Recaptured 5 Miles From Prison James Earl Ray
James Earl Ray was tracked down near Brushy Mountain State Prison after a three hour chase covering five miles through a wooded valley. Two bloodhound sisters Sandy and Little Red led to Ray who offered no resistance and said I feel good. Don Ray Caylor was recaptured in Oak Ridge, leaving Douglas Shelton at large. Governor Blanton praised the capture and authorities called it a major Tennessee manhunt ending Ray's escape.
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Brushy Mountain
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Sandy
Little Red
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Sammy Joe Chapman
Chapman
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Donald Ray Caylor
Oak Ridge
Caylor
FBI
Joel Plummer
State Public Safety
Douglas Shelton
Larry Hacker
Hamilton
Ohio
Earl Hill Jr
Erwin
David Lee Powell
Chicago
Plummer
Ray Blanton
Blanton
U.S
Griffin Bell
Bell
Carter
Tennessee
Stoney Lane
Lane
Seven men escape Tennessee prison via hidden ladder and wire
Investigators probe how seven convicts bypassed a 2 300 volt cable and how a secret ladder, built from over 20 pipes, was hidden. Officials cite wall notch erosion from winter and diversions in the yard as possible factors while noting guard post gaps and a power outage brief after the breakout.
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Brushy Mountain
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Ray Blanton
Blanton
C. Murray Henderson
Henderson
Three Girl Scouts Found Beaten To Death At Camp Scott
In Locust Grove Oklahoma three Girl Scouts aged eight nine and ten were found beaten to death in their sleeping bags at Camp Scott. Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported sketchy details with no suspects named and relatives to be notified.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Camp Scott
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Budget Funds Teacher Raise and Reading Program
A tentative state budget agreed by a special legislative panel provides a 6.5 percent pay raise for teachers and state workers, plus an $4 million reading program for primary grades. prison construction is cut to $6 million, and Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green receives a raise. the plan, balanced after three days of work by the 13 member subcommittee, moves to the full Appropriations committees for potential amendments and cuts.
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Raleigh
Jim Hunt
General Assembly
Hunt
Jimmy Green
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Poverty levels compared North Carolina and United States
A reader asks about poverty levels, with Linda Jones of the Commerce Department providing data. The report cites 1975 and 1974 revisions showing poverty cutoffs for individuals and families and notes NC per capita income of 5409 in 1976 versus 6441 nationally, plus 16 percent of NC families under the poverty line and 26 million Americans below it.
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North Carolina
United States
G.W. A
Linda Jones
U.S. Department of Commerce
Greensboro
U.S
US. Dept. of Commerce
N.C
North and
South Dakota
Ala
Miss
S.C
W.va
N.mex
Black Youths Open Fire At Whites In Johannesburg
In Johannesburg a gang of three black youths opened fire on four white workers at a department store garage. Two mechanics were killed and a third was critically wounded. Police seized three pistols and two grenades and sealed off the area near John Vorster Square as investigators pursued possible links to racial unrest.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
John Vorster
Gertrude Preston
Carlton Center
Anglo American Corporation
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Brushy Mountain Prison
Warden Stonney Lane
Herman Davis
Jerry Ward
Ward
Davis
Hacker
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