Stockholm siege drills into bank vault for hostages
Stockholm police drilled holes in a downtown bank vault where two convicts hold four hostages, including three women and a man, for six days. The operation aims to pressure Jan Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson to surrender. Police report injuries to officers but no confirmed rapes, while hostage conditions are described as manageable under strain.
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Stockholm
Jan-Erik Olsson
Clark Olofsson
Olsson
Birgitta Lunblad
Kurt Lindroth
Olofsson
Aakesson
Kreditbanken
Odessa College Plans Local Extension Courses
Odessa College officials with Pecos High School outlined extension courses for adults and qualified seniors. Courses include Business Law, U.S. History, Law Enforcement Traffic Management, Composition, Psychology, Government, with sessions starting Sept. 4 and registration through Sept. 14. Tuition totals 43, 58, or 81 dollars.
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Odessa College
C. W. Wright
Pecos High School
Pecos
Bernhard Sedate
U.S
Sidney Streicher
Oliver Nordwarken
Wright
Mild warm spell sweeps West Texas as showers ease heat
Temperatures rose to 95 with a morning low around 67 under partly cloudy skies. The AP reported brow-mopping heat across Texas with scattered showers along the coast and Lower Rio Grande Valley, rainfall reaching 1.56 inches at Corpus Christi and 1.01 at Alice. Top temps hit 97 at Del Rio, while the coolest spots reached 86 in Brownsville, Houston and Marfa.
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West Texas
Associated Press
Texas
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Mexi
Corpus Christi
Alice
del Rio
Mexican
Brownsville
Houston
Marfa
Bomb found inside House of Commons
Police sealed off the House of Commons after a suspected terrorist bomb was found in the building. London faced a rush of bomb alerts with 360 calls to Scotland Yard in five hours, believed to be IRA related.
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London
House of Commons
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Northern Ireland
Commons
Pecos Barstow schools report first day enrollment figures
Pecos Barstow schools opened with 4165 students on the first day. Ray Whitley noted a gain of 152 from 1972-73, highlighting large increases at Pecos High School and several elementary units while noting declines at Barstow Elementary East Pecos Bessie Haynes and North Pecos. Also reported, Pecos Water Department earned an American Water Works Association zero disabling injury rating for 1972, with commendations signed by AWWA president Clifford W. Hamblin.
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Pecos-Barstow
Ray Whitley
Pecos High School
South Pecos
Earl Bell
Pecos
Barstow Elementary
East Pecos
Bessie Haynes
North Pecos
Whitley
Pecos Water Department
American Water Works Association
B. Hunt
AWWA
Hunt
Clifford W. Hamblin
New Pecos Patrolman Leonard Saint Joins City Force
Leonard Saint, a 25 year old Marine veteran and police officer with three years of law enforcement, has joined Pecos from the Littlefield and Big Spring departments. He served in Vietnam, earning the rank of sergeant before retirement after being wounded. He and his wife Judy, a Big Spring native, moved to Pecos two weeks ago and plan to settle in, praising the town and its young people.
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Leonard Saint
Pecos
Littlefield
Saint
Big Spring
Marine Corp
Marines
Vietnam
Howard County Junior College
Hardin-Simmons University
Trinidad State College
Colorado
Judy
Tremor Hits Mexico City Area Killing Two in Puebla
A predawn earthquake centered south of Mexico City damaged homes and churches in Puebla and the capital. Red Cross reports say two deaths and about 16 injuries in Puebla with numerous ambulances still out. The quake measured 5.5 on the local scale, striking just before 4 a.m. local time.
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Mexico City
Puebla
Red Cross
Rafael Simon
Firemen extinguish pickup blaze near wrecking yard
Firemen put out a burning pickup in front of B and B Wrecking Yard after a four minute response. A windshield was broken at 2200 S Plim St with damage valued at about 196 dollars. An earthquake near Puebla damaged churches and sent tourists fleeing in Mexico City. No serious injuries reported.
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Rapid City
S.D
Livingston
Mont
Williston
N. C
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
B and B Wrecking Yard
Frances W. Holley
Plim St
U.S
Meixeni
Vacation land guide and arson arrest noted
An extensive 68 page vacation guide to the Lower Rio Grande Valley highlights South Padre Island and nearby attractions. Robert Estridge, 301 S Willow St, is charged with arson after a closet fire at 1215 Veterans Blvd. flames spread in the Pecos residence. Fire marshal Wadley filed the complaint. bond set at 5000. Estridge jailed awaiting statements.
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Hie Grande Valley
Texas
South Padre Island
Old Mexico
The
Rio Grande
Robert Estridge
S. Willow St
Pecos
Veterans Blvd
Estridge
Dick Wadley
Justice of the Peace Cliff Preslar
Reeves County Goes For Pops In Record Soft Drink Use
Reeves County residents embrace bubbly non alcoholic drinks with a yearly average of 478 eight ounce bottles per person, well above 1970 and national trends. The region consumed about 7 887 000 containers and spent roughly 749 006 dollars, while nationwide 86 billion containers were bought for about 7 6 billion dollars in 1972.
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New York
Reeves County
United States
National
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Evangelina Uranga
South Pecos Elemen
Jim
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Galveston
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Dakotas
Plains
Gulf Coast
Florida
New England
Evanston
Wyo
Butte
Arcata
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Pecos Elementary
New City
Pickup
Here
Puebla-Oaxaca State Line
Washington and
Park Streets
Charles Smith
Connie Renee Beckham
Hackberry St
Daniel Martinez
Alamo St
Vacation Land
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