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...after the shootout, an assault force composed of U.S. marshals, FBI agents, state and local police thought they had Kahl surrounded when they drew close to his modest Heaton farmhouse, not far from where the police car was found. During a 24-hour siege, the house was first approached by the tanklike personnel carrier, then bombarded with tear gas. Finally a SWAT team moved in, kicked down the door-and found the house unoccupied. Inside were more than 30 guns...
Your story about the shootout in Memphis [Jan. 31] raises serious questions about our society's attitudes toward criminals. Maxine Smith, executive secretary of the Memphis N.A.A.C.P., and Walter Bailey, Shelby County commissioner, wrongly portray the police as the criminals. Officer Robert Hester, who was tortured and murdered, was the victim. His fellow officers, who were forced to stand by and listen to Hester's screams and pleas for mercy, were also victims. Lindberg Sanders and his cult followers are the criminals...
...down Tuesday with Stanford. The Crimson and the Cardinal were supposed to meet last year for the Briggs Dedication game, but construction delays forced the postponement of the inaugural ceremonies. The teams agreed to switch the sites of the home-and-home series setting up this year's dedication shootout...
...TEXAS SHOOTOUT. Three-alarm chili and the gubernatorial race between Texas Republican Incumbent William Clements, 65, and State Attorney General Mark White, 42, have a lot in common. This heated contest is a referendum not on Ronald Reagan but on Bill Clements, whose blunt language and pro-business positions have antagonized many low-income voters. White, the underfunded underdog, began to edge up after three televised debates gave him an opportunity to put Clements on the defensive. White has attacked Clements' mudslinging leak of a driving-under-the-influence charge when White was a law student, and accused...
Bendix, a diversified manufacturer of auto and aerospace parts, machine tools and other industrial products, started the Shootout three weeks ago by making an offer of about $1.5 billion to buy Martin Marietta, an aerospace firm that also makes chemicals and building materials. Martin Marietta not only rejected the offer, but quickly responded with a counterbid to buy Bendix for some $1.5 billion. At about the same time, Martin Marietta began secret negotiations with United Technologies, which had been rumored to be interested in acquiring Bendix...