Turkish Plane Hijacked by Leftists Returns to Istanbul
More than 60 passengers were flown to Istanbul after four Turkish leftists who hijacked a Boeing 707 surrendered to Bulgarian authorities in Sofia. The hijackers held passengers for 38 hours at Sofia airport and forced fasting Muslims to eat and drink at gunpoint. Bulgaria granted asylum to the four and plans to press charges against them. Turkey’s government said little. The hijacking occurred on a domestic Turkish flight, with seven passengers and ten crew aboard. the pilot and a passenger were wounded.
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Ankara
Istanbul
Sofia
Bulgaria
Sofa
Turkey
Hijackers press demands during Sofia bound flight
Eleven Turkish provinces under martial law since 1971 face a hijack crisis as the plane lands in Sofia. The hijackers threaten to blow up the aircraft unless 13 leftist prisoners are freed and reforms enacted. They seek to tear down the Turkish regime and install a Marxist Leninist system.
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Sofia
Syfia
Chilean Opponents Call for Day of Silence and Protests
In Santiago the opposition to President Allende urged a national day of silence to press demands while protests and strikes expanded. Radio stations linked to opposition were shut for disobeying a government order, households joined in protests, and shortages of food fuel and tobacco worsened amid a 14 day strike wave demanding liberty democracy and pluralism.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Democratic Confederation of Center
a _ Confederation
Allende
Popular Unity Coalition
Train Crashes After Car Collision Kills Mother and Four Daughters
Four hours after a Penn Central train struck a car near Lima Ohio killing Sylvia Garcia 27 and her four daughters Christine Veronica Angelia and Rebecca the same train hit a steel truck at Monroeville Indiana no injuries were reported in the second crash Engineer Arthur Herron said he sounded the horn but the car did not stop The wreckage yielded the victims bodies and Herron filed a deposition with the Allen County coroner.
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Lima
Ohio
Penn Central
Here
Monroeville
Ind
Arthur Lee Herron
Sylvia M. Garcia
Cridersville
Christine
Veronica
Angelia
Rebecca
Herron
Allen County
Ft. Wayne
Churubusco
Old Orchard Winners at Sunday Card Party
Winners at the Old Orchard card party hosted by the VFW Post Home included Christine Meccin tosh for ladies high and Jennie Paradis for low. Robert Pettengill and David Simpson shared men’s low and Queens prizes with Helen Corbiel. A special prize went to David Simpson. A card party is planned next Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the Post home on Atlantic Avenue.
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Old Orchard Memorial
V.F.W. Post
Christine Meccintosh
Jennie Paradis
Robert Pettengill
David Impson
Helen Corbiel
Queens
David Simpson
Post
Atlantic Avenue
O'Brien Attacks Nixon Pamphlets as Political Propaganda
Lawrence F. O'Brien, McGovern campaign director, says six federal departments printed nine million pamphlets praising Nixon era aging policies. He claims the materials, mailed in government envelopes to seniors, cost about 263000 and used Nixon imagery and quotes.
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San Francisco
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
George McGovern
White House
Departments of Labor, Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development
Office of Economic Opportunity
Veterans Administration and Action
O'Brien
Nixon
General Accounting Office
Congress
Art Heist Nets Over Half Million From Ca ramoor Center
Twelve works valued at more than 500000 were stolen from the Caramoor Center of Music and the Arts in Katonah New York. The haul includes two Cellini sculptures a Lucas Cranach portrait and nine Chinese Ming Dynasty pieces. Police notified federal and international agencies as a professional style theft unfolded.
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Kotonah
N.Y
Caramoor Center of Music
Lucas Cranach
Michael Sweeley
Center
Sweeley
Cellini
Perseus
Cranach
Sybella
Elector of
Saxony
Walter Tower Rosen
Rosen
Fatima Daughters of Isabella Plan Halloween Social
Our Lady of Fatima Daughters of Isabella meet at 7 30 tonight in St John s Hall Adams Street Biddeford for a Halloween social with members from the club.
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Our Lady of Fatima
Daughters of Isabella
St. John's Hall
Adams Street
Biddeford
Pamphlets Distributed At Substantial Cost Cited
A spokesman cited a total of 263000 dollars for pamphlet distribution and stated that estimates for the man hours involved in their preparation are not possible.
Senators Condemn Bogus Letters Targeting Jackson
Senator Henry M. Jackson says federal investigators ignored his report on fake campaign letters alleging illicit affairs. The letters also target Senators Muskie and Humphrey during the Florida Democratic primary, attributed to Citizens for Muskie. Muskie and Humphrey call it a Republican sabotage effort and warn of harm to their reputations. A Tampa complaint was hand delivered March 13, with U.S. Attorney John Briggs noting only a state matter may have been pursued.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Edmund
Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Florida
Humphrey
Bryan Corcoran
U.S. Attorney
Tampa
Fla
John Briggs
Jacksonville
U.S
Maine Man Shoots Wife and Wounds Himself in Brewer
Shirley Mixer, 25, was found shot dead in her South Brewer home. Police say her husband William, 27, shot himself with the same 12 gauge shotgun and remains in critical condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center. The couple's infant was unharmed.
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South Brewer
Shirley Mixer
Mixer
William
Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor
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New England Baptist Council
P. O. Box
Maine
Larry O’brien
Rile Jackson
The
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R. W. Smiths
R’port
Kennebunkport
Cape Cod
Bar Mills
N. P. Scontras Gallery of Homes
Portland Road
U. S
Saco
Scarboro
Arundel
New England
Hall & Hall, Inc
High St
Saco Tel
Biodeford Savings Bank
Main ST
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