Mexican hijacker surrenders after Frontier jet scene
Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz a 37 year old Mexican national held Frontier Airlines Flight 737 at gunpoint from New Mexico to Los Angeles before surrendering to pilots. He gave interviews to newsmen aboard and warned of his life’s worth. Authorities said no bullets were fired and 27 passengers were released after negotiators secured the end of the incident at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Los Angeles
Frontier Airlines
New Mexico
FBI
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz
Los Angeles International Airport
An Loc Held Amid Heavy U S Air Strikes
U S B52 bombers pounded the An Loc area north of Saigon to prevent the fall of the provincial capital as North Vietnamese forces pressed their assault. Government troops were surrounded with heavy fighting, and a key airfield near the town was reportedly captured by the enemy.
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Saigon
An Loc
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
James F. Hollingsworth
3Rd
Loc
Cambodia
Plane Crash Kills Three Near Seminole Texas
Seminole Texas AP reports three men died when a single engine plane crashed off U.S. 180 ten miles west of Seminole. Investigators found wallets with licenses for Billy Junior Arnold 40 of El Paso and Lyman Elison of Farmington New Mexico. bodies badly burned, hindering positive ID.
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Seminole, Tex
U.S. 180
Here
Billy Junior Arnold
el Paso
United Housing of New
Wheat Farmers Eye Skies As Area of Big Dry Grows
Oklahoma farmers face heavy losses from drouth with estimates of up to 3 million dollars daily. Oklahoma officials warn the drought could surpass 1971 severity as Texas Panhandle areas also suffer. Governor Hall seeks federal disaster designations for 11 southwestern counties.
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Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Board of Agriculture
Edwin Osmus
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Gowdy
Reeves
Texas
Charles D. Rhoades
The
Wheat Commission
David Hall
Rhoades
Drouth
Inmate Rights Claim Bias At New Mexico Prison
Santa Fe witnesses climate of inmate interviews reveal claims of gender discrimination and limited programs for women. Diane Smith, 27, life sentence for murder, urges equal access to rehabilitation and vocational training. Other inmates discuss sexuality and prison life amid post riot investigations.
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Santa FE
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Diane Smith
Clovis
IRS to Reinstate Short Tax Form for 1972 Returns
The IRS will resume using a short form income tax return next year for 1972 filings. The new form will be about half the size of the standard 1040 and omit many items, with the standard deduction raised to 2000 dollars or 13 percent. The move follows prior abandonment in 1968 due to underuse of itemized deductions.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Johnnie M. Walter
Weather outlook with scattered storms and cooling trend
Considerable cloudiness and windy through tonight. Chance of thunderstorms today and tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday. Turning colder today and tonight. High today near 70. Low tonight upper 30s. High Saturday near 60. Winds southerly 15 to 30 MPH. Probability of rain 30 percent today and tonight.
Justice Department to sue major TV networks over antitrust
The Department announced it intends to sue ABC CBS NBC and Viacom over alleged antitrust violations. CBS said the suit aims to strip networks of control of programming and shift scheduling to independent producers and ad agencies. NBC did not respond while ABC called the suit meritless and prepared to defend it.
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Justice Department
Washington
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
National Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
Viacom International, Inc
Viacom
Sion Systems
Robert D. Wood
CBS Television Network
ABC
NBC
Navajos plan medical college with medicine men
Navajo leaders in Window Rock Arizona announce plans to build a tribal medical college on the reservation. They intend to include medicine men and herbalists on staff and to train doctors in Navajo health practices, with federal funding hoped for and sites considered in Chinle Shiprock and nearby areas.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Arizona
U.S. Public Health Service
Peter Macdonald
MacDonald
Public
Chinle
Tuba City
Reservation
Ship Rock
N.M
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Fred Wortham JR
Osmus
Don Reeves
Collingsworth County
Alvin C. Valencia
Ernest Griffin
Valencia
Tising
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Elliott
Richardson
Baylor University
Michigan
Tennessee
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