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A man who faces bank robbery charges in San
Francisco overpowered his federal guards at a restau" rant in Abilene this afternoon and fled with four hostages. However, 34-year-old Maurice Philion was recaptured without resistance a few hours later after some children spotted him hiding in brush near a school. The hostages were unharmed. Philion's escape with hand-guns taken from his two guards prompted an intensive manhunt. After overpowering them in a restroom of the restaurant, Philion forced a Los Angeles family to drive him away. The travelers let O out the fugitive 7ME $4b later an led lawmen to the spot.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Philion escaped and recaptured],
script,
October 30, 1969, 6:00 p.m.;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1220400/m1/1/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
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