Hijacker Seized After Flight From Chicago to New York
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 727 hijacked in Chicago bound for New York was seized by FBI agents after landing at Kennedy Airport. One passenger was killed in the hijacking as Deputy U.S. Marshal Joseph Zito, crawling through a cockpit window, fired on the suspect during the flight, wounding and capturing him.
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New York
North Vietnam
Chicago
U.S
FBI
Trans World Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
Gregory White
O'Hare Internationl
Albuquerque
N.M
Catherine Culver
Fond du Lac
Wis
Robert E. Elder
Stamford
O'Hare
Joseph
Zito
Cary
Ill
TWA
Miss Culver
Elder
Ken
Mitchell argues wiretaps without prior approval for national security
Attorney General John N. Mitchell says domestic subversion threatens national security enough to warrant electronic surveillance without prior judicial warrants. He cites a rise in bombings, including the Wisconsin campus blast and the U.S. Capitol bombing, totaling 1,378 incidents with 14 deaths. He warns the threat is as serious as foreign ones and invokes the president’s representational authority.
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Roanoke
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Virginia State Bar Association
Supreme Court
University of Wisconsin
U.S
Capitol
Nixon to Wed Edward Cox in White House Ceremony Today
Washington reports three months of planning culminate in a White House wedding for Patricia Nixon and Edward Cox. The ceremony at 4 p.m. EDT may move from the Rose Garden to the East Room due to rain concerns.
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Washington
Tricia Nixon
Edward Find Cox
White House
Executive Mansion
Hughes cites delay in Indochina withdrawal
Senator Harold E. Hughes warns that postponing U.S. withdrawal from Indochina will give American soldiers more time to father illegitimate children or become narcotics addicts. He argues the issue is timing of U.S. exit and urges McGovern Hatfield amendment to cut funding.
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Washington
Harold E. Hughes
U.S
Indochina
Hughes
Tragic Chester Car Crash Kills Seven Children
A station wagon carrying nine children and a woman driver plunged 25 feet into the Mississippi River near Chester. Seven children drowned, two were rescued, and the driver Mrs. Charles Clark and two others survived. Names include Donna Phillips Tammy Canady Norma Phillips Becky Canady Cindy Canady Becky Roberts Robin Phillips Debbie Canady. Divers recovered two bodies at the scene.
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Chester, Ill
Mississippi River
South Chester
Cahokie
St. Louis
Charles Clark
Chester
Donna Phillips
Tammy
Chester Fire Department
Ring found in field after 50 years near Waseca
On a farm east of Waseca Minnesota Paul Brase 61 spotted a glint in a harrowed field and recovered a gold wedding ring undamaged and polished with initials A R and W B. The ring belonged to his father William Brase who married Anna Rieck on May 2 1902 and had long believed the ring lost in the barn. Paul suggests the ring was hauled into the field with manure.
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Waseca, Minn
William Brase
Brase
Paul
Waseca
Anna Rieck
Minnesota State College Board OKs Tuition and Policy Shifts
The Minnesota State College Board approved a 50 cent per credit hour across the board tuition rise and new regulations. undergraduate resident tuition will move from 6.75 to 7.25 per quarter hour, totaling 108.75 for 15 credits, with graduate and nonresident rates also increasing. The action comes after guidelines from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and with a July 1 recommendation for a president to head a new metropolitan state college center.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota State College Board
G. Theodore Mitau
New Metropolitan State College Center
Lindstrom and Moe push tax plans in Austin talks
House Majority Leader Ern est Lindstrom and Democratic State Chairman Richard Moe toured Austin to sell opposing tax proposals. Lindstrom attacked the Anderson administration plan for 752 million in non-property taxes and urged spending cuts, while Moe criticized the GOP plan as lighter on property tax relief.
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Ernest Lindstrom
Richard Moe
Austin
Lindstrom
Anderson
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Senate
Strom
Moe
U of M tuition hike heads to Regents approval
Minnesota students face quarter increases from 25 to 77 dollars for most undergraduates and from 17 to 34 dollars for nonresidents as the University of Minnesota Board of Regents considers the plan. Graduate and professional programs would rise from 150 to 184 dollars per quarter and 380 to 457 dollars for nonresidents. Current activity fee remains 41 dollars. Regents may also vote on raising the activity fee to support Minnesota Student Association operations and a potential one dollar quarterly boost to fund the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group.
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Minneapolis, Minn
University of Minnesota
Board of Regents
Students For Minnesota Student Association
MSA
Minnesota Public Interest Research Group
Regents
North Vietnamese attack Saigon troops cross border in Cambodia
North Vietnamese troops opened their first assaults in two weeks against Saigon forces operating across the border in Eastern Cambodia. Cambodian troops on the outskirts of Phnom Penh repelled attackers for the 16th straight day as a debate over housing policy and Vietnam troop withdrawal opens among national mayors in Philadelphia.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Philadelphia
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Brandt Heads to United States for Talks with Nixon
Chancellor Willy Brandt departed Bonn for a week long trip to the United States to meet President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State William P. Rogers along with other American leaders for political discussions.
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Bonn
Germany
Willy Brandt
United States
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Brockton man arrested in St Anthony Bank holdup
FBI arrests William T. Stewart, 23, of Brockton, at work for allegedly taking part in the May 3 armed robbery of the St. Anthony State Bank in St. Paul. Senate chair Sparkman calls Lockheed loan guarantee plan strange business.
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Minneapolis, Minn
FBI
Brockton
Mass
St. Paul, Minn
William T. Stewart
St. Anthony
Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate Banking Committee
John Sparkman
Amtrak trial route outlined for Monday start
Experimental Amtrak service links Minneapolis and Seattle with weekly runs. Confusion over Minnesota stops persists as Mondale's office cites changes to St. Cloud Staples and Detroit Lakes while Burlington Northern notes no routing update. Route includes Fargo Jamestown Bismarck Mandan Dickinson with westbound departures Monday Wednesday Saturday.
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Amtrak
Mineneapolis
Minn
Seattle
Wash
Minnesota
Willmar
Morris
Breckenridge
Moorhead
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
St. Cloud
Staples
Detroit Lakes
Burlington Northern
Mondale
Minneapolis
Roger Lewis
Spokane
North Dakota
Fargo
Jamestown
Bismarck
Mandan
Dickinson
Body of Youth Recovered From Fountain Lake
Albert Lea Minnesota AP reports the body of 14 year old Michael Bohenek was recovered from Fountain Lake after going for a solo swim. Three boys alerted police after finding his bicycle gear near the lake.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Albert Lea
Fountain Lake
Michael Bohenek
Richard Bohenek
Albert Lea Lake
Richard
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