Ray Trapped in Circle by Searchers and Hounds
ERIC NEWHOUSE reports from Petros Tennessee that James Earl Ray and five other escapees fled Brushy Mountain Prison using a stolen ladder and are trapped in mountainous, snake-infested terrain within five miles. Bloodhounds track scent of several escapees as 150 officers, helicopters and roadblocks sweep the area. one escapee captured after a brief shootout. Ray’s fate remains uncertain while FBI leads the manhunt and charges for unlawful flight are filed.
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Eric Newhouse
Associated Press
Petros
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray
Ray
Brushy Mountain State Prison
FBI Today
Tennessee
Bureau
Tom Deakin
FBI
Clarence Kelley
State Corrections
C. Murray Henderson
Henderson
Big Brushy Mountain
Nashville
Jack Kershaw
Kershaw
Knoxville
Stoney Lane
Dutch Marines Overtake Terrorists in Dawn Raid
Dutch commandos backed by jets and armored cars stormed a train and a village school at dawn freeing 53 hostages held for 20 days by South Moluccan gunmen. Two hostages and six gunmen were killed. 12 others wounded including one terrorist and two commandos.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Bavensmilde
Bovensmilde
Amsterdam
Het Parool
Amin's British prisoner faces firing squad for spying
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's military court reportedly seeks execution for Robert Scanlon, a former British businessman who helped carry Amin in a sedan chair in Kampala. Radio Uganda warned Britons to stay cautious as tensions rise amid Britain cutting diplomatic ties and Amin's presence at the Commonwealth conference.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Robert Scanlon
Idi Amin
Amin
Scanlon
Radio
Uganda
Kampala
London
Tanzania
Zambia
Britain
Dutch Marines Attack Train Held By South Moluccan Terrorists
AP report from The Netherlands describes a dawn assault on a hijacked train where 51 hostages were held. Dutch marines, with air support from six F104 jets, mounted an operation that freed 49 hostages, but left two passengers and six terrorists dead amid the heavy gunfire and blasts.
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A.O. Sulzberger JR
Associated Press
Glimmen
the Netherlands
Gubernatorial race swirl shapes in Kansas Dems
Kansas Democrats weigh a Schneider bid for governor next year as others like Carlin Chaney Miller and Herd are eyed for possible runs. Docking allies back Schneider with fundraising and polling under way while Brock and Roy retreat from contention.
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Robert Docking
Schneider
Kansas Statehouse
Robert F. Bennett
House
John Carlin
Smolan
Bert Chaney
Hutchinson
Atty
Vern Miller
Wichita
Harold Herd
Coldwater
Carlin
Chaney
Brock
Sen
Jack
Herd
Carlin and
Norbert Dreiling
Hays
Docking
Patrick Burnau
Mary Hanfelt
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M. van Baarsel
Elst
Holland
Justice
Andreas van Agt
van Agt
Joop den Uyl
Indonesia
Pacific
Demos
Topeka
Kan
Curt Schneider
Robert L. Brock
Brack
U.S
Bill Roy
Roy
Bennett
Kansas
Steineger
Kansas City
Senate
Miller
Sedgwick County
George McGovern
Dreiling
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