and concert broadcast by two Christian networks and 120 radio outlets.
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Dallas
Donny Swaggart
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North Lake Park
Five Students Kidnapped and Attacked Near Lake Nasworthy
In San Angelo two masked men abducted five Angelo State University students at gunpoint near Twin Buttes Reservoir. Three women and two men were assaulted for hours, with two women and one man bound. Victims were released or aided by a companion who escaped to alert authorities. Police seek suspects described as two men, speaking with a West Texas accent, with no other details available. An attempted Thursday robbery was reported nearby.
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Angelo State University
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Sheriff's Deputies
Bill McCloud
Tom Green County
McCloud
Lou Hargraves
Therm
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