Last escapee recaptured at Brushy Mountain prison
Douglas Shelton, 32, the final escapee from Brushy Mountain State Prison, was recaptured in Anderson County near New River amid a coordinated manhunt. James Earl Ray and Earl Hill were also captured as authorities noted a planned escape and a makeshift ladder. Ray remained silent during House Assassinations Committee inquiries.
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Brushy Mountain, Tenn
Brushy Mountain State Prison
James Earl Ray
Tennessee Corrections Department
Douglas Shelton
Ray
Earl Hill
Shelton
Brushy Mountain
Hill
Doug Shelton
Stonney Lane
Moluccans gather for Assen funeral rites
South Moluccan mourners from across the Netherlands converge on Assen for the funeral of six extremists killed when Dutch forces stormed a hostage train last weekend. Police guard the city as about 5,000 of Holland's 40,000 Moluccans are expected to attend a memorial at the Moluccan Evangelical Church and bury five men and one woman in a single plot.
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Assen
The
Bovensmilde
South Moluccan Republic
Justice Ministry
Joop den Uyl
Andries van Agt
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
Policeman Plans Suit Over Fire Dismissal in Paragould
Paragould attorney Robert Young plans to sue city officials on behalf of ex-patrolman Jack Stafford who was fired twice in a week. Stafford says the first dismissal followed his discussion with a reporter on a mayoral controversy. The city reinstated him before the police chief fired him for missing a court appearance.
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Lane
Robert Lehner
Edward Evans
Ray
Jack Kershaw
Paragould, Ark
Paragould
Robert Young
Jack Stafford
Stafford
Bob Camp
Young
Camp
Bumpers outlines gasoline rationing plan as alternative
Sen Dale Bumpers D Ark said he will introduce legislation to create a gasoline rationing program to replace President Carter's standby gasoline tax defeated by Congress. He argues rationing is fairer and notes a $1 per gallon tax could cut consumption by 10 percent, while opponents fear harm to low income and rural residents.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Carter
Congress
Bumpers
Little Rock board approves 72 buses for new transport
The Little Rock School Board voted to buy 72 school buses for 968,013 to launch its own transportation program next year. Delivery must be guaranteed in time for the 1977 78 school year. James Nabors Co. of North Little Rock won the low bid amid bids from three others.
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Little Rock
James Nabors
Nabors
Miners vote to choose UMW leader in bitter internal split
About 277000 United Mine Workers cast ballots to elect a new president among three candidates Arnold R Miller Harry Patrick and Lee Roy Patterson. Campaigning ended in Appalachian coal fields amid ongoing feuding and the risk of strikes delaying year end contract talks.
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United Mine Workers
Arnold R. Miller
Harry Patrick
Lee Roy Patterson
Western
Kentucky
UMW
Appalachian
Patterson
States
Canada
Mayors Grapple With Budgets Taxes And Growth
At the U S Conference of Mayors survey 100 of 300 mayors report money as the core issue in balancing city budgets and local taxes. They cite housing downtown development crime unemployment and stray dogs as major urban problems alongside education in some cases.
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Tucson
Ariz
Associated Press
U.S
L.D. Ochs
Colorado Springs
L.T. Kramer
Paterson
N.J
Tom Bradley
Los Angeles
New State Sewage Program Set to Begin July 1
The Division of Sanitarian Services under the State Health Department announces a mandatory permit and registration system for individual sewage disposal systems and septic tank cleaners. Fees include 5 for permits 25 for installer registrations and 25 annual licenses. existing systems may be exempt if not health hazards.
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Jimmy Wallace
Division of
Sanitarian Services
State Department of Health
Department of Health
Division of Sanitarian Services
Newsman detained by Soviets
Los Angeles Times correspondent Robert C. Toth is barred from leaving the USSR while being investigated for collecting secret information. The Soviet Foreign Ministry accused him of activities incompatible with his foreign journalist status and summoned him for interrogation at Lefortovo Prison, delaying his planned Friday departure after a three year assignment.
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Moscow
Robert C. Toth
Los Angeles Times
U.S
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Toth
U.S.S.R
Lefortovo
Soviet Union
Storms Diminish Across The Plains And West
Severe thunderstorms moved through the Texas Panhandle and West Texas plains bringing heavy rain to parts of the front range and Colorado Rockies. Flash flood watches were cancelled as storms shifted east across the plains into Kentucky and Ohio with isolated showers remaining in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West.
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Associated Press
High Plains
Colorado
Texas
South Dakota
Mississippi Valley
Appalachians
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Texas Panhandle
West Texas Plains
Colorado Rockies
Plains
Kentucky
Ohio
Pacific Northwest
California
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Composer Paul Williams Opposes Anita Bryant Ad Campaign
Los Angeles AP report states Paul Williams and his wife Katy will sacrifice 675 dollars and stop drinking screwdrivers to protest Anita Bryant's anti gay rights campaign. The Williams team funded a one page Daily Variety ad citing their stand against Bryant's crusade and supporting human rights.
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Los Angeles
Paul Williams
Anita Bryant
Daily Variety
Miss Bryant
Florida Orange Growers Association
Williams
Evergreen
Katy
Legislative panel defers probe as Means hearing proceeds
The Arkansas legislative committee on affairs will meet Wednesday and Thursday despite Attorney General Bill Clinton seeking a delay. Cochairman Rep. Bill Foster said a majority favors continuing the session with some witnesses available. The inquiry concerns Judge Henry B. Means of Malvern and past charges over light penalties in drug cases.
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Little Rock
Henry B. Means
Malvern
Rep
W. F. “Bill” Foster
England
Cochairman
Committee On Legislative Affairs
Foster
Atty
Bill Clinton
Means
William Clark
Sheridan
Clark
Clinton
Asst. Atty
John Fincher
Fincher
Henderson University adds student Adell Mamby to board
Adell Mamby 53 of Nashville Arkansas appointed by Gov. Pryor to Henderson University Board of Trustees replacing Dr Vivian Hegwood. She has been enrolled in the undergraduate elementary education program for over a year aiming to graduate in August. Mamby, born in Center Point Howard County, studied at Arkansas AM&N College before moving to New York City for 29 years.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Henderson University Board of Trustees
Adell Mamby
Nashville
David Pryor
Henderson
Mamby
Center Point
Howard County
Arkansas Am&n College
University of Arkansas At
Pine Bluff
John
British West Indies
New York City
Arkansas
Martin B. Garrison
Martin
Raley’s Shopping Time Promotes Name Tease and Blouson Dress
An Atlanta resident shares a letter from a local store claiming customer focus by number rather than name. The piece riffs on change for women, dinner ideas, and fashion, promoting a blouson dress as a new outfit option in a playful tone.
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Atlanta
Raley’s
Raley
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Monticello
Anita
Tuxedo
Herbert Burns
HSU Board
Vivian Hegwood
Hegwood
University of Arkansas At Little Rock
Saenger Theatre
Itonite
Bruce Lee
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