Odessa officer and two others killed in dawn shooting
At the Odessa home of Floyd Hudman, 51, a veteran detective, his wife Carol, 33, and Alan Smith, 40, were shot to death before dawn. The incident also left two others injured, raising questions about the motive and suspects.
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Odessa
Tex
Floyd Hudman
Carol
Alan Smith
van. Tex
Texas
Elizabeth Cordelia Taylor
Van
Elizabeth Ann
Ronnie Goode
Keith Hilliard
Gilmore death warrant could bring firing squad days before 36th birthday
Gary Mark Gilmore faces possible execution by firing squad within days of his 36th birthday after Utah pardons board affirmed a death sentence for killing a motel clerk. Appeals are planned as prosecutors must set a date before a state law deadline. Gilmore, hunger striking, accepted the sentence and urged opponents to butt out.
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State Pardons Board
George Latimer
Gilmore
United States
Calvin L. Rampton
Pardons Board
Rampton
Tom Jones
Utah Supreme Court
State Chapter
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
State Supreme Court
Nicole Barrett
China signals government shakeup after Mao death
Tokyo AP reports China’s ruling body, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, convened to ratify a government shakeup following Mao Tse-tung’s death and the purge of Mao’s widow and radicals. Hua Kuo-feng is named to succeed Mao as party chair as the Politburo outlines the new government lineup.
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Tokyo
China
Mao Tsetung
Mao
The
Tional People’s Congress
Communist Party
Hua Kuo-feng
Chiang Ching
Hua
Mao Hua
Peking
Li Hsienmen
Teng Hsiao-ping
Chou En-lai
Chang Chun-chiao
Huang Hua
United Nations
Economic indicators show no October decline despite revisions
Washington reports the leading index held steady in October after two months of declines, while Commerce Department revisions show August and September falls deeper than first thought. Analysts caution trend confirmation requires three months. Carter advisors meet in Plains, Georgia to discuss stimulus and tax cuts if slowdown persists.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Plains
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Panama vows to seek better terms in canal talks
Panama's foreign minister Aquilino Boyd plans discreet talks in Washington over Ford administration ideas on the canal. Panamanian officials say some proposals are acceptable while others are not, as they await Carter's stance and potential United Nations refer options. The U.S. proposals cover treaty duration, bases, canal zone status, and civilian workers, with Bunker and Gonzales-Revilla unavailable for comment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama
Panama Canal
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Omar Torrijos
United Nations Security Council
U.S
Canal Zone
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
Nicolas Gonzales-Revilla
Cool hostage helps capture bank robbers
In Plainview Texas two bank robbers, Paul Breeding and his son Allen, were captured after a $59 000 hold up at First State Bank of Petersburg. A hostage, Leota Porter, aided the capture by identifying the suspect. The pair surrendered at a Swisher County farm house after a pursuit by Hale Swisher and state troopers. bond set at 300 000 each and no one hurt.
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Plainview
Tex
Texas
Paul Breeding
Allen
Amarillo
First State Bank of
Petersburg
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Stone
Hale County
Leota Porter
Porter
Ellis Butler
Breeding
Tulsa
Swisher
Hale
Ellis
Barnes to Testify in Texas Bank Failure Probe
Former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes was set to testify before a U.S. House Subcommittee investigating Texas bank failures. The hearing focused on the Citizens State Bank of Carrizo Springs collapse, with Richmond C. Harper Sr. also slated to testify. Barnes sought executive-session testimony but was denied. his prior political actions amid banking turmoil are noted.
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Ben Barnes
San Antonio
Tex
U.S. House
Texas
Fernand J. St. Germain
D-R.i
Citizens State Bank of
Carrizo Springs
Richmond C. Harper Sr
Frontier State Bank of
Eagle Pass
South Texas
Barnes
Texas House
Sharpstown State Bank
Houston
Former UT law dean applauds euthanasia view at Dallas conference
Former University of Texas law school dean W Page Keeton says euthanasia is clearly defined in law as to liability. he supports passive euthanasia and argues against criminalizing perceptions of immorality. The Texas Conference of Churches in Dallas hosts debates with theologians and medical ethicists on the value of life.
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Austin
Tex
House Social Services Committee
Dallas
University of Texas Law School
W. Page Keeton
Texas Conference of Churches
TCC
Keeton
Texas
James Gustafson
University of Chicago
Gustafson
W. McFerrin Stowe
The
Kubler- Ross
Mark Hurley
Santa Rosa
Calif
Supreme Court rules against hiring more blacks than whites
In New Jersey the Supreme Court halted a Montclair order to boost black hires in police and fire departments to remedy past bias. A dissent warned the ruling endangers affirmative action, while the majority held present-day discrimination and quotas not permissible.
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Supreme Court
Associated Press
Trenton, N.J
New Jersey
Morris Pashman
Pashman
Lige
Montclair Fire and Police
Civil Rights Agency
Montclair
Of &9
Police Department
Appellate Division of
Superior Court
High Court
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4Th District
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Provo
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