Escapees Search Continues In East Tennessee Hills
Helicopters and tracking dogs comb the Cumberland Mountains for James Earl Ray and five accomplices who escaped Brushy Mountain State Prison. David Lee Powell was recaptured while Ray and the others remain at large. authorities describe the break as the most daring escape in the prison's history.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Petros, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
David Lee Powell
Powell
Ray
King
East Tennessee
Herman C. Davis
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Davis
Nashville
Ray Blanton
Robert Lehner
House
Lehner
Cumberland Mountains
East
Tennessee
C. Murray Henderson
Huie claims conspiracy over King slayings FBI link
Author William Bradford Huie accuses black leaders of using James Earl Ray’s Brushy Mountain escape to claim the FBI killed Martin Luther King Jr. He says Ray offered no new information to the king case committee and contends the conspiracy narrative is a television-driven distortion.
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Steele Holman
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Martin Luther King
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ray
King
Brushy Mountain State
William Bradford Huie
Hartselle
Memphis
Select Committee
Black Caucus
Andy Young
Coretta King
FBI
Dr. King
Huie
Tam
On This Date 1972 Supreme Court right to counsel
The Supreme Court ruled that defendants facing a possible jail term have the right to a lawyer's representation. The note appears in the Daily Calendar section with other notices and weather hints for the Tennessee Valley region.
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Supreme Court
Ady Peach Farm Ad in Hartselle Area
Ady under Reeves Peach Farms lists location four miles east of Hartselle on Highway 36 with phone contact 773 2691 for fruit purchases.
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Reeves Peach Farms
Hartselle
Ady
Carter Appeals for Public Pressure on Congress Energy Plan
President Carter urges Americans to press Congress to back his energy plan amid lobbying pressures from oil and auto interests. He calls for compensatory public pressure as panels chip away at plan components and hints at broader public sacrifices if lawmakers do not act.
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Carter
Congress
Energy
Washington
Magazine Publishers Association
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Senate Energy Committee
Jackson
TVA's Raccoon Mountain Project Aims for Peak Power Range
A Chattanooga report details TVA's Raccoon Mountain peaking power project. Water from the Tennessee River will be pumped 1020 feet to create a mountain top reservoir feeding four large turbine units. The plant, housed in a rock chamber, aims for 1.5 million kilowatts and rapid on demand power with minimal surface impact.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee
Raccoon Mountain
Walter Dahnke
Ipower
Danke
Agate
Nickajack Lake
Wilson Dam
Browns Ferry
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
River Gorge
Lee Tva
Rescued Dutch Hostages Reunited With Families
Surviving hostages were examined medically and reunited with families after Dutch commandos freed them in predawn raids on a train and a school ending a 20 day siege by South Moluccan terrorists. One woman and one man were killed during the assault.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Janneke Wiegers
Dutc
J. M. O. Monsjou
Groningen
M. van Baarsel
Elst
Max
Andries van Agt
Indonesia
van Agt
Joop den Uyl
Johan Alvares Manusama
Bavensmilde
Josef Pieter Nikijuluno
Etty Apponno
Free
Lee
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Martha Anne‘s Valley
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Athens
Tennessee Valley
Lee Sentell
Chattanooga, Tenn
Rock City
Barcaloungers
La-Z-Boys
North Ala
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