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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

14 Mar 1979

Page 18

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Winchester Evening Star

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Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

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Mar 14, 1979

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18

Spokesman for Jim Jones Commits Suicide After Jonestown Defense

Modesto AP report: Mike Prokes, former Peoples Temple spokesman, shot himself moments after defending Jonestown at a news conference. He left a life note saying his death would spur another book on the end of Jonestown. Prokes, 31, died hours after a .32 caliber head wound.

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Modesto Calif Mike Prokes Jim Jones Peoples Temple Jonestown Prokes Guyana Jones FBI CIA U.S NBC News Rep Leo Ryan Stockton Modesto Bee J. Robert Bazemore Michael Prokes Bazemore
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Fatal 1961 INEL Accident Blamed on Murder by Own Action

A declassified 1961 report flagging murder by own action as the cause of the SL-1 reactor explosion at Idaho National Laboratory is discussed alongside later notes. The incident killed three Army and Navy technicians and drew speculation about sabotage and personal crisis.

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Idaho Falls Idaho Atomic Energy Commission Department of Energy Idaho National Engineering Laboratory United States John A. Byrnes Richard L. McKinley Richard C. Legg Navy Construction Post- Register Hanauer Post-Register C.D.W. ‘Thornton AEC Thornton Union of Concerned Scientists Dan Ford Eg&g INEL Dirkmaat Dirmant
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