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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
2
CAPE KENNEDY UP reports a go for Saturday 7 41 a m EST as Apollo 8 Crew Boris, Lovell and Anders prepare for a 69 mile high lunar orbit. The six day mission aims to pave the way for a July moon landing and expand space knowledge.
The 21st air hijacking of the year occurred aboard an Eastern Air Lines DC8 from Philadelphia to Miami. A Black man, identified as T. Washington, commandeered the plane with a little girl, claiming a public safety item and nitroglycerin. He told the pilot he was heading to Havana, prompting Cuban soldiers to escort him off after the jet returned to Miami. Passengers and crew, including stewardesses Uta Risse and Barbara Chenowith, described sobbing and sympathy for the hijacker’s plea about hatred and prejudice. Cuban authorities later noted the item was toy safety gear, while the man claimed he had glycerin.
A blue 1966 Volvo with Massachusetts plates linked to a Miami kidnapping case involving Barbara Jane Mackle. George G. Deacon, a 28 year old marine science researcher, is being questioned alongside a possible female accomplice and a heavyset man. Police tied the ransom drop to a beachfront area near Bayside after a bungled payoff.
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