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Army Over Football Was Choice of One Escapee
Oak Ridge Tennessee six hours after bloodhounds tracked James Earl Ray a patrolman spotted a disheveled man named Terry Bradshaw who claimed to head for Knoxville to join the Army. FBI and prison officials later identified him as Donald Ray Caylor and returned him to Brushy Mountain Penitentiary where the escapees from Friday’s breakout were recaptured. Gov. Blanton proposed sending Ray to federal custody, noting the escape costs and possible criminal action, while observers questioned conspirators and traced Ray’s complex escape route from Missouri to Mexico and beyond.
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Washington Star
Oak Ridge
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Here
S.R. Buxton
Ray
Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
Knoxville
Buxton
Brushy Mountain
Donald Ray Caylor
Terry Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Pittsburgh
Steelers
R.G. Smith
Smith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Caylor
Petros
Martin Luther King Jr
Douglas Shelton
White House
Blanton
U.S
House Assassinations Committee
Jack Kershaw
Nashville
Washington
Robert Lehner
Lehner