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SAN QUENTIN
DUNCAN LIVE:
An escape attempt at San : :uentin prison in
Calffornia tonight left three prison guards and
four convicts dead.
A gunbattle between the convicts and guards broke
out during the unsuccessful try to break out.
At least three other guards were wounded.(6
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: San Quentin], script, August 21, 1971, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1438853/m1/1/?q=%221971-08-21%22: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.