Five McAlester inmates escape after eight day prison riot
Authorities hunt five inmates from McAlester prison after an eight day riot causing transfers and a hospital visit. Rex Brinlee Jr. is described by Governor Hall as a brutal killer, serving a life term for the 1971 Bristow teacher slaying, with calls for immediate capture.
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Okla
UPI
Rex Brinlee Jr
Oiuses
David Hall
Oklahoma
Heavener
Mecester
Ad Brinlee
Bristow
Mam
Hall
Guard indicted in escape plan tied to Lucasville case
A grand jury in Portsmouth indicted guard Ronald Pratt on weapons and aiding an escape tied to the June 4 1979 Lucasville escape attempt of convict Wayne L Raney. The panel also returned a first degree incitement charge against Raney in the fatal shooting of guard Arthur Sprouse.
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Osle
UPL
Scioto County
Everett Burton
Ronald Pratt
Wayne L. Raney
Hie
Lucasville
Ohio
Pratt
Raney
Arthur Sprouse
Sprouse
Babysitter Held in Child's Death in Memphis
In Memphis a 24 year old babysitter Bilis Francis Cook Jr. is held on homicide charges after police say he taped a crying boy between mattress and sat on him until he died. The victim is William Day Foster eight named by police as the child. Foster’s mother Tinda Foster says she asked a friend to substitute for the regular babysitter.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bilis Francis Cook Jr
Cook
William Day Foster
Tinda Foster
Conk
Tunney wife contests notice in custody hearing
Mrs. Tunney says she was not properly notified about a Riverside hearing that granted custody of the Tunney children, receiving notice only the day of the swearing. The court may need Holland court concurrence to enforce the order. The Tunneys had agreed in February to pursue divorce with shared custody during the Senate recess ending Sept. 4.
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Riverside
Sun
John Tunney
Dcalif
Tunney
San Francisco
Riverside Superior Court
Charles Pendleton
Holland
Funhey
Senate
Tunneys
Officials oppose gas ration plan to curb smog Fresno
AP reports officials warn restricting gasoline sales to 1972 levels to meet air standards would be hard to enforce and could trigger black markets and out of basin purchases. Allen B. Lemmon of the State Air Resources Board cites risks of fire and enforcement gaps at a Fresno hearing.
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Fresno
Wenin
San Joaquin Valley
Allen B. Lemmon
The
State Air Resources Board
Goldwater urges Nixon TV address on Watergate and national issues
Barry Goldwater says President Nixon should address the nation about Watergate on television while urging focus on inflation and high food prices. He recalls phone tapping in 1960s and criticizes government price controls as the cause of the economic crisis, urging attention to broader public concerns.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Nixon
Sud
Goldwater
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Rome
Arigona
ABA under pressure from Nader at 964th annual meeting
Washington UPI Nader attacks the American Bar Association as a trade group overrepresenting corporate lawyers. He says ABA chairs favor corporate interests and neglect broader legal issues. ABA President Chesterfield Smith defends broader geographic representation. Chief Justice Burger notes a tripling of appeals caseload and urges tighter screening of inmate appeals at the convention.
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UPI
Nader
American Bar Association
ABA
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Lake ‘Land
Fla
Warren E. Burger
Pauling plans legal challenge to FDA vitamin ruling
Linus Pauling and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi defend high dose Vitamin C amid FDA limits on sales without prescription for tablets over 90 milligrams. They spoke at a Stanford symposium, while Nixon spends the night at Camp David amid Watergate developments.
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Nixon
Camp David
Stanford
Calif
UPI
Linus Pauling
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Albert Szent-Gyorgi
Syracuse Herald-Journal Odd Quote Feature
A quirky line reads Eat surdoots for a change as part of a humorous boners column in the Syracuse Herald-Journal edition.
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York
Herald - Jovenal
Reagan Says Watergate Part Of a Party Pattern
Gov. Ronald Reagan says the Watergate affair is only part of a broader pattern of political espionage that has existed too long in both Republican and Democratic parties. He adds that inflation must be tackled now if elected president.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
The
Gemstuck Chub
Wategate
Reagan
Nixon aides concede no questions in Watergate probe
Gray and Mitchell testified that Nixon did not press for details after the break in. Gray said he and Walters felt alarms as White House staff used FBI and CIA to confuse the inquiry. Mitchell said he knew little about Watergate at the June 23 call and avoided pressing Nixon. The committee nears end of nationally televised hearings with 38 witnesses.
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Senate
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GIA
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ENC
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Walters
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Ita
Thompson
Watergate
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FBA
H. R. Haldeman
Jah D. Ehrlichman
Gordon C. Strachan
Haldeman
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Nances
Io Gay
New London
Conn
Navy
United States
Gasoline Spill Closes Breere Ren Geran Park
In Fort Smith Arkansas a bulldozer ruptured a pipeline spilling gasoline in Breere Ren Geran Regional Park. Director Floyd Metts says the park will stay closed until Wednesday to avoid sparks from motorcycles. Four hours of flow and fuel depth estimated at three to four feet prompted suction trucks to recover the gas.
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Breere Ren Geran
Floyd Metts
Metts
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