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...religious upbringing by his Jewish mother, ran a Texas Bible camp until he felt God tell him that a great revival was coming in the New York City area. Despite his Jewish emphasis, he gets backing from such Gentile Pentecostal stalwarts as Christian Broadcaster Pat Robertson and Evangelist David Wilkerson...
...that Knight played on as a sophomore (he was the sixth man) with Teammates Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. Indiana Forward Scott May (6 ft. 7 in.) and Center Kent Benson (6 ft. 11 in.) are both All-America; Forward Tom Abernethy (6 ft. 7 in.) and Guard Bobby Wilkerson (6 ft. 7 in.) are both outstanding on defense; and when powerful Guard Quinn Buckner (6 ft. 3 in.) runs onto the home court the Indiana band strikes up The Mighty Quinn...
...Patricia Swinton, indicted with Alpert, is still a fugitive, as are Weatherpeople Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Bernardine Dohrn and Kathy Boudin...
Compared to the confused negotiations that have taken place in other prisoner-hostage situations, the discussions between Gorham and Wilkerson and federal authorities were surprisingly calm and cool. It helped matters considerably that the cell block telephone was in good working order. As the ordeal continued, both captors and hostages talked freely to newsmen, relatives and negotiators. The hostages' fears were eased somewhat by this link with the outside world. At one point Gorham's mother Velma and sister Ena showed up outside the courthouse, and while there they talked to Gorham by telephone...
...carefully devised scheme that had been prearranged by telephone with authorities outside, the lone woman hostage, Debra Collins, told the two men that she needed a sanitary napkin. Officials sent it in to her with a key to the cell block elevator wrapped inside. While Gorham slept and Wilkerson talked on the telephone, the seven captives opened the elevator with the smuggled key, quickly got inside, and escaped on the building's second floor. Their game up, the two men surrendered hours later, and made a deal to be transferred to the federal prison of their choice...