Murder Trial Follows Wife's Death in Nashville
NASHVILLE AP A former churchgoing mental patient shot his wife four times at point blank range in Percy Warner Park after reportedly believing she was possessed. Paul Welsey Tripp, 32, was arrested and charged with murder as his preliminary hearing was set. The couple had read the Bible together for two weeks prior to the incident.
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Man Lived Eight Years Under Sofa In Family Home
Norman Green, a traveling salesman, hid for eight years in a 21 inch deep dugout beneath his house after police questioned him over a rape. His wife Pauline kept up the lie, pretending he had left, while their six children and neighbors remained unaware. Police eventually found the lair, charges were dropped, and Green later said he almost preferred life underground.
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Bandit glues 4 to floor and robs bait shop
An armed bandit used fast-drying glue to immobilize four people at Wayne's Bait and Tackle Shop in Osage Beach Missouri then robbed the shop of cash and a customer's watch. Police described the subdued victims and noted the glue caused only temporary stickiness with no lasting harm.
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Maryland men allege Mexican police jailed them for bribe extortion
Doug Harris and Michael Lewis, both Maryland businessmen, say they were dragged from a Mazatlan bar and jailed for seven days last month. State Department helped secure their release after officials in Mexico City and Mazatlan acted. Harris notes they faced armed police, no English, and no explanation for detention.
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Soviet hunger striker reunites with wife in Moscow
Yuri Balovlenkov, 38, tearfully embraces his American wife Elena Kusmenko Balovlenkov and their 2-year-old daughter after a brief Moscow meeting. He hints at continuing his fast though unsure if he will stop without U.S. emigration permission.
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Iran and Iraq trade heavy losses along 300 mile front
Both sides claimed strikes on oil facilities and bases as fighting persisted along their shared border. Iraqi reports said jets hit Kharg Island terminal and Basra refining center came under fire. Iran reported Abadan refinery and Madan Ha midan air raids with large casualties. Tehran and Baghdad issued combat communiqués detailing advances and encirclements near Basra and across the border.
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Weather rains across upper Midwest with gusty storms
Variable clouds and humid today with a 50 percent rain chance. Highs near 86 to 92. Storms tore through the upper Midwest causing roof collapse at a Holland Michigan department store, activated fires, and power outages. In North Dakota, winds up to 69 mph damaged a grain elevator and two small planes. Otumwa Iowa evacuated mobile homes as Des Moines River flood crested. Five mobile homes toppled, a hangar destroyed, and utilities out for hours. 600 evacuated residents awaited river crest. No injuries reported in some incidents. Holland officials declared a state of emergency.
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