Pilot defuses prison break with hijacker killed by pilot
Allen Barklage, a former Vietnam fighter pilot, shot and killed Barbara Oswald during a hijacked helicopter escape from Marion federal penitentiary. He wrestled the weapon from her as inmates awaited entry to the yard and landed the chopper safely outside the prison fence. Oswald, 42, from Richmond Heights Missouri, chartered the flight and claimed expertise in flying while seeking to pick up accomplices near Cape Girardeau. The three inmates were identified and confined. Barklage and the aircraft were returned to St. Louis.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois
St. Louis
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Allen Barklage
Barbara Annette Oswald
Francis Place
Richmond Heights
Barklage
Oswald
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Women's Air Corps
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Bell
C.E. Jones
Jack Roach
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Wilson
Kan
Leavenworth
Fostaire
Pilot shoots hijacker over Marion prison in helicopter incident
Allen Barklage, a St. Louis charter pilot, says 42-year-old Barbara Oswald hijacked his helicopter midflight to Marion federal penitentiary. After she pulled a gun and directed the escape plan, Barklage shot her at 2000 feet when he wrestled for control. No charges were filed against inmates involved.
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Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Allen Barklage
St. Louis
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Barklage
Barbara Oswald
Mississippi River
Chester
Oswald
Marion Penitentiary
Alcatraz
Marion
Mrs. Oswald
Fostaire Helicopter
George Wilkinson
Ronald Beal
Weather Outlook and State Lab Changes Mentioned
The National Weather Service calls for fair and warm tonight with lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. Friday will be partly sunny hot and humid with highs in the low 90s. A Marion state lab closing could allow expansion of a state lab in Carbondale. Memorial Day observances are planned for Monday and Tuesday. Governor Thompson faces a budget setback as the Illinois Senate rejects a school aid cut and approves road repair funds. A Harris Survey notes a shift in public opinion against producing the neutron bomb since July 1977.
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National Weather Service
Editorial urges wary stance toward Saudi Arabia
Opinion piece calls America to a cautious respectful approach to Saudi Arabia citing oil interests and traditional customs. Highlights editorial stance from page 4.
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America
Saudi Arabia
Conferees Back Plan on Deregulating Natural Gas Prices
The 10 to 7 Senate vote and 13 to 12 House vote approved lifting federal gas price controls in 1985 amid Senate objections. Conferees face six to eight weeks before language is written, with further gas issues and possible filibusters likely. Senator Abourezk criticized the bill as a rape or ripoff of consumers.
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Senate
House
Carter
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Panel rejects Simon coal gas project design request
House Appropriations Committee rejects Rep Paul Simon’s push to endorse full design of a 334 million coal to gas plant in Perry County. The panel approves a 12.8 billion Interior Energy bill with 40 million for two coal gasification projects but limits funds to critical components and pilots, delaying full design for both sites.
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Michael Isikoff
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Perry County
Departments of Interior, Energy
Ohio
Department of Energy
Simon
Sidney Yates
Dchicago
Appropriations Interior Subcommittee
DOE
Terry Michael
Michael
House-Senate
Illinois
Illinois Coal Gasification Group
Conoco Development Corp
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Charles Bronson
Carbondale
Thompson
Illinois Senate
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Chicago Cubs
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New York Times
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