Four federal escapees flee after car crash near Salem Ill
Four federal prison escapees who seized a 73-year-old couple and held them five hours fled in a high speed chase ending with a crash near Salem Illinois. Police and tracking dogs searched a one mile area as the FBI led a large manhunt with officers from multiple agencies.
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Philadelphia
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Salem
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Victor Schaefer
Schaefer
Escapees' bid for freedom puts couple in Buncombe home
Five Marion federal prison escapees held Hubert and Mary Dotson captive for about five hours in their Buncombe farm home. The couple described a nonabusive ordeal as the men ate, slept, and plotted further escape plans. One attacker, Arthur Mankins, 37, was injured in a crash and returned to Marion.
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Hubert Dotson
Marion
Dotson
Mary
Church of Christ
St. Louis
Arthur T. Mankins
Germanton
N.C
Mankins
Philadelphia mayor injured at ARCO refinery fire
Mayor Frank L. Rizzo was hospitalized with a broken right thigh after colliding with a fireman while evacuating from explosions at the Atlantic Refinery Co. fire on the Schuylkill River. The eight foot trench blaze, under control but not contained, involved 350 firemen and ARCO workers amid gusty winds.
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Schuylkill River
Frank L. Rizzo
Atlantic Richfield Co
ARCO
Atlantic Refinery Co
Gulf Oil Co
Rizzo
Joseph Rizzo
Salvationists trail in Turkish Senate elections over Cyprus stance
With half counted, Turkey's conservative Justice party and the leftist Republican People's party lead the vote share. The National Salvation party, staunchly opposed to ceding Cyprus territory, trails by about a third from 1973. Projections show both majors winning roughly 25 Senate seats each.
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Ankara
Turkey
Cyprus
Suleyman Demirel
Justice Party
Bulent Ecevit
Republican People's Party
Republican People’s Party
National
Salvationists
Senate
National Salvationists
Three Die in Gas Blast at West Texas Plant
A gas processing plant explosion at the El Paso Natural Gas Co. facility in Goldsmith left three men dead and two injured. Varying burn and smoke inhalation injuries were reported for workers, with one witness noting a giant flash and significant structural damage. The blast occurred around 1 a.m. during efforts to contain a smaller fire. cause remains undetermined.
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Goldsmith, Tex
West
Texas
el Paso
Virgil Falkner
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Mike Author
Goldsmith
Gary Rowe
Easterling Funeral Home
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Tonight And Tuesday
Clear skies and overnight lows in the 50s are forecast for the Middletown area tonight. Sunny skies and highs in the low 80s are expected Tuesday.
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Middletown
Middletown School Board Candidate Thomas Jefferson Profile
The Journal continues its election series with a biographical sketch and campaign platform of Middletown school board hopeful Thomas Jefferson. Readers are urged to clip for decision making before the polls.
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Middletown School Board
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