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Jul 3, 2022
Alcatraz To Close Next Year
July 3, 1962 - Alcatraz, the Federal prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, will begin closing next year. James V. Bennett (pictured),...
Jul 2, 2022
Attorney General Kennedy Leans Toward Closing Alcatraz
July 2, 1962 - Time seems to be running out for Alcatraz Prison, the place where time stands still. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy...
Jun 17, 2022
Officials Believe Escaped Alcatraz Convicts Drowned
June 17, 1962 - The finding of a plastic bag containing personal effects has strengthened the belief that three convicts who fled...
Jun 13, 2022
Alcatraz is Falling Apart
June 13, 1962 - Three convicts who dug escape hatches with spoons through cell walls on Alcatraz Island were aided by the erosion and...
Jun 12, 2022
Massive Search Underway for Escaped Alcatraz Convicts
June 12, 1962 - The search for three escaped Alcatraz convicts — Frank L. Morris (left) and brothers John (right) and Clarence Anglin...
Jun 12, 2022
Three Convicts Escape Alcatraz
🚨June 12, 1962 - Three Alcatraz convicts used spoons to dig and cut their way out of the island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay early...
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