Hijack headlines spark film plans and policy push
Maria Grazia, a 22 year old Milanese model, loves Raffaele Minichiello and a Marine corporal plans to marry him. Carlo Ponti proposes a movie about Minichiello hijacking a Trans World Airlines jet to Italy. National Airlines pilot James G Brown urged Congress for swift hijack solutions after Havana flight. The U N urged prosecutions while 66 hijackings this year target Cuba. Eastern Air Lines added weapon detection devices, relying on behavioral profiles.
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Maria Grazie
Raffaele Minichiello
Miss Grazia
United States
Rome
Carlo Ponti
Minichiello
Trans World Airlines
California
Italy
National Airlines
James G. Brown
Congressional
Brown
Havana
Cuba
United Nations
Eastern Air Lines
Federal Aviation Administration
John I. Shaffer
Government Pay Tops Private Wages Growth 1950-68
Government wages rose faster than private sector totals as public employees grew about 2.5 times private hiring. By 1968 average annual earnings for public workers surpassed private workers by 9.5 percent, with public share of total wages climbing from 12 to 17 percent. Private employment grew from 42 to 56 million while government workers rose from six to 11 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lax Foundation, Inc
Foundation
House blocks Senate push to liberalize trade with communists
The House rejected a Senate plan to remove controls on strategic trade items to the USSR and Eastern Europe. Lawmakers warn expanded access would funnel advanced American machinery and manufacturing data to communist regimes, risking military, space, and security programs.
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U.S
House of Representatives
Senate
House
United States
Department of Defense
Passi
Ussr
Europe
Reds
Penn Central stock outlook under pressure and new moves
Penn Central has fallen from a $54 purchase price amid labor costs and merger inefficiencies. Yet potential upside exists with new Metroliner service boosting passenger traffic, real estate gains, and tax loss carryforwards under a holding company structure. Treasury bills offer yields near record highs via weekly auctions, purchasable through banks with a small fee.
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New York Central
New Haven
Unter
Paul 4. Gorman
At&t
Penn
Metroliner
Treasury
U.S. Treasury
Bureau of Public Debt
Dept
Washington
D.C
Roger Spear
Roger B. Spear
Ander+ aon Herald
Rand Central Mation
New York
N.Y
Our Man Hoppe Parody on Adultery Crusade in 1959
A satirical column mocks a San Francisco crusade by Adulterers Anonymous and a pro adultery program. Cecily Katz leads the group while a couple shares humorous domestic conflict over the idea. The piece ends noting aging Puritanism is easier to live with.
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San Francisco
Cecily Katz
Kissinger
Public Opinion Must Not Shield Misconduct In War
A 1969 McNaught Syndicate column urges skeptical public oversight of military conduct during Vietnam era. It criticizes leaders and media voices, naming Seymour Hersh and various institutions, arguing accountability across chains of command and press is essential to resist panic and bias.
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Lef Winal
Washington, D.C
Eviend
Poe
Democratic Republic
Congress
Alexandra
Medina
Calley
Pinkville
Green Berets
Nixon
Johnson
Army
Resor
Westmoreland
Joint
Steff Wheeler
Seymour Hersh
Nn Family Foundation
Dispatch News Service
Richard Barnet
The
Institute For Policy Studies
Marcus Fiegerald
David Dellinger
Benjamin Spock
McGovern
McCarthy
Proxmire
Goodell
Hanoi
Pham van Dong
Lyndon Johnson
Lieut. Calley
Army Department
Field Foundation
Rueg
Crow
Thouse
Senate
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Pentagon
Chicago 8
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
North Vietnamese defection and war dynamics weighed
The analysis notes low defection rates among North Vietnamese soldiers, high Viet Cong defections, and a shifting balance of power in the Vietnam War. It discusses enemy resilience, infiltration of Soviet supplies, and questions why Vietnamization hasn’t cut off supply routes through ports like Sihanoukville. It concludes with cautious optimism about progress and a controlled outlook.
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Hong Kong
Vietnam
Sahil
Tho
Wellington
Napoleon
Spain
London
Laos
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Canissa
Sowth Vietnam
North Vietam
Lang
Ho Chi ‘Kyinh
Sihanoukville
Camedella
Dels
Rive
Spiro
Tall tale of death and two travelers in Indiana
A southern Indiana tale unfolds of a dying wealthy man and a wife seeking bedside presence with the doctor warning the end is near. Another traveler recounts a street encounter with statuettes of Count Cavour and George Washington ending in a startling clash of cultures. An Indiana rider’s hot day mercy joke closes with a quip on reputation and character.
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Indiana
Famenie
Italy
Count Savon
Count Cavour
Cavour
George Washington
George
Count Avour
Hal
Georges
High Risk Students and the Limits of College
A 1969 column criticizes admitting “high risk” students to prestige colleges. It argues for improving elementary and secondary education first, warns that enrolling underprepared teens harms both students and institutions, and urges preserving standards while not patronizing based on race.
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C. B. Parker
Virginia Commonwealth University
Southam College Personnel Association
Charlotte
North Carolina
Parker Inesisted
Kenneth Clark
Council For Basic Education
University of Cornell
Geminus
Parker
Gen
Fea Carp
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Penn Central Q
Penn Central
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Talaphons
Jackson Street
Anderson
Heorge D. Chittenberges
Provident
Patriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
4Ane Tonen Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Dolly
Ab Anderton
Exviter
Yeales End
Herald
Associated Press
Our Man
Hoppe
Arthur
Gommets
Kisinger
Miss Katz
Chronicle Publishing Co
Holmes Alexander
Buckley
Folklore
Eir
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