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Regan's testimony helped convict three men for the robbery last fall...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: Coin Witness Alleges Beating, Sues Harvard | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...clear the air. The Ray case, like the Kennedy assassination case, stinks. Instead of having doubts about Ray's story, give him a trial. Ray can then call all the witnesses he likes. A jury will convict or free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 11, 1977 | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...seizure, can tell approximately how long ago some underbrush was shoved aside or crushed by men's feet, simply by the color of the brush-a fresh break has almost no discoloration, but an older break is brownish. Garrison can also determine if a convict has a partner traveling with him by noting that a twig has been bent back or broken shoulder-high. "There's almost an instinct for the first person to push the branch back, so it doesn't hit the second guy in the face." Another sure sign that his quarry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: How the Mountain Men Did It | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

Then, at 1:45 p.m., a helicopter spotted a man walking by himself eight miles northwest of Brushy Mountain. A police car swiftly picked up David Powell, 27, a convicted murderer and the only black in the group. He offered no resistance. It turned out that he was the only convict from another cell block?he came from B?and guards theorized that he had had nothing to do with planning the break, that he saw men going up a ladder and simply joined the crowd. After the break, the others told Powell to find his own way. Shortly after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: RAY'S BREAKOUT | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...tried to desegregate his Atlanta restaurant told a few corny jokes, played the harmonica and belted out Casey Jones and Dixie in a gravelly baritone. The crowd loved it. One reason, perhaps, was that Maddox's fellow songster and guitar accompanist was Bobby Lee Fears, a black ex-convict. Fears worked as a busboy and dishwasher for Maddox until his boss's restaurant went under. The duo's first big-time booking will be an appearance on NBC's series of Laugh-In specials, scheduled to begin late this year. Says Maddox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 13, 1977 | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

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