Fugitives and hostages captured after Texas jailbreak
State police and sheriffs deputies pursued fugitives by helicopter through woods in south Texas. Three jail escapees were captured. three hostages, two women and a 12 year old boy, were freed. One escapee surrendered. another was found shot dead. One deputy hostage was wounded but survived.
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Flatonia
Tex
Texas
Galveston
Rob Williamson
Edward Mueller
Williamson
Texas City
George Earl Howard
Howard
Jorge William
Ainsworth
Ronnie Roper
Bruce Harris
Smife
Joseph McMahon
McMahon
Irene Alexander
Tommy
Alexander
Robert
Nicholls
Dickinson
Harris
Man Found Alive Dies After Hospital Arrival
In Nottingham England a 56 year old factory worker Douglas Gordon died Saturday night at a hospital after embalmers earlier found him alive two days earlier. Family reported death Thursday and undertakers removed him, a funeral parlor employee discovered he was still breathing and he was hospitalized. The case follows a similar incident in Liverpool 22 days earlier prompting calls to review death certificate laws.
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Nottingham
England
Douglas Gordon
Gordon
Kim Nevitt
Liverpool
Moon Trips Signal New Space Era and Beyond
The Apollo program signals a vast future as Apollo 12’s crew proves lunar landing possible and hints at a broader space effort. Experts foresee repeated moon flights, a reusable shuttle, and large space stations to cut costs and advance Earth and planetary exploration.
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Space. Center
Houston
Columbus
Charles
Con Conrad, Jr
Alan L. Bean
Hissman
Apollo
Neil A. Armstrong
Spain
Crater Frau Mauro
Moon
Astronomical Observatory
United States
Aero-j Transportation
Nauitcs
Space Administra
Tion
Nixon
Pire T. Agnew
Earth
Moon Dust Reveals Varied Ground On Apollo 12 Mission
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean report a pervasive grey soil blanket on the Moon. They describe three ground types, caution about dust on Surveyor 3’s crater slope, and note rocks with few small cavities differ from Apollo 11 samples.
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Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace
Trout Space Center
Houston
Ble
Astro
Edward Gibson
Conrad
Bean
Alan Bean
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E
Buzz” Aldrin Jr
Sea of Tranquility
Grand Canyon
Bill
Surveyor
Mission Control
Charles
Pete
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Caribbean Cruise
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