Retrial bid in Welton murder case faces new evidence
Four California motorcycle club members on death row seek a new trial after prosecutors joined defense in asking New Mexico Supreme Court to remand. Affidavits allege Kerry Lee claimed Welton was killed in Albuquerque in 1974 and point to a girlfriend who saw the body. A ballistics link to a gun tied to Lee is reported but unverified.
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Albuquerque
William Weiten Jr
New Mexico Supreme Court
Santa Fe
Kerry Rodney Lee
South Carolina
Welton
California
Thomas Gladish
Richard Greer
Ronald Keine
Clarence Smith Jr
New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal
Lee'sirlfriend
Lee
KQEO
William Welton
Kennedy safe as blast hits London host's car
Caroline Kennedy uninjured and described as very shaken after a bomb detonated under the Jaguar of Conservative politician Hugh Fraser in West Kensington. The blast killed Prof. Gordon Hamilton Fairley and wounded seven others, including Fraser's household cook and a bystander.
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James R. Peipert
Associated Press
London
Caroline Kennedy
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Hugh Fraser
Miss Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Fraser
Gordon Hamilton Fairley
Kennedy
Sotheby's Auction House
Oklahoma Governor Boren and wife file for divorce
Gov. David Boren and his wife Janna announce with deep regret that she is filing for divorce on incompatibility grounds. The pair married in 1968 and have two children, Carrie, four, and Dan, two.
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Oklahoma City
David Boren
Janna
AG offers halt in prison probe and HSSD removal case
A 32 page Santa Fe report alleges District Attorney Castellano offered to halt a prison probe if deputy warden Herrera was rehired and the imprint of an HSSD director’s removal was suspended. The document claims Anaya refused intervention but notes the grand jury’s political role and foreman Tiano’s qualifications.
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Santa FE
Santa Fe District Court Claims Dist
Joe Castellano
Horacio Herrera
Health and Social Services Department
Dick Heim
Office of New Mexico Atty
Geh
Toney Anaya
Santa Fe County Grand Jury
HSSD
Anaya
Castellano
Herrera
Rober Tiano
Tiana
State Corrections Department
Rudy Ortiz
State Employmen Security Commission
Heim
Castellan
Ortiz
Heim T
Heim Voluntaril
Gasoline prices drop at area stations to 47.9 cents
Ray Bell Oil Co and Woody’s Tire Center reduced self service gas to 47.9 cents a gallon on Wednesday. Shell stations matched the trend at 48.9 cents, while full service prices ranged from 55.9 to 61.9 cents. Prices may stay low into next week as diesel and heating oil production affects supply.
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Ray Bell Oil Co
South Main
West Second Streets
Ray Bell Oil
Woody's
N Main St
Shell Oil
Shell
Roswell
Gene Bell
Bell
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Old Bailey Criminal Court
Roy Jenkins
Ladbrooke Square
Antonia Fraser
Oliver Cromwell
Mary Queen of Scots
Antonia
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Harold Pinter
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