Convicts reject government terms during courthouse standoff
Two armed convicts Frank Gorham Jr and Robert N Jones refused a transfer offer to federal prisons in Missouri or elsewhere after holding hostages for 68 hours. The hostages escaped earlier as negotiations continued amid rising temperatures and police precautions.
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James H. Phillips
Washington (Ap
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Mark Sheehan
Frank Gorham Jr
Gorham
Robert N. Jones
Springfield
Marion
Sheehan
WASH
Lawrence Coast
St. Lawrence River
Capitol Hill
Cyprus coup: Makarios overthrown as Greek troops seize control
Greek army officers command the Cypriot National Guard to topple President Makarios in Nicosia. Radio Cyprus says a new governmentгs national salvation group leads Cyprus while Makarios reportedly dead or in escape. Turkish and British officials react with alarm as Cyprus is sealed and talks continue.
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Cyprus
Makarios
Radio Cyprus
Nicholas Sampson
Sampson
Machi
Radio
Ankara
United Nations
Greece
Turkey
Bulent Ecevit
Agean
Ecevit
National Guard
Eoka B
Enosis
Foreign Office
Olver
Nicosia
Limassol
Mediterranean
National Salvation
Western Apple Growers elect officers at Chaparral Hotel
Blade Gilman of Orem Utah is elected president and Ray Ballam of Caldwell Idaho is named vice president at the Western Apple Growers Association meeting in the Chaparral Motor Hotel. Next annual meeting location set for Orem Utah in July 1975.
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Associated Press and Record News
Western Apple Growers Association
Chaparral Motor Hotel
West Second Street
Blade Gilman
Orem
Utah
Western States Association
Ray Ballam
Caldwell
Idaho
Congress poised to approve legal services bill this week
Congress moves toward creating an independent government corporation to provide legal aid to the poor while House action looms on a livestock loan guarantees measure and a strip mining bill. Negotiations over back-up centers risk unraveling the agreement as votes approach. In Roswell area, skies threaten with possible afternoon and night showers and temperatures around 90s.
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Washington
Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
Morris K. Udall
R-Ariz
Lufthansa to train pilots at Roswell air center
Roswell signs a one year lease with Lufthansa Airlines for flight training at Building 58 and air terminal facilities. Training will start August six with 30 to 70 pilots daily depending on planes. The program aims for year round operations and strong local economic impact.
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Lufthansa Airlines
Rod Starkey
Roswell
Jerry N. Smith
Amarillo
Lufthansa
Starkey
Tucson
Smith
Alitalia
French Airlines
Iberian Airlines
Hijack Threat Forces Tokyo Runway Bargain
A knife wielding hijacker aboard JAL Flight 124 from Osaka to Tokyo threatened to kill 84 passengers unless a Red Army leader was released and flown to North Korea. The DC8 landed safely at Haneda after hours of bargaining and refueling was not performed.
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Tokyo
Japan Air Lines
North Korea
Osaka
Red Army
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Tel Aviv
Lod
JAL
Japan
Haneda International
Ex Roswell Man Shot Dead in Farmington
A former Roswell man, Jack Scott Denney, 30, was shot and killed Sunday night in Farmington after a family quarrel at his home on Mesa Verde. His wife Jackie Sue Denney, 30, is charged with murder and released on $20,000 bond. the weapon is believed to be a .357 revolver. Denney lived in Roswell 25 years before moving to Farmington five years ago.
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Farmington
Jack Scott Denney
Mesa Verde
Jackie Sue Denney
Farmington City
Denney
San Juan Hospital
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William J. Garber
John J. Hurley
Gorham and
Ralph W. Swartz
William Colquit
Debbie Collins
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