The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 03, 1982, Image 6

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survive the week — calculator, books, asprini
course, spirits to revive the dead.
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United Press International
HUGOTON, Kan. — Stevens
County authorities have
charged two young men, includ
ing one who claimed to be the
victim’s foster son, with first-
degree murder in the shooting
death of a 60-year-old hotel
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owner found in a shallow grave.
John Thomas Jones Jr., 22,
and James Michael Gann, 18,
also were charged late Wednes
day with conspiracy to commit
murder and the theft of a televi
sion set, pickup truck and cash,
County Attorney Jim Kuharic
said.
The two were being held in
the county jail in lieu of
$500,000 bail each, he said.
Although both men were from
Dallas, they had been living fora
time in the Argus Hotel owned
by Lewis Oliver Price, Kuharic
said.
Jones was arrested early
Tuesday in Dallas and told
Stevens County Sheriff Russ De-
Witt by phone where to look for
Price’s body, DeWitt said. Gann
was arrested in Elkhart later
the slaying until late Monday,
lically,
Tuesday.
Authorities discovered Price’s
body about 4 a.m. Tuesday
buried on the edge of a sand
dune area outside the small
southwest Kansas town.
DeWitt said he believed Price
was shot twice in the back of the
head while he was in bed in his
hotel apartment between 12:30
a.m. and 3 a.m. Sunday.
Authorities had not known of
Ironically, officials were on
their way to the Argus Hole! to
arrest Jones on a charge of sell
ing marijuana when they re
ceived a theft report from his
brother, Bruce, late Monday.
Upon arrival, they found blood
in Price’s apartment.
DeWitt said Bruce Jones re-
)orted Price’s color television
lad been stolen. Price’s pickup
also was taken, along with jewel
ry, money and other items worth
$6,000 to $8,000.
Jones was captured by police
in Dallas after his brother told
Kansas officials the suspect was
seen by a friend at a truck stop
there.
The sheriff said that although
the brothers claimed to be
Price’s foster sons, they were
not. They had lived in the Argus
Hotel for four or five months
after moving to Hugoi
Dallas, he said.
Price bought the
downtown hotel
ago after he retired
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United Press International
CANYON — Two men in
volved in an alleged video game
scam that led to the collapse of
an Amarillo bank were indicted
by a Randall County grand jury
on felony theft charges, officials
said.
Williams S. Solsbee, a former
Fort Worth publisher who now
lives in Oklahoma City, and
Charles Chris Allen, a former
Amarillo police officer, were in
dicted Wednesday on felony
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charges of theft of
fraud, said a spokesw
the district attorney’s oJ
Solsbee, who operatt
games in Dallas' Cou:
ceived $455,000 in
the Texas Bank of Amai
defaulted on the loans*'
filed for bankruptcy
October.
Allen allegedly acted
bee’s partner by findiuf
tors in the video game
lion.
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by
MOUNTAIN VISIONS
MSC Outdoor Rec
Tues., December 7
Rudder Theatre
8:00pm $3.00
Former Black Panther Leader
ELDRIDGE
CLEAVER
Author of “Soul on Ice”
Speaks on
AMERICA’S FUTURE &
THE WORLD REVOLUTION
Topics include: Reaganomics, The Crisis of Capitalism, America
South Africa, Poland, Terrorism and Violence
DATE: DEC. 6, 1982
TIME: 7:30 P.M.
PLACE: RUDDER 701
Sponsored by
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