Gunmen surrender British couple freed in London standoff
Four IRA gunmen who held a British postal inspector and his wife hostage in Dorset Square London surrendered after releasing Sheila Matthews amid police negotiations. Sheila, 53, was freed. John Matthews, 54, was released unharmed. Police rejected safe conduct to Dublin. The case follows recent London attacks including the Ross McWhirter killing.
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Richard Blystone
Associated Press
London (Ap
London
Irish Republican Army
Sheila Matthews
John
Dorset Square
Scotland
Yard
Dublin
Ross McWhirter
Ireland
Monasterevin
Tiede Herrema
Herrema
Holland
Amsterdam
United Nations
Molucca Islands
Indonesia
Dutch East Indies
Matthews
Portman Arms Tavern
University College Hospital
Mrs Matthews
Asst
Peter Walton
Scotland Yard
Poe Corn Invitational T shirts awarded to 102 players
Mrs Don R Crockett and Mrs Poe W Corn received tournament T shirts Friday night for the Poe Corn Invitational. Roswell coach Craig Wells and Ken Hallock watched as the gifts acknowledged Corn, founder of the Roswell tourney renamed on its silver anniversary in 1971.
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Don R
Betty) Crockett
Linda Vista Blvd
Poe W
Virginia
Nevada Ave
Goddard Rocket
Craig Wells
Roswell High Coyote
Ken Hallock
Crockett
Dinator
Corn
Roswell
Howden trial date set in embezzlement case in Valencia County
Judge Mack Easley ordered a January 12 trial in Bernalillo County for Dist. Arty Frederick Howden of Grants after denying defense motions to dismiss the embezzlement charge and quash the indictment. The defense sought venue changes and argued grand jury flaws while special prosecutor David Lee urged Bernalillo or Santa Fe as the trial site.
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Dist
Mack Easley
Bernalillo
Arty Frederick
Ted” Howden
Grants
Easley
Howden
Scott McCarty
Valencia County
Chaves County
McCarty
Eddy
Lea
Chaves
David Lee
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Santa Fe County
Lee
Los Lunas
Roswell
Grand Jury
Rangers Urge No Shooting of Department Helicopter
The New Mexico Game and Fish Department asks ranchers in the Canadian River Canyon area not to shoot at its helicopter. A Friday press release notes the helicopter will survey Barbary sheep in the area from December 15 to 24.
Former FBI Agent Testifies Oswald Letter Destroyed
James P Hosty Jr., a former Dallas FBI agent now in Kansas City, testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee that he flushed down a threatening letter from Lee Harvey Oswald. He said he was ordered to destroy the letter by Dallas FBI chief J Gordon Shanklin.
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Washington
Dallas
FBI
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
James P Hosty Jr
Kansas City
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Oswald
J. Gordon Shanklin
Five-Story Gartland Hotel Apartments Fire Kills Nine
A predawn fire at the Gartland Hotel Apartments in San Francisco’s Mission District, suspected arson, left at least nine dead and fifteen injured. Firefighters from about 200 units contained the blaze within an hour, while residents used blankets to escape and some leapt to safety.
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San Francisco
Keith Calden
Gartland Hotel
San Francisco General Hospital
Mission District
Calden
City weighs another bond vote for Second Street drainage
Roswell Mayor Jerry N. Smith said officials discussed a new storm drainage bond election tied to Second Street improvements with the Highway Department. A $19 million sewer bond failed May 27. Officials await the attorney general’s opinion on ballot timing while resurfacing on Second Street from Sunset to Railroad is underway at about $30,000.
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Marian McQuiddy
Roswell
Jerry N. Smith
Second Street
State Highway Department
Smith
Toney Anaya
Highway Department
Sunset
Railroad Avenues
Rickman
Tip of the Week: Roswell Daily Record offers $10 for tips
The Roswell Daily Record offers a weekly $10 reward for the best news tip. Call 622-7710 or mail tips to Roswell Daily Record P.O. Box 1897 Roswell New Mexico 88201.
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P.O. Box
Roswell
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