Bearded U S Navy vet surrenders after long hijack
A U S Navy veteran Robert Lee Jackson from Alcoa Tennessee surrendered with his Guatemalan friend after a 7500 mile two continent hijacking from Texas to Argentina. Police blocked Braniff 707 at Ezeiza airport while four stops included Monterrey Lima and Buenos Aires. Jackson left $100000 ransom for 100 passengers and warned he could turn the plane into a blazing inferno.
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Monterrey
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Peru
Rig
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Weather Summary Card for Fair Week
Fair weather continues through Tuesday with an incoming tide and temperature changes. High today 89 degrees, low 49, with westerly winds 12 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Sunday’s high 86, low 45.
Bloody Thursday memorial observed by longshoremen
Beneath ship shadows striking longshoremen mark a Bloody Thursday memorial today for the 1934 deaths during a hitter strike. The remark from novelist Jesse Hill Ford’s wife about his murder trial likens it to a book with no happy endings.
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Jesse Hill Ford
Jesse
Returnable bottle recall sparks nostalgia in town
MLA LRAYL recalls a bygone era when children scavenged neighborhood lots for discarded pop bottles. The writer notes lots emptied before Saturday matinees at the local theatre and hints at a possible move toward reviving the returnable bottle system in Ore.
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Traffic deaths surge during long Fourth of July weekend
National Safety Council reported the Fourth of July weekend saw traffic deaths rising above last year’s pace. By 10 p.m. EDT Sunday the toll neared the prior year’s final day, with 295 killed on the second day and experts warning that patterns worsen on such weekends. A Kentucky-Indiana crash on I-65 near Clarksville left two seriously hurt, while totals across states including California, Indiana, Texas, New York, Ohio, and Florida mounted into the hundreds.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
Kentucky
Shate
Interstate 65
Clarksville
Ind
Meridian
Greenfield
United Press Internatonal
Drewnk
Rota
California
Indiana
Texas
New
Ohio
Florida
Nationwide strikes flare as workers walk out in multiple sectors
Civil unrest spreads from Detroit to San Francisco as 39 000 copper workers strike nationwide and longshoremen in West Coast ports halt most shipments. In Detroit negotiators resume talks with city officials while 1400 garbage workers stay on strike amid unfilled demands. Lifeguards in New York Long Island allege pay disputes. airport bus drivers in San Francisco reject a tentative settlement over working conditions.
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Salt Lake City
Long Island
American Federation of State
At & Pm
Uge
San Francisco
Chautiers Union Local 265
Mortars Hit Da Nang Base as Helicopters Are Shot Down
U S forces report mortar fire on Da Nang air base just after midnight with light casualties and minor damage. Two OH6 Cayuse and Cobra helicopters were shot down near A Luoi while reconnaissance missions near the Laotian border. Bombers targeted infiltration routes south of the DMZ around Fire Base Fuller on Dong Ha Mountain as South Vietnamese troops rebuild the base after recent Communist attacks.
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Thuan Thien
Dong Ha
Fuller
Pole ring ceremony ties circus amid cross border concerns
Janusz Secomski of Warsaw married Vera Figureva of Fremont in a Fourth of July center ring ceremony at Ringling Bros. in Astrohall Houston. The event drew 100 guests as elephant Targa saluted the couple. Secomski plans to stay in the United States via a work permit after the tour ends in December.
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California
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Janusz Secomski
Warsaw
Poland
Vera Figureva
Fremont
Calif
Horst Oblocki
Donna Gautier
Harold Ronk
Hugo Schmidt
West Germany
Schmidt
John Herriott
Ringling
Herriott
Cheyemme Wells
Colo
Wil Rogers Coliseum
Fort Worth
Secomski
Iron Curtain
Mike Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Venus
Fla
United States
Fair schedule for San Lorenzo Day Livermore Day event
Readable entries outline a crowded itinerary with livestock judging markets, poultry and pigeon shows, craft demonstrations, and community hours across multiple buildings and lawn areas. Notable acts include 4H classes, Rudi Berg, Princess White Buffalo, Christy Hines, John Gary, Willie Tyler and Lester, and the Duane Dancers with a court of four seasons showing through the evening.
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Livermore
Rudi Berg
Christy Hines
Wester Trio
San Lorenzo Community Hour
John Gary
Willie Tyler
Lester
Duane Dancers
Jack Fisher
Court of Four Seasons
Chisty Hines
Princess White Buffalo
Livermore Community Hour
AllStar
Cristy Hines
Mexican Village
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