Texas prison hostages face threats as Carrasco leads takeover
Armed convicts seized a third floor library at Huntsville prison threatening to kill 10 hostages including seven women and three men led by Fred Gomez Carrasco. Texas corrections officials moved tear gas equipment while negotiating by telephone. Carrasco demanded heavy weaponry and armor with no deadline. several inmates were named among participants and hostages included a guard and civilian workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Barlow
Associated Press
Wrier
Huntsville, Tex
W. J. Estelle Jr
Texas Department of Corrections
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Ron Taylor
Don Kirkpatrick
Ray Robertson
Dallas
Kirkpatrick
Robertson
Joseph O’brien
Carrasco
Johnson
Huntsville
Father O'Brien
Bobby Heard
Huntsville (Tex
Governor to receive gold bar over White Sands treasure claim
Gov. Bruce King is to receive a gold bar alleged to prove the White Sands Missile Range treasure claim. Atty. Gen. David Norvell and George Harris unveiled a rough medal sized chunk, about 1 by 3 inches, and said it would be tested at Los Alamos in a process led by Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N.M
Bruce King
White Sands Missile Range
King
David Norvell
Albuquerque
George Harris
Frank DiLuzio
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
DiLuzio
Los Alamos
Harris
Bailey Group
Top housing bid awarded for Roswell units at Fairgrounds site
Hubert Hatch Jr. of Roswell won a bid for 785 Wherry Family Housing Project units at the Roswell Industrial Air Center. His $4,858,820 proposal was $13,921 above the second bid. Final award expected within 10 days after compliance checks. immediate tenant occupancy changes not anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Hatch Jr
Roswell
Wherry
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Federal General Services Administration
Hatch
Roswell Daily Record Today
GSA
Fort Worth
Tex
Roswell Corporation
Roswell South Development Co
Texas
Nevada
Deviations cited in Reinecke perjury trial focus on punctuation
An expert stenotypist testified for the defense that 168 deviations existed between notes and the Senate transcript in six pages, mostly punctuation. He noted two word deviations, with ink insertions and intelligibility issues in the stenotypist notes. Brown testified as a character witness before the judge admonished for distracting behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Ed Reinecke
Senate
U.S. District Court
Barrington Parker
Nelson
James E. Cox
Reinecke
Willie J. Brown Jr
San Francisco
Brown
Impeachment Debate Moves Toward House Vote on Nixon
The House Judiciary Committee held opening rounds of speeches as 27 members spoke on impeachment and a final vote looms this weekend. Key figures including Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Joshua Eilberg supported impeaching Nixon over Watergate, while Rep. Charles Wiggins urged fairness and presumed innocence.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Charles E. Wiggins
Calif
Wiggins
Hamilton Fish Jr
New York
John Conyers
Michigan
Wiggin
GOP
Richard Nixon
Charles W. Sandman Jr
R-N.j
Roswell Firm Initiates Drive for Jimenez Family
Smith Machinery employees in Roswell launch a fundraising drive to aid Dan Jimenez and his daughter Olivia in paying personal expenses for a kidney transplant in Albuquerque. Olivia, 18, will receive a kidney from sister Sylvia at Bernalillo County Medical Center and starts college at ENMU Roswell this fall. Donations to Dan Jimenez Fund, Smith Machinery Co. Roswell.
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Tom Halpin
Smith Machinery Co., Inc
Dan Jimenez
S. Poplar Ave
Olivia Jimenez
Albuquerque
Miss Jimenez
Sylvia
Bernalillo County Medical Center
Oscar Hernandez
Koswil
Enmure
Goddard
P.O. Box
Roswell
N.M
NM lawmakers react to Nixon tapes decision
Four New Mexico congressional members welcomed the President's decision to hand over White House tapes and papers in the Watergate case. Republicans Domenici and Lujan praised compliance with the Supreme Court ruling. Democrats Montoya and Runnels lamented the delay.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Richard Nixon
White House
U.S
James St. Clair
Pete Domenici
Manuel Lujan
Joseph M. Montoya
Harold Runnels
Runnels
Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Judicial
Watergate
House
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Lujan
Montoya
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San Antonio
Rodolfo Dominguez
Ignacio Cuevas
Florecio Vera
Martin Cuiroz
Houston
Henry S. Escamilla
Stephen
Glennon Johnson
Bulletin
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Frank O. Nelson
Los Angeles
California Court Reporters Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
San Diego
John Beckler
Peter W. Rodine Jr
Capitol
Rodino
Harold D. Donohue
D-Mass
Domenici
St. Clair
The
United States
Leon Jaworski
Grand Jury
Watergate Committee
Judiciary Committee
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