11 Hour Prison Crisis Ends With Hostage Release
An 11 hour siege at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary ended after four hostages were freed. Associate Warden Lawrence Putman announced the hostages were in good shape. Inmates William Hurst and Aramando Miramon led talks via a nine person council. a guard was killed and several others injured during the dining hall melee and subsequent standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
U.S
Lawrence Putman
Kenneth Holcomb
Marvin Berry
John S. Mitchell
Richard M. Williams
Mitchell
Loren E. Daggett
William Hurst
Hollywood
Calif
Araman
Putnam
Hurst
Miramon
Daggett
Harry Jones Jr
The
Kansas City Star
Donald E. Black
Leavenworth Times
Putman
Quinlan
Jones
Black
Willard L. Ford
FBI
Selle
C. W. Vanderslice
New York
Massachusetts
New Sill Industrial Chief Visits Fort Sill
Col. Todd S. Marsh takes command of the Directorate of Industrial Operations at Fort Sill. He oversees about 1,000 civilians and 200 soldiers and notes the post provides services from laundry to transportation. He reflects on a career spanning Korea Vietnam and education through the Bootstrap program.
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Directorate of Industrial Operations
DIO
Fort Sill
Todd S. Marsh
Marsh
John E. Stice
U.S. Army Field Artilery School
Usafas
Col. Marsh
Army Training Center
Usafas Brigade
Army
Ft. Riley
Kan
Korea
145Th Field Artillery
8Th Field Artillery
Vietnam
Command and General Staff College
University of Nebraska At
Omaha
University of Maryland
Europe
Hartington
Neb
Joyce
Robert
Hamilton Road
Post
U S Steel says profits under price controls amid sales rise
U S Steel Corp reports first half 1973 sales of 3.3 billion dollars with earnings of 134 million, 2.47 per share, a 4 percent return deemed adequate given future investment needs. The firm backs price relief and hints at seeking a price increase despite government freezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
First Fingerprint Use by U S Geological Survey Pioneer
Gilbert Thompson of the U S Geological Survey adopted his own fingerprints on commissary orders in 1882 to prevent forgery, marking an early application of fingerprinting in federal work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Thompson
U.S. Geological Survey
Distant Quasar Moves at 90 Percent Light Speed
University of California observers at Lick Observatory report a quasar stellar object as the most distant known, traveling at about 0.9c and possibly 10 billion light years from Earth. The finding marks a landmark in cosmic distance measurements and relativistic motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California’s
Lick Observatory
Santa Cruz
Earth
Guard Use Stated At Prison In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma National Guard officials said Tuesday more than 9,000 guardsmen will be called to guard the state prison until the situation normalizes. Public Information Officer Capt. Jim Haney said most will rotate in. Guard duty will not affect next week's departure for summer encampment at Ft. Carson, Colorado. Gen. David C. Matthews said the rotation ensures those driving to Ft. Carson this weekend proceed as planned.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma National Guard
Jim Haney
Ft. Carson
Colo
David C. Matthews
State
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Michael Quinn
Star
Federal Penitentiary
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Limbulane
National Bank
Saeed
Leke
Crruunnch
Conway & Hale
N.W
Kansas City
George Riley
Alainst
Rescoe Spires, Ins
Rescoe Anne
Sears
Dhopowe
Raulston Furniture
DIAL
Sears, Roebuck and CO
11Th and Gore Blvd
Lawton
Oklahoma
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