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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA, 12/24/80

When a man tried to beat down the door of a neighbor's Fredericksburg, Va., home, Lisle Russell grabbed ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Daily News, Decatur, AL, 12/19/80

Two would-be robbers stalked into Gilbert Harris' Moulton, Ala., grocery and demanded cash. They fled emptyhanded, however, when ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Telegraph, Macon, GA, 12/18/80

"You really have to learn how to survive; it's a jungle out there," said an unnamed Macon, Ga., ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Sun, Bayshore, TX, 12/18/80

It was 3:30 a.m. when two men knocked on the door of Ernest Ganem's La Porte, Tex., home, ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The News-Sun, Hobbs, NM, 9/17/80

Karla Jenson, 19, was driving down an isolated New Mexico highway when a man forced her off the ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Herald, Miami, FL

Norma and Eduardo Ortega returned to their Miami, Fla., home to find two burglars ransacking their belongings. One ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Gazette, Phoenix, AZ

Forced by an armed robber to kneel on the floor at the rear of his Phoenix, Ariz., pharmacy ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA

Three armed men entered a Santa Barbara, Calif., jewelry store, ordered manager Steven Brooks and two customers to ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Hermiston Herald, Hermiston, OR

Alone at home while her husband was elk hunting, Doris Walls shot a 33-year-old who she said broke ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Missoulian, Missoula, MT

Two deer hunters taking target practice about six miles from the Montana State Prison recently apprehended three escaped ...

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