Ray Captured After Escape From Brushy Mountain Prison
James Earl Ray was tracked by two Bloodhounds Sandy and Little Red in a 3 hour, 3 mile chase through woods and mountains near Brushy Mountain State Prison. He yielded without resistance after being found in a pile of leaves. Police arrested another escapee, leaving one fugitive at large. Ray, mud covered, said I feel good.
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Brushy Mountain
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Sandy
Little Red
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Public hearing set on sulfur dioxide rules in Farmington
Santa Fe AP reports a Farmington hearing on Aug 17 to amend New Mexico air pollution rules for coal plants in the San Juan Basin. Three proposals address sulfur dioxide and particulates from the Four Corners plant and possible Navajo Nation involvement with new reservation permitting and penalties.
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Santa FE
Farmington
San Juan Basin
Environmental Improvements Agency
Arizona Public Service Co
Four Corners
New Mexico
PNM seeks time extension for San Juan plant pollution controls
Public Service Co of New Mexico requests more time to install $110 million in pollution control equipment at the San Juan generating station. Delays in the complex system push back completion beyond the July 31 deadline, as officials present an updated schedule to the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board.
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Santa FE
The
Public Service Co
New Mexico
San Juan Generating Station
PNM
New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board
EIB
Farmington
San Juan
Manhunt yields capture as Tennessee fugitive returned
The sixth fugitive, Donald Ray Caylor, was spotted by a patrolman in Oak Ridge and brought to police headquarters. FBI agents identified him and he was returned to the prison, leaving only Douglas Shelton at large. The manhunt was praised by officials as one of Tennessee’s largest.
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Donald Ray Caylor
Oak Ridge
Caylor
FBI
Joel Plummer
Douglas Shelton
Former Navajo investigator sues for 12.2 million in tribal court
Bill Battles, an ex investigator for the Navajo Tribes prosecutor office, files a 12.2 million suit in tribal court against Acting Prosecutor Raymonnd Tso and officials Pelee Maconald and the Navajo Tribe. He alleges termination during a 90 day probation violated the Indian Civil Rights Act and seeks substantial damages.
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Bill Donovan
Window Rock
Ariz
Cine Bureau
Friday
Raymonnd Tso
Pelee Maconald
Judicial Branch
Tso
MacDonald
Bill Battles
Tribe
Battles
Karia Lee Basta
Moses Eriacho and MacDonald Termination Details
Fragmentary note mentions Moses Eriacho and MacDonald with a probationary termination issue. The text references rights during probation but lacks full context or outcomes. Further readable details are unavailable on this page segment.
Trial tensions loom in Bolles case linked bomb plot
On trial are Don Bell and two others for alleged roles in a bombing tied to the Bolles murder. James Robison, 54, and Max Dunlap, 47, have been jailed since January 15 awaiting first degree murder and conspiracy charges, with connections claimed by John Harvey and Adamson, 33, who admits placing dynamite near Bolles’s fence.
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Don Bell
James Robison
Chandler
Max Dunlap
Phoenix
Bolles
John Harvey
Adamson
Ler
Navajo Court Appeal Over MacDonald Defense Funds
The Navajo Nation Legal Department will appeal a Shiprock court ruling that barred tribal funds from paying Peter MacDonald's defense. Judge Charley John found the appropriation violated Navajo Code procedures and that funds were used for private ends. The appeal argues the court did not follow rules and that emergency funding can override prior approvals.
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Laurie Burnett
Window Rock
Ariz
Dine Bloreau
Navajo Tribe
Legal Department
Shiprock Tribal Court
Peter macDonald
Michael Stuliff
Ribe’s Court of Appeals
Shiprock District Court
Charley John
MacDonald
Phoenix
Arizona
John
F. Lee Bailey
Stulff
Stuhtf
Soh
Budget and Finance Committee
Stuhrt
Debate over natural gas price controls edges to proposal
Washington AP reports a narrow vote by the commerce subcommittee on deregulatory plans for natural gas prices. The plan would lift federal controls with prices possibly rising to 1.42 dollars if enacted before 1975, while administration proposals cited 1.75 dollars as a ceiling to maintain industry profits. Energy adviser James Schlesinger suggested industry privately questions the impact of deregulation.
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Washington
Commerce
Carter
Tio
Hils
Allie
Pri
James Schlesinger
Improper Signal Light Cited in Underground Railroad Death
An AP report notes Kerr-McGee worker Longacre and miner Castillo involved in a fatal railway incident. Improper placement of a signal light on an underground section reportedly caused the death, with investigation ongoing and potential safety violations under review.
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Kerr-McGee
Uurani
Longacre
Castillo
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Brushy Mountain State Prison
Nancy
Aspin Youngblood
Santa Clara
Tafoya
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Environmental Improvement Board
Larry Hacker
Hamilton
Ohio
David Lee
Powell
Chicago
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Ray Blanton
Blanton
U. S
Griffin
Bell
Tennessee
Stoney Lane
Lane
Nathan Youngblood
Nathan
Battle
Shiprock
Hfe
Moses Eriacho
Mac
Tribal Council
Navajo Nation
Oiil
Panticiper
Federal
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