Jet Hijacker Captured After Parachute Jump
A young hijacker who seized a Las Vegas to Reno DC9 demanded 50 000 dollars and three parachutes before leaping from the craft near Sterling Colorado. FBI and Colorado officers captured him at a farm after a helicopter chase and tracked his parachute and helmet through mud and snow.
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Denver
Nevada
Colorado Plains
U.S
Logan County
Sterling
FBI
Hughes Air
Las Vegas
McCarran International Airport
Reno
Don Burkhard
Seattle
Air Force
Satterfield
Colorado State Patrol
1804 Debate Tournament Draws 280 Debaters From 47 Universities
The fifth annual 1804 Debate Tournament hosted by OU's forensics program will bring 280 debaters from 47 universities in 16 states to Athens this weekend. Teams from Auburn Wake Forest Michigan Purdue Fordham Kentucky Wayne State Ball State West Virginia Ohio State Northern Illinois and others will contest four rounds Friday and two Saturday with top eight teams in each division advancing to three elimination rounds. The event centers on the 1971 72 topic: greater controls on government collection of citizen information. Contact Dr. Beaty at 594 8601 for details.
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Athens
Raymond Beaty
New York
Alabama
North Carolina
United States
Auburn University
Wake Forest
University of Michigan
Purdue
Fordham
Kentucky
Wayne State
Ball State
West Virginia
Ohio State
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Dr. Beaty
Clifford Wolf Given Six Months Jail for Marijuana Possession
Clifford Wolf of Bromley Hall was sentenced to six months and a $500 fine after a city police raid on Bromley Hall Sept 28. He plans to appeal his Athens County Municipal Court conviction within 30 days, arguing his Bromley room was searched illegally. He will not serve jail time or pay the fine until the appeal is heard.
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Clifford Wolf
Bromley Hall
Athens County
Wolf
Bromley
Security Officers Ousted at Ohio University
Four Ohio University security policemen have been discharged, per University Personnel Director Ward Wilson who did not release names or reasons. The officers, members of the local non academic employee union, may appeal within 10 days to the State Personnel Board of Review.
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Ohio University
University
Ward Wilson
Wilson
State Personnel Board
Robert Guinn
State Personnel Board of Review
Charles Culp
Culp
Oscar McGee
Arrest Follows Scuffle in Bethel Park Drug Case Denied
Ira Ritchey of Bethel Park Pennsylvania pleaded innocent in Athens County Municipal Court to drug influence and marijuana possession charges. Ritchey, arrested on W Union Street after a scuffle with Officer Frey, had bond set at 500 for possession and 33 for influence. He remained jailed pending bonds. Other court actions included Susan Miller fined for disorderly conduct and several defendants with guilty pleas or dismissals for traffic and miscellaneous offenses.
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Ira Ritchey
Bethel Park
Athens County
Ritchey
W. Union Street
Ptl
Mike Frey
Athens Police
Franklin Sheeter
Gary Jacobs
Centerville
Athens
Idrus Lowery
Carbondale
Richard Griffin
Bobby Rhodes
Marietta
Athens Police Graduates Complete 262 Hour Course
Four Athens patrolmen finished Tri-County Vocational School basic police training in 13 weeks totaling 262 hours. John Rutter Joseph Krolow Boyd Sinclair and Leslie Ohlandt earned the certificates. The department will send spokesmen to area groups and schools to discuss city problems and enforcement collaboration. Contact Chief Fred James or Captain Charles Cochran at City Hall for discussions.
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Athens
Tri-County Vocational School
Nelsonville
John Rutter
Joseph Krolow
Boyd Sinclair
Leslie Ohlandt
Police Department
Athens City
Fred James
Charles Cochran
City Hall
Sinnot Heads CAP Board At Bristol Organizational Meeting
Gerald Sinnot of the Logan Senior Citizens Club was elected president of the Tri-County Community Action Agency Board of Trustees with 21 votes to 6 for Phil Smith and 5 for Jean Charle. A. K. Wilson became vice president and Harold Braley was re elected treasurer. Stimson received a 20 percent raise to 7920 dollars and became housing employment and transportation coordinator as bus system issues and funding talks continued.
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Bristol
Gerald Sinnot
Logan Senior Citizens Club
Tri-County Community Action Agency Board of Trustees
Bristol Community Center
Sinnot
Phil Smith
Jean Charle
Smith
Charle
Athens League of Women Voters
Perry County
A. K. Wilson
Harold Braley
Athens
Central Avenue United Methodist Church
David Stimson
Agency
Stivison
Hocking County
Ohio proposes statewide transportation plan for mass transit
Gov. Gilligan's Transportation Advisory Committee urged a statewide plan to tailor transit to each community. The 61 member panel urged creating an Ohio Department of Transportation to build and operate inner city mass transit facilities and unify highway and transit matters. The 345 page report was delivered by Thomas L. Conlan as Gilligan said a future cabinet secretary could lead the new department.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gilligan
Transportation Advisory Committee
Ohio Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Langdon Bell
Robert Tenenbaum
Bell
Say
Thomas L. Conlan
Cincinnati
J. Phillip Richey
Conlan
Richey
Swiss Sky Ride Sale Linked to Texas State Fair Buy
Dallas Texas AP reports the Texas State Fair directors agreed to buy Fair Park's Swiss Sky Ride for 300000. The ride opened in 1964, was installed by Paul Rogers, who paid 220000 for the factory unit plus 230000 for transport, duty and installation.
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Texas Fair Dallas
Fair Park
Paul Rogers
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Peter Blackburn
Blackburn
David E. Young
Donald E. Young
Albany
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Tex
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Young
Alexander High School
Earl A. Hooper
Earl F. Mathews Inc
Athens, Ohio
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Carriage Hill
William Metcalfe
James McDaniel
Beatrice Martin Johnson
Millfield
Richard Reid
Dayton
Ben Friedlander
State Patrol
Michael Gladke
Yonkers
N. Y
Timothy Estep
N. Congress
Hocking
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Ing
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