The Nation - News from April 16, 1985
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U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson in Pensacola, Fla., dropped charges involving an anti-abortion bombing last June from the case of four persons being tried for three bombings on Christmas Day. However, Vinson refused to dismiss a conspiracy count against Matthew Goldsby and James Simmons, both 21; Goldsby’s fiancee, Kaye Wiggins, 18, and Simmons’ wife, Kathren, also 18. A jury then was selected to hear the case.
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