James Earl Ray Escapes Brushy Mountain Prison
James Earl Ray and six companions escaped Brushy Mountain State Prison by climbing a wall. The escape was discovered at 7 p.m. CDT and ray, a 49 year old Missouri fugitive, remains at large in East Tennessee with others. Authorities issued widespread alerts across Morgan Campbell Fentress Anderson and Knox counties as the FBI sent extra agents to the area.
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Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Ray
East Tennessee Mountains
Missouri
King
Fentress County
Anderson County
Knox County
Mike Wilson
Scott County
FBI
Washington
Nine-Year-Old Traveled to See Carter Over Jail Case
Nine-year-old Sandy Chandler flew to Washington spending 114 on a one way ticket to tell President Carter her mother is jailed. She did not meet the President as he played tennis. Her mother began a three year sentence for band jumping connected to a long history of legal troubles.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Sandy Chandler
Washington
Carter
White House
Sandy
Delilah
Braniff Airlines
Federal Correctional Institute
Arizona
Chandler
Senate approves major clean air revision with auto and coal provisions
The Senate backed a broad rewrite of the Clean Air Act 1970 in a 73 to 7 vote, extending auto emission deadlines to 1980 for 1978 models and offering up to 10 years for hard to comply regions. An amendment by Senator Metzenbaum to require eastern plants to burn local coal passed 46 to 43, urging scrubbers and risking higher electric bills.
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Washington
Senate
House
House-Senate
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Metzenbaum
Godwin Ends 3 Day Virginia Budget Tour
Gov Mills Godwin and his budget tour finished a 1000 mile statewide trek visiting 19 institutions in Virginia. The trip sought funding requests of about 440 million dollars from education corrections and mental health facilities. House leaders praised the generally good condition of facilities while noting requests for more funds.
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Richmond
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Fairfax
Marion
House
Senate
Costa Rica Orders Vesco To Move On After Five Years
Costa Rica's President Daniel Oduber ordered financier Robert Vesco to leave the country after five years as a welcomed fugitive. Vesco faces U.S. charges including looting $224 million from Overseas Investors Service and a $200000 Nixon campaign donation. Vesco's secretary said he may issue a public statement.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Robert Vesco
United States
Nixon
Vesco
Daniel Oduber
Oduber
Courts of Justice
Alberto Abreu
Panama
Bahamas
U.S
Overseas Investors Service
Detroit
Jose Figueres
16 Car Derailment Blocks State Rt 112 Near Ingleside
A Norfolk and Western freight train derailed with 16 cars near Ingleside in Mercer County early Friday, blocking two tracks and State Rt 112. No injuries were reported and traffic on Rt 112 partially reopened by Friday night as investigators searched for the cause. The train originated in Belleview Ohio and was bound for Petersburg Virginia. cars included autos, piggyback carriers, steel bars, and varied freight.
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Elizabeth Holroyd
N&w
Ingleside
Rt. 112
Norfolk & Western
Mercer County
State Rt
Roanoke
Radford
Belleview
Ohio
Petersburg
Cutbacks in Health Benefits Spark UMW Election Clash
In Charleston, Patrick accuses UMW President Miller of withholding cutback plans to health benefits. a funds spokesman denies, while Patterson claims an Arthur Andersen audit shows Compac policy and bookkeeping issues suggesting election law violations.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
Harry Patrick
UMW
Arnold Miller
Washington, D.C
Lee Roy Patterson
Miller
Patrick
Who
Funds
Public Informa
Tion
Barbara Moldauer
Patterson
Benefit Funds Board of Trustees
Harry Huge
Washington
Arthur Anderson and Co
Coal Miners Political Action Committee
Compac
Associated Press
UMW International Executive Board
Kentucky
Dutch jets fire on hijacked train near Assen
Heavy firing from a hijacked Dutch commut er train near Assen where 51 hostages have been held 19 days. Jets with Dutch insignia roared in and the ground trembled as authorities considered military action. About 35 men and 16 women were hostage on a four car train at Glimmen 12 miles north of Assen.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Associated Press
Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr
Glimmen
Fire Hidden Burned For Some Time at Beverly Hills Club
An investigation found the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire began in a concealed area of the Zebra Room and burned for some time before discovery. Fire Marshal Warren Southworth said the blaze was electrical in origin, fed by ceiling tiles and wood in hidden spaces above ceilings or between walls.
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Fort Mitchell
Beverly Hills
Warren Southworth
Southworth
Crane Creek Rock Fall Kills McComas Miner
A 36 year old Mercer County miner Allen Howerton of McComas was killed in a rock fall on a newly completed access road to Consolidation Coal Company's Crane Creek operation. Carlos Cochran was with him as debris struck Howerton instantly. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Cravens Shires Funeral Home.
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Mercer County
Consolidation Coal Company
Crane Creek
Consol
Allen Howerton
McComas
Howerton
Carlos Cochran
Cochran
Cravens- Shires
Bluewell
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London
Morgan County
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Speed Demon
Seattle
Eastern Coal
Godwin
James M. Thompson
Alexandria
John F. O’leary
Federal Energy Administration
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