Four prisoners hijack plane flee across Arkansas floodwaters
Four minimum security inmates escaped Wednesday from a Dickson bowling alley by forcing their way onto a Cessna 182. Theyheld hostages, released one employee at the airport, and fled west with police searching rural roads and creeks as two captives were freed and two others pursued. Two prisoners were recaptured near Hoxie, Arkansas, while others remained at large with two hostages.
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Marianna
Ark
Tennessee
Arkansas
Lawrence County
Hoxie
George Bonds
Granite City
Ill
Floyd Ray Brewer
Rutherford County
Tenn
Larry Chisem
Forrest City
Richard Lyons
Ohio
John B. King
Woodlawn
Richard Rutledge
FBI
Rutledge
Kings
Dickson
Edward Atchison
Howard Talley
Centerville
Bowling Alley
Carolyn Barnett
Dickson Municipal
Mel Romine
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Area police monitor 3 Southern Illinois airports for hijacked plane
Police from area agencies waited at Harrisburg Williamson County and Southern Illinois airports Wednesday after a Tennessee hijack report of four prison escapees. The plane, seen near Lake Barkley above Paducah, fled Dickson Tennessee with about two and a half hours of fuel and was believed headed north. Officers cleared the airports by 8:30 p.m. as Tennessee authorities widened the search into Arkansas and Southern Missouri.
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O. R. Walley
Tennessee
Harrisburg
Williamson County
Illinois
Lake Barkley
Paducah
Carter advances toward Middle East framework at Camp David
President Carter moves toward a broad framework to extend Israel Egypt talks as Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat push for a final summit ending document. White House aides flag cautious optimism while drafting a consensus that could include Jordan and future Palestinian Arabs issues.
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Camp David
Carter
Middle East
Jody Powell
Israel
Menachem Begin
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Begin
Begin’s
Jordan
Powell
White House
School cuts loom as enrollments fall
Good Evening reports that Carbondale grade schools may face further cutbacks due to declining enrollments while SIU Board approves about $12 million in capital improvements including a new law school building. Carter Civil Service reform passes House approval. Zoning drawn attention in Franklin and Randolph counties.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Law School
Spinks Camp Sees Outboxing Ali as Key Edge
Leon Spinks camp believes his fighter must outbox Muhammad Ali convincingly to overcome the Ali mystique. The note signals strategic emphasis on technique and psychological pressure in the looming matchup.
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Leon Spinks
Muhamad Ali
Allergies blamed on male parts of flowers and pollen
A plant physiologist at Southern Illinois University notes pollen from the male reproductive cells in flowers like goldenrod and ragweed triggers allergy symptoms. The forecast by a Southern Illinois Airport weather observer calls for mild falllike weather with cool highs around 80 and partly cloudy to showers ending tonight.
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John Yopp
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Yopp
Neil Kunycky
Illinoi
Kunycky
Nine Die As Floods Continue In Little Rock Area
Heavy rain resumed flooding in Little Rock with at least nine dead and up to 500 homes damaged in Benton and southwest Little Rock. National Guard patrolled for looting while crews searched flooded areas. A school bus carrying 21 children was rescued after being swept 300 feet. two young boys aged 7 and 4 died in Benton.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jackie McRoberts
Arkansas National Guard
National Guard
Wayne Jeffries
State Office of Emergency Services
Jeffries
Benton
Rock Creek
Garland
Pulaski
Saline
Saline County
Joe Richards
Linda Millicons
Ronnie Cole
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Murorsboro
Bobby
Jer
Ry Ellis
Bob
Bonnie Win
Murphysboro
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West Bank
House
Franklin
Randolph County
Ann Landers
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