06 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1977
Page
1
Six prisoners escaped from Jamestown jail with state police still at large. The fugitives include Rodney, identified as a son or brother from Maria, and life sentence recipients John Holland and William Marlin of Boone County. A manslaughter sentence is mentioned for another inmate.
A Lebanese hijacker in a wheelchair seized a Middle East Airlines jet from Beirut to Kuwait, demanding 1.3 million dollars for 110 hostages. Commandos subdued him at Kuwait airport. passengers unharmed. Negotiations involved status of safe passage. flight landed on humanitarian grounds.
An ad for Auto Fire Life Hospitalization Surely Bonds ERNEST B GRAVES JR and Jenkins Insurance Agency offers coverage options. The Cumberland Valley District Health Department invites bids for a mobile office facility with specs available in Manchester Kentucky. Bids close June 9 1977. The department reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Two pregnant hostages were freed from a hijacked commuter train as Moluccan gunmen in the Netherlands continued a weeks long crisis. The women Nelleke Ellentroek and Agatha Brouwer-Korf, both held since the weekend, were taken to a hospital in good condition. Officials said a mediation session failed to yield a breakthrough while about 32 other hostages remained aboard the train and four at Ravenstilde School.
Irene Collett aged 39 and Arjay along with Harvey Thompson of South 20th Street Middlesboro appear in court. The report notes they are not the two persons by that name recently appearing in court mows.
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