Convicts Battle Guards In Attempted Prison Escape
At Washington State Penitentiary a tunnel escape attempt ended in a brief underground clash as convicts emerged from a 60 foot shaft. Seven prisoners were later identified in Wing 7. guards recovered dirt under nails and hair to confirm involvement. Warden Bob Rhay did not name those connected.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Wing 7
Bob Rhay
Rhay
Three Cases Heard In Police Court
Three defendants appeared in Police Court after Christmas. Daniel Ames, 19, of 422 S Oak, fined $25 for speeding. Larry Brandenburg, 17, of Garnett, fined $25 for speeding. Allen Wodkins, 50, RFD 4, fined $200 and sentenced to 60 days in jail for drunken and reckless driving. Wodkins was arrested shortly before midnight on Christmas Eve.
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Daniel Raymond Ames
S. Oak
Larry Raymond Brandenburg
Garnett
Allen Sylvester Wodkins
Wodkins
Navy Ends Search For Flying Radar Station Crash Survivors
The Navy abandoned the hunt for more survivors of a four engine radar plane that crashed north of Oahu Island on Monday. After two nights and two days of search by Navy Air Force and Coast Guard crews only three officers and one enlisted man survived. Cmdr. Guy Howard of Oakland and Lt. John Thomas Kline of Honolulu described the sudden loss of power and flames as the craft dropped from 1500 feet.
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Navy
Pacific
Oahu Island
Air Force
Coast Guard
Cmdr
Guy Howard
Oakland
Calif
J.g
John Thomas Kline
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