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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1987

Page

4

Bird seeks retrial over evidence in wife’s death

Emporia Kansas AP Tom Bird a former minister in a life prison term for killing his wife presses a new trial motion alleging an investigator found evidence Sandra Bird may have died by her own action The motion cites statements by Patricia Boysen and Caroline Smith regarding Sandra Bird contemplating self-harm and a location near a bridge as a possible scenario for the death

Emporia Kan Tom Bird Bird Sandra Bird Cottonwood River

Kuwaiti-U.S. Tanker Bridgeton Sails Under Escort

The 401,382-ton Bridgeton loaded oil in its mine damaged hull and is set to sail south through the Persian Gulf under U.S. Navy escort this weekend. Iran warned the U.S. to leave the gulf or face a hard strike as rescuers search for three missing men after a U.S. Navy helicopter crash near Bahrain.

Kuwait Bridgeton Persian Gulf Ali Khamenei Iran United States Gulf Iraq U.S. Navy Central Gulf Bahrain Britain U.S Charles H. Price II Foreign Ministry Hague Netherlands Guadalcanal Farsi Revolutionary Guards

Wall Street Extends Rally to Eight Sessions

The Dow Jones Industrial average rose to a new four day high, closing at 2,572.07 up 4.63 points. Week gains reached 86.74 and 104.12 since the rally began, with other indexes at record highs. Volume on the NYSE was 181.87 million shares, near the weekly average but down from Thursday. Analysts attributed the calm session to profit taking dominating trading.

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