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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1973
Page
9
Break at Kentucky prison endures 18 hours with hostages freed
Three young convicts held four hostages at the Kentucky State Penitentiary for nearly 18 hours in Eddyville before releasing them unharmed. The inmates demanded transfers to other prisons and claimed plans to kill guards if the canteen was entered. Hostages included guards Lowry and Gray. inmates Meyer and Stepp faced prior death row and robbery terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Kentucky
Jerry Tingle
Carrollton
Gerald Fair
Lexington
Danny Lee Dobson
Louisville
Corrections
Charles Holmes
LaGrange
Arizona
Missouri
Washington
Henry Cowan
Guy Lowry
Tolu
Cittenden
Paul Gray
Eddyville
August Meyer
Jefferson County
Supreme Court
Hardy Stepp
Tingle
Dobson
Fair
Mistaken Drug Raids Kill and Endanger Civilians Across Jurisdictions
An eight week NYT investigation shows mistaken violent narcotics raids by local state and federal agents across three years. At least four deaths occurred including a police officer and a man in California. The raids often lacked warrants or proper identification and were tied to expanding federal and local drug enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew H. Malcolm
New York Times
Washington
The
Collinsville
California
Nixon
Congress
Herbert Giglotto
Donald Askew
Giglotto
Office For Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Davidson
Whittier
Calif
B and D
South
Comstock
Florence Mehan
South Comstock
Frank Sweeney
Dyer
Sweeney
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
29 Die In New Orleans Lounge Fire Trapped by Burglar Bars
The Up Stairs Lounge in the French Quarter burned during a Sunday night beer bust. Fifty others were injured and authorities said many victims were trapped by burglar bars on three front windows. Investigators weigh arson and unclear reports of gasoline smell as the fire rages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fie
Dollar stabilizes in Europe after Frankfurt plunge
The dollar steadied in Europe, recouping losses from a record Frankfurt low as investors await developments. Gold fell to about 118 an ounce in London and Zurich, with bullion trading subdued. The dollar edged higher from a 2.5462 mark bottom in Frankfurt to 2.5525 marks, and gained to 4.22 francs in Paris and 3.0440 Swiss francs in Zurich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Frankfurt
America
U. S
Zurich
Paris
Skylab 1 Crew Reports No Medical Barriers for 4 Week Mission
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz reported no medical barriers to their eight week Skylab 2 flight after a swift readjustment to gravity. Kerwin suffered the most but all were recovering well after splashdown and Ticonderoga recovery. Brezhnev invited the crew to visit the Soviet Union while Nixon and Brezhnev praised the mission as a peaceful scientific achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Agency
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Ticonderoga
Nixon
Brezhnev
San Clemente
Russia
Soviet Union
Two Boys Admit Cause of Rolling Hills Fire
Two youths aged 12 and 13 admitted they started a brush fire in a vacant lot when they detonated flash powder. The blaze destroyed 11 homes, damaged 10 more, and charred 900 acres near Rolling Hills, Los Angeles, with damage pegged at about $2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
De Valera Steps Down as Ireland President in Dublin Farewell
Eamon de Valera retires from the presidency in a Dublin ceremony with Col. Sean Brennan at his side. Thousands gather for an emotional farewell as his successor Erskine Childers prepares for Monday inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eamon de Valera
Dublin
Ireland
Sean Brennan
Erskine Childers
Nixon public image steady in Gallup poll
Gallup finds President Nixon’s rating level with the last survey, as 45 percent disapprove and 44 percent approve of his presidency. A separate poll shows 58 percent favor federal funding for campaigns and bans on private contributions. The results cover June 1 to 4, with 11 percent having no opinion, continuing a drop since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Nixon
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Norfolk
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