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Ottawa Herald in Ottawa, Kansas

23 Jul 1985

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Ottawa Herald

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Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1985

Page

6

Bird Trial In Jury's Hands

A Lyon County jury in Emporia began deliberations after 12 days of testimony in former minister Thomas Bird's first degree murder trial. Prosecutors say Bird killed his wife Sandra by throwing her from Rocky Ford Bridge. defense counters that the case rests on circumstantial evidence and reasonable doubt.

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Emporia, Kan Lyon County District Court Emporia Thomas Bird Bird Sandra Rodney Symmonds Rocky Ford Bridge Here Sandra Bird Cottonwood River Robert Hecht Hecht Martin Anderson Anderson Faith Lutheran Church Geary County
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White Activist Arrested In South Africa

In Cape province, Molly Blackburn, a leading white anti apartheid figure, was detained at her Port Elizabeth home on suspicion of attending an illegal gathering. She faced a brief court appearance and $50 bail as state security measures expanded with a new emergency. Police also detained 441 activists under emergency powers, while 120,000 black students boycotted classes amid nationwide unrest. Priscilla Jana, a Johannesburg Indian lawyer, was briefly detained after arriving from the United States.

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Johannesburg South Africa Cape U.S Jaap Venter National Police Pretoria Molly Blackburn Port Elizabeth Mike Calabrese Cyrus Vance U.N Donald McHenry Carter Robert McNamara Defense Kennedy Johnson Ford Foundation Blackburn Progressive Federal Party Cape Province Andrew Savage Mrs. Blackburn Calabrese Graaff-Reinet Zwide Black Sash Antiapartheid Organization Priscilla Jana United States
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