Aspen, Wild Wild West Town

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Hats across the west are off to the Aspen Police Department and their handling of a bomber who threatened local banks with homemade gasoline explosives. On New Year's Eve, 72-year-old James Blanning, presented notes to local tellers demanding 60,000 in cash or there would be "mass death" and everyone would "pay a horrible price in blood."


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