Jailers Held Hostage at DC Jail After Escape
Inmates seized control of a maximum security cellblock in Washington DC and held one employee as hostage after two prisoners escaped early today. Eight hours into the siege, 125 relatives and friends were admitted to a visitors center. police and Corrections Director Delbert C. Jackson remained in contact with the inmates. A guard was overpowered to aid the breakout, but no injuries were reported.
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Washington
District of Columbia
D. C
Delbert C. Jackson
Drug Raid in Montgomery City Nets 12 Arrests
A late night raid in Montgomery City led to 12 arrests on possession charges. Those detained include Victoria Callaway 23 Carol Harris 18 Cheryl Dedmon 23 Robert Brandenburg 21 Shelley West 20 Todd Jones 17 Richard Gotcher 21 Henry Lauer 26 Larry Schwendker 28 Victor Hampton 27 Ruth Reinheimer 18 and a 16 year old juvenile. The mobile home was previously Callaway’s home. Local and state officers, plus the prosecutor, conducted the operation after a tip and expect arraignments before Magistrate Judge Kamp with bond set.
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Montgomery City
Montogmery City
Montgomery County
Victoria Sue Callaway
Carol Anne Harris
Cheryl Romayne Dedmon
Robert Eugene Brandenburg
Shelley Laverne West
Todd Michael
Oscar A. Kamp
Gregory
Miss Callaway
Montgomery
Missouri Highway Patrol
Engineers Hold To Cannon Dam Date
At the Mark Twain Lake and Cannon Dam Association banquet in Hannibal Col. Thorwald R. Peterson forecast no change to the 1978 project completion date, noting weather delays possible. He cited a February batch plant fire as a short term disruption and reported the project at about 36 percent complete with major recreation areas planned and land acquisition about 69 percent done.
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Col. Peterson
Massman Construction Co
Kansas City
Ray Behrens
A. G. Proctor Co., Inc
Aurora
Colo
Perry
Indian Creek
Stoutsville
Col
Peterson
Congress
Davis
Chicago
Hannibal
Mexico
Paris
Monroe City
How To View Cannon Dam Work
From Mexico to the construction site of the Cannon Dam, travelers should go east and then north on Highway 54, continue north on State Route 19 about 14 miles to Ralls County Road E. An overview park provides a good view of the construction work about six miles north of Route on EE.
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Mexico
Cannon Dam
Ralls County
Stranger with Gun Seeks Help on Dim Street
A man walking at night is approached by a stranger emerging from shadows who pleads for help claiming hunger and unemployment. The stranger says he has only a gun. Police are investigating the incident and urging calm.
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K&m
Time For US Healing Ford Says At Concord
President Ford spoke from a rebuilt Minuteman site in Concord Mass addressing national healing and unity. Demonstrators clashed with police as Ford urged patience and reconciliation while a British ambassador attended the ceremony marking the Revolution’s bicentennial.
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Concord
Mass
Minutemen
America
Concord River
People’s Bicentennial Commission
New England
Minuteman
United States
Sir Peter Ramsbotham
Paul Revere
U.S
Second Tornado Of Year Hits Jackson Tennessee
A pair of tornadoes struck Jackson Tennessee late Friday night wounding up to fifty people and killing one. Police and hospital officials described scattered injuries, with 34 mobile homes damaged at Saddler Mobile Home Park and devastation at Parkway Village. The storm was part of a wider outbreak across several states.
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Jackson
Tenn
Lacy Williams
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Williams
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Parkway Village
Saddler
Arkansas
Linois
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Frederic
Lower
Ilinois
High Winds Demolish Home Near Perry
In Perry area high winds at about 3 p.m. Friday demolished the mobile home of Gene and wife Sheffield and damaged a farm home north of Perry. Mrs Sheffield was home but moved to the Ratliff farm across the road. Only beddings saved. porch, corner of Ratliff house, barn roof and shed damaged. No injuries. A cash fund for the Sheffields opened at Perry City Hall. They have two sons.
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Ford
New England
Concord
N.H
Boston
White House
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Perry
Gene Sheffield
Sheffield
Erry
Jerry Ratliff
Ratliff
Perry City Hall
Khmer Rouge Claims Beheading Top Cambodian Leaders
The Khmer Rouge broadcast from Kratie says most of the fallen Cambodian government’s top leaders have been beheaded, giving no names or dates. Fighting continues inside Cambodia as Phnom Penh remains cut off, with Kompong Som still resisting and Saigon reporting shelling nearby.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Bangkok
Kompong Som
Battambang
South Vietnam
Saigon
Senate
Kratie
Lon
Peking
Sihanvtuk
Chown-Lai
China
Kyodo News Agency
U.S
Kien Hoa
Mekong
Tan An
Long Ab
Phan Thiet
Binh Thuan
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