Ray Evasion Shifts Focus After Brushy Mountain Escape
The Ray manhunt moved to areas around New River six miles east of Brushy Mountain and Beech Fork west near Wartburg as officials say the escapees split into two groups. Powell was tracked to surrender while others fled into Cumberland Mountain. helicopters and infrared sensors join ground searches amid a massive pursuit led by Gov Blanton and Brushy Mountain officials.
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Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Stoney Lane
Corpus Christi
Tex
Ray
Lane
New River
Brushy Mountain
Beech Fork
Wartburg
Cumberland Mountain
David Lee Powell
Powell
King
East Tennessee
Herman C. Davis
Davis
Nashville
Ray Blanton
Action Line offers help for readers questions
Readers are invited to call or write Action Line in care of The Enterprise for assistance with problems or questions. The column notes that while every request is considered, high volume makes it impossible to answer or acknowledge each one.
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Henry Robertson
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Greensboro
Jim Oliver
Directory assistance charges spark reader questions
A North State subscriber asks about the 20 cent fee for unlisted numbers. The answer notes five free directory assistance calls per month per line or trunk, with extra charges beyond that, effective June 7, and cites a North Carolina Utilities Commission rule adopted state wide.
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North State
N.C. Utilities Commission
Bell Telephone Company
Georgia Leaders Fear Escape Aimed to Silence Ray
Black leaders in Georgia react to James Earl Ray’s Tennessee prison breakout fearing a plot to silence him and block revelations about King’s assassination. Rev Ralph Abernathy urges a special investigation and asks President Carter to act to protect Ray from harm amid renewed scrutiny by a House inquiry.
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Georgia
James Earl Ray
East Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Ralph David Abernathy
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ray
Mr. Abernathy
Carter
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Abernathy
SCLC
House
King Jr
Martin Luther King Sr
Coretta Scott King
Julian Bond
Southern Poverty Law Center
Bond
Dr. King
Woman Bit Bullet, Survives Bus Sniper Attack Near Havre de Grace
Bertha Lowe, 64, was struck in the lower lip by a sniper’s bullet that hit a charter bus heading toward Greensboro. Police say the bullet was stopped by her teeth as the gunfire entered through roof and windows. eight bullets hit the bus but she survived.
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Havre DE Grace
Harford Memorial Hospital
Maryland
Bronx
N.Y
Greensboro
N.C
William Clark
Chapel Road
Hostages Reunite With Families After Dutch Raid
Surviving hostages were medically tested then tearfully 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. Two hostages and six captors died in the dawn attack.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Janneke Wiegers
J. M. O. Monsjou
Groningen
M. van Baarsel
Elst
Frogs Jump At Mark Twain House Frog Jump Day
About 300 people gathered on the lawn of Mark Twain's Hartford home for the annual frog jump. Frogs arrived from across the region and even California, registered by hopeful youngsters, while locals enjoyed hot dogs, lemonade, and bluegrass as spectators.
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Conn
Mark Twain
Calaveras County
California
Dexter Peck
Children's Museum
Eileen Fielding
Molly Kehoe
Captain Hook
Molly
Ken Dompier
Buckshot
Petta
Miguel
Ken
Brattleboro
Buffalo Bob
Prince Charming
Humphrey Bogart
Tiny Tim
Son of Delight
Mustang
Boris
Thunderbolt
Prune Whip
Edward
Kisser
Dorman
Bubbles
Yellow Legs
Bullet
Hop River
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Jim Jenkins
Oak Hollow
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Rev. Abernathy
Sical
van Agt
Joop den Uyl
Jehoshaphat
Twain
Parks Department
Watergate
Bonanza
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