Convicted slayer Thomas A Allen acquitted again in court motion
Thomas A Allen who was jailed for three concurrent five to eight year terms for voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon was acquitted again after a court motion citing insanity doubts. The case stems from a Feb 1 1975 knife attack outside a Payson bar that wounded two others.
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Richard Robertson
Thomas A. Allen
Allen
William Price
Payson
Douglas Shearer
Superior Court
D.L. Greer
Globe
Jordan Green
Vietnam
United States
Greer
Supreme Court
Dawson
Roy Creach
Price
Ad Hoc Committee
Creach
Eleanor Kaufman
Question case's sanity controversy in Arizona
Apache County Judge D L Greer seeks to free Thomas Allen despite a unanimous jury verdict for voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. The Supreme Court later ruled that Greer abused his authority in granting acquittal on insanity grounds.
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Greer
Allen
State Hospital
Edd Dawson
State Supreme Court
United States
Arizona
Dawson
State Vs
White
Supreme Court
Nancy Aldridge
Apache County
D.L. Greer
Thomas Allen
Globe
Arizona State Hospital
Arizona Supreme Court
Payson
Pine Fire receives $60,000 fire engine
The Pine/Strawberry Volunteer Fire Department took delivery of a new fire engine built by Clark Fire Apparatus in Albuquerque New Mexico at a cost just over 60 000 dollars. The 1000 gallon per minute unit carries 600 feet of hose and 450 feet of smaller hose with plans to add breathing apparatus and portable generators later. The truck will be housed at the Strawberry station due to its size.
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Pine/Strawberry
Clark Fire Apparatus
Albuquerque
N.M
Tom Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Strawberry Station
Pine Station
Hashknife Pony Express to Run January 27 28
The Hashknife Pony Express will make its 18th annual U S Mail ride from Holbrook to Scottsdale on January 27 and 28 with a stop in Payson at 4 PM January 27. A special Bicentennial postmark stamp will be used and a Pony Express box will accept mail at Payson Post Office.
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Hashknife Pony Express
U.S. Mail
Holbrook
Scottsdale
Payson
Hashknife
Pony Express
Jackson Perkins
Chamberettes
Payson Woman’s Club
Swiss Village
Library funds cut at its own request
Payson Library funding was cut off by the Payson Town Council at the request of the Payson Woman's Club trustees. The move ends municipal support for the library for the current fiscal year, amid tensions over control and library powers.
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Payson Library
Payson Town Council
Payson Woman’s Club
Payson Public Library
Julia Randall
The
Payson Roundup Hosts Weekly Candidate Forum Series
The Payson Roundup will sponsor Monday noon candidate forums at Roberto's Restaurant starting Jan 19. Two candidates per week by lot through March, each given 20 minutes for speeches with audience Q A. The first drawn were D J Smock and Rev Carl Cruse, but Cruse is dropping out, leaving Smock as the sole candidate for the first event.
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Payson Roundup
Roberto
Lot
D.J. Smock
Carl Cruse
Cruse
Smock
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