Escape at Florida jail prompts manhunts and fears
Inmates fled a Florida jail after fashioning a key and breaching a heavy door then scaling an eight foot fence topped with barbed wire. By midmorning 12 inmates were recaptured but authorities nationwide used dogs and helicopters to locate the remaining fugitives. Residents near the site reported heightened precautions and anxiety as the escape prompted security concerns and local reports of thefts and suspicious activity.
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Tampa
Bar
Prevott
Sheriff's Office
William Knowles
Florida
Dora Pawers
Dane Tmight Wash
Facapees
Jessie Harrelson
Larry Brooks
Brooks
Baltimore City Hall shooting wounds four including councilman
A gunman opened fire inside Baltimore City Hall targeting Mayor Schaefer, fatally injuring a councilman and wounding four others. Charles Hopkins, 35, owner of an East Baltimore carryout, was arrested after the incident and later listed in critical condition.
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Baltimore
Wil ‘William Donald Schaefer
Charles Hopkins
Kathleen Nolan
Miss Nolan
JoAnne McQuade
CAHS Students Can Apply for Two Scholarships in May
Corry Area School District announces two scholarship funds for 1976 Corry High School graduates. Lucy A Morris Scholarship Fund favors Sparta area residents pursuing accredited programs including technical trade or college paths. Allen Scholarship Fund grants require no duplication with district programs and back May 7 return deadline.
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Corry Area
Bento
Lucy A. Morris
Valli
Granus
Theigh School
Re Helminteller
Edward M. and
Irene Fisher Allen
Corry
Erie County Public Hearing On Home Rule Charter
Erie County study commission schedules four May hearings in Erie Edinboro Corry and the West County area to seek public input on a proposed home rule charter that would replace three county commissioners with an elected charter government. Key supporters William Hill and Michael Flatley endorse the charter citing separation of powers and initiative provisions, while Republican Tomas Boyes has yet to take a stand. Public meetings will run through May with comments sought on districting plans and government structure.
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Erie County
Toledo
Study Commission
Abolah
Wiliam O. Hill
Michael Flatley
Tart Boyes
Flatley
Aid
Hill
Lib Do Lodeeccllersy Tal
Richard Cermak
Erie
Pennsylvania
Edinboro
Corry
Wesk County
Hearst Resting After Lung Operation
Patricia Hearst, 7 year veteran of high profile cases, rests comfortably after a lung collapse at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City. Doctors report the emergency procedure completed in under an hour and expect four to five days of hospitalization. Security remains tight at the hospital as Hearst faced a pretrial hearing in Los Angeles on state kidnapping and robbery charges.
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Redwood City
Calif
Patricia Mearst
Sequoia Hospital
San Mateo County
Harold Barker
Mise Hearst
Jeffrey Wiseberg
Miss Hearst
San Francisco
Arthur J. Faro
Los Angeles
Miss Hearst vi
William and
Emily Harris
Symbionese Libera
Labor says cities misuse federal CETA funds for city workers
Washington reports that Labor Department officials accuse several cities of using federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act money to rehire laid off municipal workers rather than employ the chronically unemployed. Detroit's court battle underscores a wider fight with Congress as rules tighten. Secretary Usery says the aim is a balance between rehiring furloughed workers and creating real jobs for the unemployed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Congress
Detroit
W. J. Usery Jr
Hughes Died After Severe Dehydration and Bedsores
ACAPULCO MEXICO AP reports on the death of billionaire Mayard Hughes. A Mexican doctor said Hughes weighed about 80 pounds at death, with hair and beard long and stringy, body marred by bedsores, unconscious, dehydrated, a head infection and kidney failure observed. He was airlifted from the Acapulco Princess Hotel to Houston, arriving dead.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Mayard Hughes
Hughes
Victor Manuel Montemayor Martines
Acapulco Princeas Hotel
Houston
Tex
Statewide emergency care plan inches toward reality in Pa
A statewide emergency medical system to train Pennsylvanians as young as 11 in mouth to mouth resuscitation is years away but progressing. Health officials cite pilot programs, CPR training in schools, and new ambulance funding while urging legislative support to reach a 1981 target.
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Iy Lee Linder
Associated Press
Harrisburg
America
Yoore
Leonard Bachman
Shapp
1St Department
Difen
Negecy of Emergency Health Services
EHS
Pennsylvania
Muller
Joel Grottenthaler
Wyether
Grottenthaler
Basie
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