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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1978

Page

17

Parole officer hostage ordeal ends with suspect surrender

Ex convict Gerald Stump held parole officer Richard Stratton at gunpoint for about three hours after a roadblock incident. Stratton wrestled the rifle from Stump and escaped as police surrounded the scene. Stump, 24, was jailed for parole violation and sent for mental evaluation.

Gerald Lee Stump Richard Stratton Stratton Franklin County Rocky Mounta Va Callaway Vinton Gerald Stump Stump Southwestern State Hospital Marion Angle Overton Charles K. Rigney Roanoke Times & World News Boones Mill

Ford Indicates He May Run For 1980 Nomination

Former President Gerald Ford suggested he could be a 1980 Republican candidate while leading nationwide GOP fund raising dinners. He praised potential rivals Howard Baker George Bush John Connally Bob Dole Ron Reagan and himself noting the party’s strength against Carter.

Washington Gerald Ford Carter Ford Howard Baker George Bush John Connally Bob Dole Ron Reagan Jerry Ford White House Gerald R. Ford Treasury Los Angeles

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