Armed Arizona hijacker forces ransom on jetliner
Ruber G. Barkley hijacked a Phoenix to Washington flight with a pistol and razor demanding 100 million dollars. After an eight hour standoff a cockpit gunfight wounded the pilot and Barkley was captured by the FBI. Passengers escaped unharmed.
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New Mexico
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Dulles
Jack Ogle
Mesa
Ariz
Nixon Names Lodge Envoy to the Vatican
President Nixon names Henry Cabot Lodge as a special envoy to the Vatican to provide continuity in informal contacts and exchange views with Pope Paul VI. Lodge will visit about two weeks to a month each time, likely starting with a late June trip, with no formal accreditation.
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Vermont High Court to Hear Abortion Statute Challenge
Chittenden County prosecutor Patrick J. Leahy urged the Vermont Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the 124 year old abortion statute in the challenge filed by Joseph Bartlett of South Burlington against Vermont law.
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Chittenden County
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South Burlington
Vermont
Supreme Court
Bartlett
Windsor State Prison
Leahy
Joseph Wool
Burlington
Postal Reform Battles Over Right to Work Issue
Washington reports the House debates postal reform to create an independent post office with an 11 member commission while allowing union organizing under the NLRB. Critics warn of union shop threats, balanced against right to work laws as the Senate and administration weigh labor impacts amid deficit fears. The piece also covers Vermont abortion law cases and legislative moves.
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UPI
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NLRB
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Maddox Pickets Papers in Atlanta in Press Row Protest
Governor Lester Maddox led a one hour picket in front of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution with his wife, mother, and police, pledging more actions to defend press freedom. He accused the papers of bias over his call for a legislative special session and recently ordered vending machines removing the papers from the capitol. He interacted with onlookers as a carnival atmosphere formed around the event.
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Atlanta
UPI
Lester Maddox
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Inside Food column on stuffed eggs by Ellen Rose
Page 3 feature by Ellen Rose explores stuffed eggs in a candid Inside Food column. Editorials on Page 4 critique President Nixon's Cambodia report and outline a Bennington School District decision. Sam Ogden reports a graveyard mystery on Page 4. Arlington Memorial High School names valedictorian and salutatorian on Page 6. The Dorset Theatre appears in brief listings.
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Nixon
Cambodia
Bennington School District
Sam Ogden
Arlington Memorial High School
High Sheriff Of Berkshire County To Graduate From Williams
John D. Courtney 47 will graduate from Williams College this Sunday afternoon after years of taking courses since 1960 He continues to commute from the Berkshire County House of Correction and plans graduate study possibly toward a law degree Courtney has a political science major and has been active in western Massachusetts politics He was named Democrat of the Year by the Pittsfield Democratic City Committee and was sheriff since 1962 The ceremony includes the traditional mace and formal procession as the high sheriff leads and ends the commencement under a time honored custom.
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Berkshire County House of Correction
Massachusetts
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Democratic City Committee
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Marine Corps
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Saipan
Mission Park
Governor's Conference Weighs Public Land Buy in Vermont
Vermont environmentalists gathered at the University of Vermont to weigh options to implement recent natural resources laws. Speakers urged varied paths from halting development to purchasing marginal lands, with Under Secretary Fred Russell endorsing scenic easements as landowner friendly and tax neutral.
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Fred J. Russell
Vermont
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Nixon
Russell
Walter Blucher
Arlington
New York State
Vincent J. Moore
Rockefellers
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