Carrasco and hostage deaths at Walls prison siege
In Huntsville Texas drug kingpin Fred Carrasco boasted of respect for females as he used hostages including Julia Stand ley and Elizabeth Von Be seda during an 11 day prison siege. Carrasco died in the final shootout while Dominguez also perished. The episode drew notes of a macho complex and prompted publication of The Carrasco Tragedy.
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Federico Gomez Carrasco
Dominguez
Julia Standley
Elizabeth von Beseda
Huntsville
Tex
South Texas
Fred Carrasco
Carrasco
Aline House
Carrillo impeachment trial begins in Texas Senate
The Texas Senate voted 14 to 12 against postponing Carrillo's impeachment trial to December 1 as the first such trial in 44 years proceeds. Postponement bids for October dates were defeated, while counsel cited a federal motion for new trial after Carrillo was convicted of income tax evasion in Corpus Christi.
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Austin
Senate
Texas
Carrillo
Arthur Mitchell
Corpus Christi
A.R. Schwartz
Dalveston
Judicial Qualification Commission
Conference Board
Freed men struggle to keep case in public eye after pardons
Wilbert Lee and Freddie Pitts, freed after 12 years for 1963 murders, demand ongoing scrutiny of their case. They note Curtis Adams' 1966 confession of similar killings, and recount past denials of new trials. Gov. Akins pardoned them after an 18 month probe, and they now face public recognition and panel discussions.
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Miami
Fla
Wilbert Lee
Lee
Freddie Pitts
Florida
Curtis Adams
Fort Lauderdale
North Florida
Pitts
Adams
U.S. Supreme Court
Reubin Aksen
Top cattle and sheep champions named at Texas State Fair
Judges selected champions across four cattle breeds and for several sheep and swine breeds at the State Fair of Texas. Grand and reserve champions were named for polled Hereford, Charolais, Shorthorn, and Brangus cattle, plus Hampshire and Shropshire sheep and various Poland China and Kuroc swine with growers from Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas among the winners.
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Dallas
Texas
Finch & Allen & Radde Ranch
Hillsboro
Tex
Charles
Catherine Scranton
Randolph
Neb
Askew Ranch
Sonora
Shaun Hereford Ranch
Amy Sanders
Mullin
Hampshire
Ram
Ewe
Shropshire
Reme
Roger Snyder
Aledo
Prisoner Letter Mentions Hostages In Library
A fragment from a letter references Linda Woodham and Linda Woodman amid a prison fire tragedy. The writer expresses deep sorrow and respect, lamenting the loss and agony of mothers and children during the incident.
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Carrasco
Linda Woodham
Linda Woodman
Bar
Fire Kills Five Children In Sapulpa Rural Home
A Sunday fire near Sapulpa Oklahoma killed five grandchildren of Mrs Margaret Hill, three boys aged 11 to 13 and two younger siblings, all relatives of Delores Jean Robinson. David Robinson 10 escaped as flames gutted the wooden house. investigators consider the cause accidental though arson is probed.
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Sapulpa
Okla
David Robinson
David
Ray Newton
Donald Robinson
James R. Robinson
Sherry N. Robinson
Emmanuel Smith
Robinson
Niddifer
Philadelphia
Bombings, politics, and trials color 1975 news from coast to coast
A roundup of 1975 events includes a special cabinet session in Madrid after three more civil guards were killed in the Basque region, CIA plots against Castro reportedly spanning four administrations, a Philadelphia firebombing that claimed five lives, and Supreme Court review of Missouri abortion consent. Reports note oil rights clarifications offshore and health findings on intrauterine devices. Hirohito and Empress Nagako visited the UN amid tight security as AFL-CIO weighs presidential support, while a wet summer and Eloise shape the 1975 forecast.
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Madrid
Spain
Carlos Arias Navarro
Hardy Money Event Brings Convict Earns $50 at Prison Rodeo
Eddie Holland a San Antonio convict serving 10 years at the state penitentiary won $50 in the Hard Money bull horn event during the 44th annual Texas Prison Rodeo. The five minute challenge tasks him to seize a sack from a Brahman bull, a highlights of October Sundays rodeo.
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Huntsville
Tex
Eddie Holland
San Antonio
Holland
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Robert
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China
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Grainesville
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Sam Sparger
Grapevine
Howard
Rachel Fender
Glen Sparger
Bie
Dan Whitehouse
THE
Associated Press
Castro
Washington
CIA
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Senate Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Abortion Law Review
Supreme Court
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Tee Court
Fedral
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Coast
IUD
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
New York
Hirohito
Nagako
Japan
United Nations
Midtown Manhattan
San Francisco
Afl-Cio
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Aflcio
Pacific Ocean
United States
Canada
Eloise
Pecos
Equipment Service Inc
Enresco, Inc
2, Inc
Equameric Service Inc
Bobby Jackson
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