Gunman Surrenders After Bank Standoff in Virginia
An armed man held 10 hostages at the Bank of Chesterfield in Richmond area seeking 500000 dollars. FBI identified the gunman as 22 year old Everette Warner Wallace Jr of Richmond.
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Richmond, VA
FBI
Bank of Chesterfield
Everette Warner Wallace Jr
Rich
Wallace
Donald Moore
Richmond
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
U. S
Wheeler
Chesterfield County
Norma Jean the 6500 pound circus elephant killed by lightning
Norma Jean, a 6500 pound elephant owned by the Clark and Alter circus, was struck by lightning and killed while tied to a tree in Oquawka Illinois. Circus manager Jim Silverlake said she was 27 years old and valued at about 10000 dollars. The show would go on as planned despite the loss.
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Oquawka, Ill
Norma Jean
Clark and Alters Circus
Jim Silverlake
Silverlake
Ligonier
Ind
Oquawka
Henderson County
Illinois
McGovern Returns Home For Rest In South Dakota
George McGovern arrived in Rapid City to a 1,000-person welcome crowd after winning the Democratic National Convention. He plans a two week rest at Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills and said the trip home rekindles his spirit as aides prepare for the campaign against Nixon. The senator drew parallels between flood recovery in Rapid City and rebuilding the nation, and urged avoiding further damage in Vietnam.
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South Dakota
Rapid City
Vietnam
McGovern
Sylvan Lake
Black Hills
Custer
S.D
Nixon
Missouri
Thomas Eagleton
U.S
North Vietnam
Sen
George McGovern
S.C
America
UPI
Alleged Hijackers Plead Innocent in St Louis Air Piracy Case
Two men, Martin J. McNally and Walter J. Petlikowsky, charged with air piracy for the June hijackings at St Louis airport, pleaded not guilty and await trial set for August 7. Both held on $100,000 bonds in Belleville jail. No injuries were reported.
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ST. Louis
American Airlines
Martin J. McNally
Wyandotte
Mich
James H. Meredith
U.S. District Court
Walter J. Petlikowsky
Ecorse
St. Clair County
Belleville
McNally
New York
Los Angeles
Two UMW Officers Charged In Slaying
Washington Pennsylvania reports two United Mine Workers officials facing murder and conspiracy charges in the 1969 slayings of Joseph A. Yablonski his wife and daughter. Albert Pass and William Jackson Prater indicted on three counts each after earlier federal conspiracy charges. other testimony ties them to payoff money and plot via Annette Gilly and Silous Huddleston.
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Washington, Pa
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Albert Pass
UMW International
William Jackson Prater
Washington County
Pittsburgh
Pass
Prater
LaFollette, Tenn
Middlesboro
Annette Gilly
Cleveland
UAW Research and Information Committee
Huddleston
Paul Gilly
Atom Smasher Hits Record Energy at Batavia
The Atomic Energy Commission reports its $250 million atom smasher at Batavia Illinois reached 300 BEV energy in trials. The 4 mile diameter accelerator, built five years ago, exceeded the previous 200 BEV record set March 1 1972 and is expected to surpass 400 BEV.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Batavia, Ill
AEC
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