Mother seeks halt to Bahamas dawn hanging for son
Michiah Shobek, 22, an American inmate in Fox Hill Prison, faces a dawn hanging after exhausting appeals for the killings of Irwin Borstein Paul Howell and Katie Smith. His mother, Juanita Spencer, says he is mentally ill and deserves care, seeking a reprieve and raising concerns of mistreatment and ineffective legal representation. The Bahamas authorities say all legal steps are exhausted ahead of the execution, which would be the first U.S. hanging there in 15 years.
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Massillon
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Mao's Widow Faces Backlash as Mass Shanghai Protests Rally
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers filled Shanghai’s Sun Yat-sen Boulevard to call for punishment of Chiang Ching and three radicals tied to a coup plot against Hua Kuo-feng. Reports from Tanjug and Fai Po describe crowds, banners, and clashes with troops in four locations, though independent verification is limited.
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Roswell Retiree Influx Slows Amid Advertising Cutbacks
Roswell retirees arriving yearly near the number leaving as advertising costs rise and the city’s recruitment narrows. Ray Campbell of the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce notes the net gain will likely stay near break even this year, with 357 moving in last year and deaths plus relocations reducing the pool by 150 to 200 annually.
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Ray Campbell
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Illinois
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Hi Neighbors Group
Steg
Inmates Take Seven Hostages at Thunder Bay Jail
Prisoners armed with knives seized seven hostage including a guard and a matron in a Thunder Bay District Jail uprising. Police surrounded the building as inmates demanded swifter trials and assurances against reprisals. Hostages were handcuffed in an office while four convicts held them.
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Schmitt wins straw ballot at New Mexico convention
At the New Mexico Press Association gathering in Albuquerque, Harrison Jack Schmitt led the straw ballot for U S Senate with 72 votes to 3 for incumbent Montoya among 77 ballots. voters also weighed Congress races and seven state constitutional amendments with mixed support.
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Jack’’ Schmitt
U.S
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
New Mexico Press Association
Albuquerque
Association
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Montoya
Senate
Manuel Lujan Jr
Raymond Garcia
New Mexico Press Association honors 1976 award winners
The Las Cruces Sun-News won general excellence and Grants Daily Beacon led community service among dailies at the 1976 NMPA awards. Taos News swept weeklies with multiple first places, while Albuquerque Tribune, Roswell Daily Record, and others claimed seconds and honors across categories.
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Las Cruces
E.H. Shaffer
NMPA
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Albuquerque Tribune
Deming Newspapers
Taos News
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Rio Grande Sun
Espanola
Las Cruces Sun-News
Deming
Grants Daily Beacon
Jim Dawson
Albuquerque Journal
Donna Ogilvie
Farmington Daily Times
Richard Williams
Bill Southard
Clovis News-Journal
Jack Swickard
John Parker
Paul Merz
Billie Blair
Susan Scott
Janette Baughman
Valencia
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