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Attica Crisis Gas Assault Ends Hostage Standoff
A plan to attack Attica Prison relied on surprise but officials faced a grim choice after inmates held 38 captives. Gas, rifle fire, and club violence killed several hostages and inmates as authorities forced a chaotic breakthrough, with later reports detailing the yard battle and autopsy findings.
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Attica
Assemblyman
Clark Wemple
Rusell G. Oswald
Batavia
Ywasion
John R. Dunne
State Committee On Crime and Correction
Tank Black
Times Square
Hebel
Oswald
Vincent R. Mancusi
C Block
John Monteleone
Joh Arcangelo
Monteleone
Joseph Christian
Christian
Michael Baden
New York
Rockefeller
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