Americans flood Mexican meat counters for cheaper cuts
In Tijuana, lines snake through Mercado Calimex as U S shoppers buy large quantities of beef at low prices. Butchers work fast as locals explain cuts in broken English, with Americans taking home roasts, steaks, and chuck for about $24.28 amid the border crowd and language gap.
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Ontiveros
Busi
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New York
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Snick
Spain airliner crash kills 85
Aviation crash near La Coruna during Aviaco AV-118 vacation flight leaves 85 dead. Capt Pascual struggled to land amid bad weather as Barcelona swimming club members were aboard en route to a meet. This marks Aviaco's second crash of the year following a CaraVelles training loss.
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Two Bandits Hijack Tanker Driver in Gas Heist
In Yankeetown Florida two armed men hijacked a commercial tanker driver Harold Seiboldt of Orlando. They bound him, blindfolded him and drove him 75 miles to Pasco County. The thieves drained 7000 gallons of gasoline valued at 32100 into another truck before releasing him after several hours.
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Five Guilty in Slaying of Eight on St Croix
A U S District Court jury convicted Warren Ballentine Ishmael Labeet Beaumont Gerean Meral Smith and Raphael Joseph of first degree murder, assault and robbery in the Mountain Valley slaying on St Croix in the U S Virgin Islands. The defendants faced charges tied to the September robbery at Fountain Valley Golf Club that left eight dead including two white Miami couples and club staff. The weekend killings pushed island murder toll to 15 in under a year amid possible racial motive inquiries.
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Raphael Joseph
Agnew Faces Federal Probe Over Alleged Payoffs
Washington vice president Spiro Agnew returns from a golf weekend amid allegations that Maryland contractors paid him cash when he was governor to secure favorable treatment. Four contractors, including aides Jerome Wolff and Lester Matz, told prosecutors of possible payoffs. Agnew denies wrongdoing and says he will not be indicted. A grand jury in Baltimore will review materials as investigators press the case.
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More bodies unearthed in Texas horror
A Houston murder case grows as authorities continue to identify badly decomposed remains. Fifteen bodies have been found in a boat shed and surrounding areas linked to Dean Corll. Investigators seek more graves in Chambers and Jefferson counties while requests for mental health evaluation and bond reductions shape the defense strategy.
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Atlanta
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Marty Ray Jones
Charles Gary Cobble
San Augustine
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Jones
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Lawrence
Cox argues Nixon tapes must be released to grand jury
Cox contends the tapes are crucial evidence in a Watergate grand jury probe and cannot be withheld. He asserts Nixon waived secrecy by allowing Haldeman to listen and notes the president’s duty to disclose material that serves the public interest. Sirica set August 22 for oral arguments on the tapes dispute.
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Suspect in GM exec killing dies in hospital plunge
A man charged with stabbing Valen tine Stacey, a 63 year old GMH design chief, died Sunday night after leaping from the sixth floor of Melbourne s Royal Melbourne Hospital. Otto Francis Krankovits, 23, a sculptor, was held on murder charges and had been transferred from Pentridge jail with wrist injuries.
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Australia
APT
General Motors
Holden
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Otto Francis Krankovis
Valentine Stacey
GMH
Krankevits
Pentridge
Teachers unions merge discussed between NEA and AFT
Washington reports that the National Education Association announced talks to merge with the American Federation of Teachers. NEA president Itelen D. Wise said discussions could begin after September 1, with a letter sent to AFT president David Selden.
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A Or
the Nations) Education Association
American Federation of Teachers
David Selden
Booze and the Full Moon Tied to 10 Atlanta Killings
Atlanta police credited alcohol, handguns, and a full moon for a weekend spree of 10 homicides. Major Moon cited domestic quarrels and sudden anger as common factors, noting alcohol as a key motivator and that full moons correlate with higher homicide rates. The year’s homicide toll reached 169 as FBI data label Atlanta’s rate the nation’s highest.
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Gas kills 2 prospectors near Rainbow Mine
In Baker California two men died after inhaling gas fumes while removing gold samples below ground at the Rainbow Mine in the Mojave Desert. Identified as brothers Joseph Anthony Wheeler 39 and John Patrick Wheeler 56. Matthew Wheeler 11 escaped with help from his relatives.
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