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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1959
Page
1
A fragmented Prescott area note reports social events and entertainments involving local residents. Details are garbled but reference is made to visitors, home occasions, and planned gatherings centered on community figures.
Attendance a Vacation School continues with morning and evening sessions led by nurses, children, and leaders. The article lists numerous visitors and guests from various towns and bases, noting family and friend gatherings across several states and countries during a recent period.
Four convicts who forged an estimated 26 to 28 visitors and three guards plan to escape by car to the Canadian border. One hostage reported threats of being thrown out the window dead if demands were not met. Marlene Oxford of Kelso, Washington, reunited with her son Bobb during the incident.
Five inmates escaped Pine Bluff Reformatory in Arkansas but were recaptured after a hostage incident. Police reported guards used gas and quick response to subdue the escapees. Women and children near the scene were unharmed, and inmates were treated at the hospital while others were moved to secure sections of the prison.
State Trooper Tom Newby said the five escaped yesterday by climbing through a window and were apprehended near state Highway 270 about five miles west of the school. School officials identified one as Paul Tims, 1%, of Bismarck.
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