Escapees flee Shawnee jail after teargas siege
Seven prisoners escaped from Shawnee County Jail using hacked bars and a blanket rope during a 4 to 6 am breach. Donald Woolridge and Cleve Nichols were recaptured. Jackie McConnell surrendered at his sister’s Topeka home. Leroy Hudson Jr Anthony Winn Lance Morris and Cecil Penry remained at large. Woolridge, 35, had murder conviction for a California bartender robbery in 1967 and was returned to California for parole violation. sheriffs pledged to remove him from the area.
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Shawnee County
Woolridge
Nichols
Topeka
New Jerusalem Healing Temple
Oakland
Calif
F.T. Chaffee
California
Leroy Hudson Jr
Anthony Winn
Lance Morris
Cecil Penry
Presidential yacht Sequoia to become tourist attraction
Rhode Island investor Thomas Aquinas Malloy wins auction for the former presidential yacht Sequoia with six partners and plans to offer tours and cocktails. After a temporary Navy sale block over procedures, Sen. John Chafee approved terms to keep the yacht unchanged, enabling a profit-making history tour venture with memorabilia and presidential lore.
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Providence, R.I
UPI
Thomas Aquinas Malloy
Rhode Island
Leisure Craft Inc
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
John Chafee
R R.1
Trade union strike paralyzes France across economy
In a 24 hour general strike unions across France protest austerity and a 6.5 percent 1977 wage ceiling. From Channel to Mediterranean factories idle, transport halted, mail undelivered, schools closed, and power cuts reported as the walkout gathers force against President Giscard d Estaing.
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Paris
UPI
English Channel
Mediterranean
Communist Party
General Labor Confederation
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
U S Vietnam talks set to resume in Paris
U S Vietnam normalization talks will continue June 2 in Paris led by Richard Holbrook for the United States and Phan Hien for Vietnam. The discussions begin at the U S Embassy in Paris following a previous session held May 2 in the same city.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Paris
State Department
Hodding Carter
Richard Holbrook
Phan Hien
Hanoi
Carter
U.S
Dole Criticizes Carter on Wheat Price Stance in Farm Bill
Senator Bob Dole assailed the Carter administration for opposing higher wheat target prices in the current farm bill. He cited a Bergland letter urging lower targets and loan rates and noted Senator Muskie plans an amendment to cut 1977 and 1978 wheat targets and loan rates.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Dole
Kan
Carter
Senate
Atlas Agena Launch Sends Secret Sky Spy Satellite
Cape Canaveral, Florida witnessed an Atlas Agena rocket lift off in the afternoon to place a secret sky spy satellite into orbit. Military sources say the payload is experimental and part of a series to monitor rocket tests in China and the Soviet Union and to provide early warning of any missile attack.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPS
Air Force
China
Soviet Union
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