Stafford holds innocence after six Oklahoma killings
Convicted mass murderer Roger Dale Stafford, sentenced to death on six counts for the July 16, 1978 Sirloin Stockade killings in Oklahoma City, told reporters he is innocent and cheated by the state. He urged his wife Verna to admit the truth or for someone to identify the real killer. The jury deliberated 27 minutes for guilt and 55 minutes for the six death sentences.
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San Antonio
Texas
Andrew Coats
Oklahoma
Acquittal shocks Nebraska town in Kellie killings case
In Sutherland Nebraska residents react to Erwin Simants being found innocent by reason of insanity for the 1969 murder of six Kellie family members. The verdict followed 18 hours of deliberation in Lincoln after a prior death penalty conviction was overturned by the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Henry Kellie
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Lincoln
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Simants
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Nebraska Press Association
U.S. Supreme Court
Princess Margaret Irish pigs or jigs dispute
Chicago stories swirl over whether Princess Margaret called Irish “pigs” or praised Irish jigs amid talk about Mountbatten’s death. Mayor Jane Byrne and aides deny the remark, while press members cite overheard comments and ongoing controversy.
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Princess Margaret
Chicago
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Princess
Daley
Byrne
Meg
UPI
Chicago Sun-Times
Irv Kupcinet
Houston
United States
Mrs. Byrne
Mountbatten
Comeback underway for whooping cranes and bald eagles
Federal wildlife officials report progress after years of recovery efforts for the bald eagle in northeast Maine and for a western program to establish a new whooping crane flock. A 6 month old crane arrived at Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge after a 800 mile flight from Idaho, part of the experimental flock.
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U.S. Wildlife Service
Maine
New Mexico
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Rio Grande Valley
Grays Lake
Idaho
Fulton native Bellamann and Kings Row in Fulton history
Fulton, Missouri hosts a Westminster College lecture on Henry Bellamann the Fulton born author of Kings Row. Bellamann after a career in music became a novelist whose controversial story drew mixed public reaction in 1940. The 1942 film adaptation with Ronald Reagan and Claude Rains featured a shocking scene later recalled by locals.
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UPI
Winston Churchill
Kings Row
Henry Bellamann
Jay Karr
Westminster College
Bellamann
Karr
Westminster
Ronald Reagan
Charles Coburn
Robert Cummings
Betty Field
Claude Rains
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