Dutch Raid Frees Moluccan Hostages
Dutch commandos aided by jets and armored cars stormed a train and a school at dawn freeing 53 of 150 hostages held for 20 days by South Moluccan gunmen. Two hostages and six gunmen were killed. 12 people were wounded including one hostage and two gunmen.
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Assen
Netherlands
J. M. O. Monssou
Groningen
M. van Baarsel
Elst
Holland
Justice
Andreas van Agt
Bovensmilde
Amsterdam
Het Parool
Search narrows escape siege on Brushy Mountain prison
PETROL Tenn AP Searchers using bloodhounds said they trapped James Earl Ray and five other convicts within five square miles of snake infested terrain near Brushy Mountain State Prison. Authorities tracked three escapees as FBI took charge, with officers, helicopters and roadblocks narrowing the search. One accomplice was captured after being shot. Ray’s status remained uncertain as authorities pressed the all out effort.
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Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
James Bar
Ray
Brushy Mountain State Prison
FBI
Tennessee
Bureau
Tom Deakin
Clarence Kelley
C. Murray Henderson
Bloodmobile Tops Quota For Visit
Audrain County donors exceeded its yearly goal by 12 units during the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at A P Green Refractories Co. Friday. Sixty three first timers joined, with Anna Bess Loewenstein and John Brashear reaching five gallon status.
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Audrain County
Red Cross
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Anna Bess Loewenstein
John Brashear
Jennifer Polacek
Irene Stapleton
Red Cross Chapter
A.P. Green Company
Bloodmobile
Ray E Ray Escape From Brushy Mountain Prison
Kansas City AP reports James Earl Ray escaped Friday night from Brushy Mountain State Prison Tennessee his second jail break in about ten years He had earlier fled Missouri State Penitentiary in 1967 While still awaiting possible parole he was serving a 99 year sentence for the slaying of Martin Luther King Jr Confusion remains over his first escape with theories of bread container or climbing a water pipe cited by officials and Ray himself His arrest record dates to 1949 in Los Angeles County for stealing a typewriter.
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Kansas City
James Earl Ray
Brushy Mountain
Tennessee
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
King
Tennesse
Missouri
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles County
Amin May Execute White Businessman Amid Ugandan Tensions
Nairobi AP report says Robert Scanlon, former British businessman who aided Idi Amin in a sedan chair in 1975, faces firing squad if convicted of spying by Amin’s military court. Radio Uganda warns 800 Britons to avoid groups over three as missionaries and business families are urged not to leave the country.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Robert Scanlon
Idi Amin
Amin
Scanlon
Radio
Uganda
Kampala
Eyewitness account of Dutch train rescue at dawn
AP reporter A O Sulzberger Jr and a Dutch army sergeant witnessed a dawn assault by Dutch marines on a hijacked train held by South Moluccan terrorists. Forty nine of fifty one hostages survived as jets bombed nearby, while gunfire shattered the quiet.
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A. O. Sulzberger Jr
A.O. Sulzberger JR
Associated Press
Glimmen
The
Netherlands
State Approves City Sewer Grant for Study Extension
Missouri Clean Water Commission approved a grant application to fund Step I feasibility work on extending sewer services into eastern annexed areas of Mexico. The city seeks $30,000 state funds and $150,000 federal funds, with the city covering 10 percent of financing. City manager Gary Eide said the work will measure groundwater inflow into the sewer system, which during heavy rainfall can overwhelm treatment plants. If approved, the study could inform whether to enlarge the plant or curb groundwater at the source. Bide noted no EPA ruling date yet.
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Mexico
Missouri Clean Water Commission
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Gary Eide
Elde
Bide
Three More Measures Sent To Gov Teasdale
The Missouri House approved bills extending the 55 mph speed limit ranges taxpayer financing for transitions of incoming state officials and increased Public Service Commission authority. A public vote was set on a constitutional amendment to let counties and municipalities join with private utilities to issue revenue bonds for utility operations. The panel also backed income tax cuts and statewide property reassessment, sending measures back to the Senate for tweaks.
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Missouri
Public Service Commission
Joseph Teasdale
House
Congress
Senate
Teasdale
PSC
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