Plane Hijacked to Cuba by Army Uniformed Man
A Trans World Airlines 727 hijacked from Chicago to Cuba by a man in U.S. Army uniform landed in Philadelphia with 79 of 80 passengers aboard. FBI questioned travelers in Miami after a Havana stop. Hijacker, listed as Robert J. Labadie, gave no motive.
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Wisconsin University Bombing Kills Researcher
Police traced a white 1967 Ford Falcon Econoline used to detonate explosives near the Army Mathematics Research Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison. The blast killed 33 year old Robert Fassnacht and injured four others including a South African student. investigators suspected a plastic type bomb but had not yet determined the exact explosive.
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California
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Edward Hayes
Milwaukee
FBI Office
Fighting Flares Near Fire Base O'Reilly Amid Mekong Delta Attacks
A Viet Cong mortar barrage hit Ba Chuc Market in the Mekong Delta killing 11 and wounding 42 as fighting flared around fire base O'Reilly near the Laotian border. Cambodian forces repelled a major assault on Phnom Penh while U S air and ground units supported Allied defenses along the frontier.
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O'Reilly
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U.S
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Prek Tameak
Suang
Kompong Thom
Quang Tri
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McGovern Questions Nixon Welfare Reform Plan
Senator George S. McGovern voiced doubts about the Nixon administration’s welfare reform sincerity and warned liberals may veto any bill not to their liking. He criticized anticipated food stamp revisions that could penalize working poor by counting earned income, potentially cutting many off benefits. The debate comes as the House backed the plan, while the Senate stalled it since May amid calls for changes to work incentives.
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Pan Am jet returns to San Francisco after extortion threat
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 bound for Honolulu turned back to San Francisco after a $100,000 extortion demand. The 148 aboard were told the return was due to mechanical problems as a 24 hour search failed to locate an bomb. No suspect or arrest announced.
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Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
Flight 817
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
Ray Choklat
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