Hijacked Pan Am Jet Held in Havana as Cuban Captains Arrests Provoke Tension
The Pan American World Airways jet with 69 aboard remains detained in Havana amid Cuba's delayed response to the hijacking. Cuban fishing boat captains arrested in Key West are cited as a possible reason for the extended stay, while the State Department reports all passengers and crew are well. The Caracas start and Caracas- Buenos Aires leg are noted with a hijacker blamed for diverting the flight.
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Miami
Pan American World Airways
Havana
Key West
Robert Bohne
Pan Am
Cuba
Najeeb Halaby
Fidel Castro
Caracas
Buenos Aires
Hugo Delagado
Delagado
State Department
U.S
Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Western Union strike shuts offices nationwide
Two AFL CIO unions representing 20 100 workers walk out at 12 01 a.m. after wage and job security talks break down. UTW and CWA demand 31 percent raise over two years while company offers 6 percent now plus 4 percent later and 10 percent second year. Public offices closed. government and automated services continue.
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New York
Western Union
United Telegraph Workers
Communications Workers of America
Aflcio
Earl D. Hilburn
Retirees Press Against State Spending Increases
The Greater St. Paul Area Chapter 123 of the American Association of Retired Persons urged lawmakers to reject wage hikes and new government costs. In telegrams to Gov. Wendell Anderson and leaders, the group of 700+ members called for tax cuts and budget restraint to protect seniors’ living standards. The legislature had approved a pay raise for legislators from 400 to 750 monthly.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
American Association of Retired Persons
Senate
Wendell Anderson
House
Ernest Lindstrom
Stanley Holmquist
B52 Bombers Hit Snoul Area as Saigon Task Force Falls Back
U S B52s bombed North Vietnamese troop concentrations near Snoul while allied aircraft supported a retreat of a battered South Vietnamese task force from the town about 90 miles north of Saigon. South Vietnamese reports claimed about 200 killed or wounded, with air and ground forces destroying abandoned enemy vehicles and equipment along Highway 13.
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Saigon
Snuol
U.S
Loc Ninh
Sauol
5Th Division
British woman pilot aims world record NASA study flight
Sheila Scott, 43, begins a 34 000 mile round the world test for NASA, flying a Piper Aztec from London via Benghazi and Nairobi. The mission seeks equator to equator North Pole routes, with data logged by sensors and relayed to NASA from Nimbus satellite.
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London
Sheila Scott
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Miss Scott
Equator
North Pole
NASA
Benghazi
Nairobi
Nimbus
Fairbanks
Alaska
Maryland
Scott
Sheila
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George Hays
Capitol
Washington
Data Services
Post Office
UTW
CWA
New Jersey
Federal Communications Commission
Wearc Wiane
People’s Natural Gas
Adv
Sabet
Peele
Bemidji Armory
S. Vietnam
Cambodia
le Trung Hien
Hien
Nguyen van Minh
Associated Press
Snoul
Tropics
Mythre
Myth
Tromsoe
Norway
Peoples
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