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...year Ray's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea and gain a trial was rejected by both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Judicial Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. At the time of his escape, Ray had virtually no prospect at all of ever being freed from prison through the judicial system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE QUESTION OF CONSPIRACY | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...country. The children were forced to the windows to chant to the waiting troops and parents, "Van Agt, we want to live!" On several occasions hostages were displayed outside the train with ropes around their necks. But after an influenza-type epidemic broke out at the school, the terrorists freed all the children as well as one ailing teacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISTS: The Commandos Strike at Dawn | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...eventually allowed hot food, bedding, blankets and medicine by their captors. They played games, watched television, read and occasionally cried in fright. The Moluccans released the first pupils to fall sick and then, as the epidemic spread, telephoned Dutch authorities over a special line: "All the children will be freed. You may arrange the necessary transportation." After examining the released youngsters, Dutch doctors feared that some may have contracted meningitis. One ailing teacher was also released; the other four remained captive, though they were reportedly ill as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NETHERLANDS: Children in a School of Terror | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

Green said, "Washington freed the nation, Lincoln freed the slaves, and Collari freed the Indians...

Author: By Talli S. Nauman, | Title: Mashpee Indians Not Guilty, Claim Land Suit Caused Arrest | 6/1/1977 | See Source »

...these orphaned ink'guns, someone spotted an unusually fat student running towards the exit. An official shouted 'stop him!' the student was tackled, and the mystery was solved: as the corpulent criminal went flying, his coat flew open, and enough pens to staff the Pentagon came flying out, blissfully freed. Psychiatrists were summoned to the scene when it was proved that the fanatical pen-depositer was actually a crazed grad student, seeking revenge upon the institution on which he had fed in the only way he knew: sabotage...

Author: By John A. Spritz, | Title: Pranks and embarrassments | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

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