Gary Gilmore Executed Amid Legal Hurdles and Final Visits
Gary Gilmore faced execution under Utah capital punishment law amid last minute legal challenges. He spent final hours with family and lawyers in a high security visiting room, spoke with his mother by phone, and listened to country tunes before being executed as courts debated the stay and constitutionality of the method. The case centers on Gilmore, convicted of the 1976 Provo motel murder, with appeals pursuing delays while justices weighed the legality of Utah’s rapid-death regime.
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Jurek Targeted as Death Penalty Fight Expands
San Antonio activists oppose Jurek's execution and urge Gov Briscoe to stay the death sentence. A vigil for Gilmore drew hundreds, while leaders plan a delegation to Austin to press business and religious leaders to join their campaign. The group kept praying and regrouped at dawn, as tensions rose over the reinstitution of the death penalty.
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Cattle Seminar Speakers Highlight Herd Improvement Series
A Tuesday to February 15 lecture series opens with Herd Dr. Dennis Herd on basic nutrition and feeding. Following talks by Dr. Ed Colburn insect protection, Dr. J W Stewart on parasites, Dr. Lenny Hoermann breeding, and Glen Fisher on marketing. Five sessions offer insights to improve herds.
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Political Pals Being Probed In Slaying Case
Tucson authorities probe a powerful political figure linked to reporter Don Bulles slaying as dog breeder John Adamson confesses. Two others, including Max Dumlay and James Robison, face first degree murder charges amid a web of alleged financial and political influence.
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Launch Flips S- Boat Capsize Kills Sailors in Barcelona
U S Consulate reports a launch capsized in Barcelona harbor trapping many of the more than 100 sailors and Marines aboard. At least 20 killed, 95 known survivors. 14 hours after the accident the exact aboard count was unclear. 40 hospitalized with 1 dead. 5 seriously injured. Rescue divers search for missing.
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