Bloodhound Duo Pinpoints Ray at Brushy Mountain Escape
Bloodhounds Sandy and Little Red tracked James Earl Ray for about three hours across a wooded valley and mountain slopes to a pile of leaves where the King assassination fugitive was found. Ray, muddy and exhausted, offered no resistance and was placed in administrative segregation as an escape hearing is conducted.
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Brushy Mountain
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Sandy
Little Red
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Sammy Joe Chapman
Chapman
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Lane
Mysteries Surround James Earl Ray Escape In Tennessee
Tennessee Governor Blanton cites a wall notch and a makeshift ladder as key clues to how seven convicts slipped past a live 2300 volt cable and evade guards. Investigators note winter erosion widened the gap near a rock cliff, while a brief power outage occurred after the breakout.
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Brushy Mountain
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Ray Blanton
Blanton
C. Murray Henderson
Henderson
Regretful Reminder on Tax Deadlines for County Residents
The county treasurer reminds residents the deadline to pay the second half of personal property and real estate taxes is June 20. The office is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. including noon. After June 20 taxes become delinquent and penalties accrue.
Girls Scouts Murdered at Camp Scott in Oklahoma
Three Girl Scouts aged 8, 9, and 10 were found beaten to death in their sleeping bags at Camp Scott near Locust Grove Oklahoma. State police said the deaths were from beating with no weapon details and the case was under investigation with OSBI assistance at the request of Mayes County officials.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Camp Scott
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Rob Pyron
David Boren
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Mayes County
Committee Rejects Four-Cent Private Plane Fuel Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 15 to 11 against President Carter’s proposal to raise the fuel tax on private planes from seven to eleven cents per gallon, saying the gain would barely affect energy conservation. The panel also extended the four-cent gasoline tax through 1985 and moved to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund with a higher boat fuel levy. Public works funding and a tax credit for energy-saving investments faced further action as the full House prepared votes on 12-month appropriations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Carter
Highway Trust Fund
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Andrew Jacobs
D-Ind
White House
Carter Energy
U.S
Dim News For Wheat Farmers Dim News For Wheat Farmers
Kansas wheat farmers borrowing on their 1977 crops faced a temporary setback as the ASCS instructed county offices to set loan rates at 10 cents below 1976, then Washington released a one cent drop. Farmers who borrowed at the lower rate or before the higher rate takes effect will receive an extra nine cents. Sumner County saw loans at $2.11 per bushel, down from $2.21, with county variations and a national rate of $2.25. Lower grades of wheat will be 3 to 4 cents under 1976 figures.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
State
ASCS
Gordon Barnes
Kansas Ascs
Manhattan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Sumner
Ottawa Leaders Meet HUD Over Amended Block Grant Plan
City commissioners and HUD officials will lunch to review Ottawa's amended Community Development Block Grant application seeking 300000 dollars. Tom Kilbride and Floyd Maulage will outline changes and proposed improvements, as city manager Robert Mills notes. The session also introduces new commissioners to HUD personnel.
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Ottawa
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Kilbride
Floyd Maulage
Robert Mills
HUD
Ottawa Receives 250000 EDA Grant for Water Mains
Ottawa confirmed a 250000 Economic Development Administration grant to extend water mains. City manager Robert Mills said the state received 40 million in EDA funds, with about 10 million in December and 30 million last week. Funds arrived slower in Kansas due to a relatively low unemployment rate.
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Ottawa
Economic Development Administration
Robert Mills
Kansas
States
Charlie Knight’s Sunday Tribute at First United Methodist Church
The Ottawa community celebrated Rev. Charles Knight’s 12 years as minister with a farewell service and a surprise dedication renaming the church dining hall Charles Knight Hall. Friends recalled his smile, baptisms, weddings, and parish events that touched about 400 in the service and 250 at luncheon.
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Diane Yeamans
Charlie Knight
First United Methodist Church
Charles Knight
Twila
Charlie
Charles Knight Hall
Ottawa
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Oak Ridge
Caylor
FBI
Joel Plummer
Douglas Shelton
Larry Hacker
Hamilton
Ohio
Earl Hill Jr
Erwin
David Lee Powell
Chicago
Plummer
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Dean Quinn
Wellsville
Ted Nelson
Centropolis
Jack’ Beauchamp
Eda Grant
Kipp Schuessler
Kansas City
al Polen
Schuessler
Harold Ensley
Florence Clark
Ann Landers
Fum Church
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