21 Jan 1980
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1980
Page
1
An associate of a deprogrammer suggests that beliefs about hell may be a programmed stance. The note appears in the Daily Record Roswell with other briefs and sections.
William Wayne Gilbert 30, a Vietnam veteran jailed without bond, confessed to six gunshot and strangulation murders while serving as an informant for the DEA and New Mexico authorities. He faces arraignment for four killings, including the deaths of his wife Carol and the Johnsons, and led police to Barbara McMullan’s body.
Vandals broke into Edgewood Elementary School at 701 N. Garden Ave causing about 50000 in damage. A portable reading room worth 40000 was gutted by fire believed to be arson. Six rooms were hit as windows lights and a hallway display were damaged.
DES MOINES IOWA UPI The 1980 delegate selection starts with Republican challengers to Reagan campaigning up to precinct caucuses across 2 531 precincts. Carter favored over Kennedy in Democratic race as Bush tours Iowa cities aiming to upset Reagan and gauge his national standing.
President Carter says a boycott would deter aggression and protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He told NBC Meets the Press and sent a letter to the U S Olympic Committee outlining a month deadline for Soviet troop withdrawal and possible relocation or cancellation of the Games.
A racial riot in Idabel Oklahoma involving about 200 blacks and 300 police erupted with gunfire looting and arson. Three killed and four wounded as the violence followed the shooting of a black teen at an all white tavern. A body was found in the riot area and authorities described conditions as tense.
Iran’s foreign minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said Soviet troops in Afghanistan are 19 miles from Iran’s frontier posing real danger to southeastern provinces. He warned Iran cannot remain silent as Moscow’s intervention continues.
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