FBI expands manhunt for Ray and seven fugitives in Brushy Mountain area
FBI takes charge as the search widens to a 10 square mile, snake infested mountain zone near Brushy Mountain State Prison. Bloodhounds track three fugitives with a possible leader identified as Larry Hacker. Ray may be separated or still in loops. Helicopters sweep terrain. two groups believed. Authorities expect additional charges for the escapees.
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Petros
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray
Charles Bass
Larry Hacker
Bass
Ray
Maximu Brushy Mountain
Frozen Head
Brushy Mountain
Twin Forks
FBI
Tennessee
Name of peak lures team to make climb
Greg Sapp of Scottsdale Community College leads a seven man team aiming to be the first Americans to summit Annapurna III in the Himalayas. The expedition plans an August 1978 departure to spend two months scaling the 25 000 foot peak with a $30 000 fundraising goal.
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Cave
David Lucas
Gregory Sapp
Scottsdale Community College
Sapp
Arcadia High School
Dave Hansen
E. Glenrosa
Peter Herwick
Paradise Valley
California
New Mexico
Annapurna
American Alpine Club
Hansen
90Th St
New York
N.Y
Matterhorn
Switzerland
Mt. McKinley
Alaskan
Phoenix
Washington
Herwick
Huascaran Peak
Peru
Grand Tetons
Colorado Rockies
Sherpas
Israel warned of war over guerrilla activity in Lebanon
Beirut reports right wing leader Karim Pakradouni warns Israel would use renewed Palestinian guerrilla action in south Lebanon as a pretext for a fifth Middle East war. He notes a Syria brokered accord aims to move guerrillas from Beirut to the south and allow Palestinians to run refugee camps there within a moratorium on cross border raids.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Karim Pakradouni
Phalange Party
Lebanese Christian Alliance
Syria
Pakradouni
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Rejection Front
Sidon
Tyre
Shuttle flight tests begin with crew ride in craft
Edwards Air Force Base California reports the second phase of Space Shuttle flight testing will start Friday with a crew aboard the craft for the first time. The shuttle will continue to fly atop a jumbo jet carrier during these tests.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Earth
Dutch commandos free hostages in dawn rescue
Dutch commandos backed by jets and armored cars stormed a train and school in Assen freeing 53 hostages held for 20 days by South Moluccan gunmen. Two hostages and six gunmen were killed and 12 others wounded including one terrorist. Carter energy push faces Democratic doubts after clashes with Congress.
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Assen
Netherlands
Briton Faces Possible Execution for Spying in Uganda
Robert Scanlon, a former British businessman linked to Idi Amin, may be executed by firing squad if convicted of spying by Amin's Ugandan military court. Amin has vowed execution by the end of next week if the charges stand.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Robert Scanlon
Idi Amin
Amin
Scanlon
Rosalynn Carter Wows Venezuela Leader In Caracas
President Carlos Andres Perez says he was pleasantly surprised by his first meeting with First Lady Rosalynn Carter. He called her extraordinary and noted her seven nation goodwill tour of Latin America and the Caribbean. Perez praised her frank diplomacy and new style.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carlos Andres Perez
Rosalynn Carter
Perez
Reluctance grows to insure dams after Teton collapse
Salt River Project officials cite a dam safety consultant and industry concerns as insurance firms rethink dam coverage following the Teton Dam disaster. A panel in Anaheim heard that many water districts face financial strain without insurance though SRP expects to insure its dams for 1978.
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Salt River
Teton Dam
Idaho
William A. Wahler
Anaheim
Calif
Lon Miller
SRP
Verde River
Phoenix
Miller
Bureau of Reclamation
Horseshoe
Maricopa County
Donald
Teton
Wahler
Association of California Water Agencies
John Lauten
Metropolitan Water District
California
Lauten
Final Lincoln plans near ready for Paradise Valley widening
Paradise Valley council hears Dibble and Associates plan four lane Lincoln Drive with center left turn lane and landscaped median. City estimates 33 600 square feet in new right of way, appraiser approved at 5 000 dollars, some land may be donated or condemned, public hearing set for June 23.
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Paradise Valley
Lincoln Drive
Phoenix
Dibble and Associates
Jon Bonnell
Jeffrey Timbanard
Vernon Naylor
Mesa
Oscar Butt
Butt
Scottsdale Chamber Sets 1977 78 Economic Plan
The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce outlines a 1977-78 economic development plan with a $30,000 budget under city contract. It funds a direct mail campaign targeting specific industries and a $1,100 audio-visual presentation promoting Scottsdale. Advertising totals $10,000 and may include out-of-state trips to discuss relocation.
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Scottsdale
Scott
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