Six Americans surrender after Cuba hijackings at the border
Six Americans accused of separate airplane hijackings turned themselves in to FBI agents after leaving Cuba aboard a Cuban freighter. They were arraigned in Plattsburgh with bail set between 100000 and 200000 dollars, and taken to Clinton County jail. The FBI noted the hijackings date back to February 1968 and the group had reportedly lived in Cuba. One hijacker brought his 4 year old daughter who was reunited with her mother in Philadelphia.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
FBI
Cuba
Thomas George Washington
Jennifer
Jeanne Washington
Philadelphia
Montreal
Luis Arces Bergnes
Champlain
U.S
Joseph Keldy
Clinton County
Ibail
Albany
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Air Pirate Heads to Trial in Italy
In Rome the case of Raphael Minichiello proceeds as U S Marine faces a Italian court over the hijack of a Trans World Airlines jet. Minichiello’s father Luigi arrives from near Naples to visit but must wait as preliminary steps continue.
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Rome
Raphael Minichiello
Italy
Trans World Airlines
California
United States
Massimo Carli
U.S. Marine
Regina Coeli
Tiber River
Minichiello
Luigi
Naples
Threat of Assassination Seen Still Stalking Land
The national violence commission urges extending Secret Service protection to federal officials and candidates in danger and to governors and mayors. It calls for restricting handgun licenses, detecting concealed weapons, and reducing media focus on leaders’ private lives to curb assassination risks.
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Washington
National Violence Commission
Secret Service
Congress
National Commission On the
Milton
Eisenhower
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury
Special Advisory Committee
Congressional
Commission
George Washington
Bridgeport Weather Forecast From U S Weather Bureau
Bridgeport and vicinity shows mostly cloudy conditions with rain ending in the morning. High temperatures expected with variable clouds tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight with lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s and rain chances around 40 percent morning, 20 percent tonight. Winds east to southeast 10 to 25 mph, shifting west to northwest later.
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Bridgeport
Potential Assassins Portrait Drawn By Violence Commission
The U S national violence commission issued a Sunday composite portrait of men who killed or tried to kill eight presidents and a candidate. It described a broken home, withdrawal, loneliness, unstable work in the year before an attack, and a white male foreign born or with foreign born parents profile.
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Washington
America
National Violence Commission
Robert F. Kennedy
Warner to Review Progress of OWN Shopping Center Plan
Urban Renewal Director William C. Warner says he will contact Project OWN early this week to review progress on a West End neighborhood shopping center plan. The move follows complaints by individuals in the plan that progress has slowed due to incomplete support and delays in naming the non-profit site redeveloper.
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William C. Warner
Project Own
West End
Bridgeport Redevelopment Age
Jcy
Warner
Joseph Kelly
OWN
Nation Eyes Off-Year Races From New York to New Jersey
Washington dispatch notes John V. Lindsay running as an independent in New York City battles Mario Procaccino and John J. Marchi while New Jersey's Cahill faces Meyner for the governorship. Virginia's Holton contests Battle as Nixon campaigns for Cahill and Holton.
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New York City
Direct Line
New York
John Marchi
Mario Frocaccino
John V. Lindsay
Washington
New Jersey
Virginia
Lindsay
William T. Cahill
Robert B. Meyner
Linwood Holton
Nixon
William C. Battle
Holton
Cahill
John J. Marchi
iAngeles
Cleveland
Detroit
Seattle
Buffalo
Mario E. Procaccino
New York Daily News
Procaccino
Marchi
Meyner
Robert A. Roe
Eugene Boyle
Charles Joelson
Cease fire agreed in Lebanon amid Gaza talks
The Lebanese army and Palestinian guerrillas agreed to a cease fire starting at midnight local time and will continue talks for a full settlement. Guerrillas claimed a helicopter was shot down over the Nahr el Bared camp before the cease fire took effect. In London, George Thomson urged non Arab intervention to avoid harming peacemaking efforts.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Radio Cairo
al Fatah
Yasir Arafat
Emile Bustani
Nahr el Bared
Tripoli
Tel Aviv
Middle East
London
Allies abandon three bases amid border clashes with North Vietnam
U S and South Vietnamese troops pulled back from three artillery bases near the Cambodian border to a Green Beret camp after fierce shelling and ground attacks. Officials said the weekend fighting signaled a possible major offensive and delayed lull along the frontier.
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Saigon
U.S
Green Berets
Green Beret
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Ban Me Thuot
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Bu Prang
Arnett
Ford Says All Gls May Be Home in July
Ford told a testimonial dinner for Rep. Sam Steiger that all American combat forces may be withdrawn from Vietnam by July 1, 1970. He praised Nixon for dampening fires abroad and at home, noting reduced fatalities and a crime-fighting program.
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Ford
Phoenix
Ariz
House
Gerald
R. Ford
Vietnam
Michigan
Nixon
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
Chang
Eighth Man Found Dead From Drug Overdose
Bridgeport detectives report the eighth drug overdose death this year. The man identified as Robert S. Kelly, 28, also known as Stumpy, was found in an alley at 1 P Kelly and then in a vacant East Side building. He had listed multiple addresses including 676 Main Street and 12 Toll Street. He died from an apparent narcotic overdose last night and was pronounced at Bridgeport Hospital by Dr Harold Doherty. Acting Detective Earl Mellow is pursuing the case.
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John
Jos
Kelly
Bridgeport
Robert S. Kelly
Park
Ton Hotel
Gold Street
Green
Main Street
15 Street
Broad Street
South Norwalk
Abe Katz
Robert
J. Hazel Weed Carstensen
Louis Carstensen
Stratford
Mrs. Edith Cuddy Dies Mental Health Leader in Bridgeport Area
Mrs Edith Cuddy 49 wife of William Cuddy of Trumbull and director of Clinic Community Mental Health at the Child Guidance Center of Greater Bridgeport died yesterday at United Hospital Port Chester NY She was a psychiatric social worker affiliated since 1982 and helped develop community mental health services advising Juvenile Court Welfare Department Bridgeport Stratford Boards of Education and other groups.
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Edith Gleason Cuddy
William Cuddy
Apple Orchard Lane
Trumbull
Child Guidance Center
Greater Bridgeport
United Hospital
Port Chester
N.Y
Cuddy
Bridgeport
Maxicoats Hurt Girl Watchers in New York
The American Society of Girl Watchers warned the rise of maxicoats is harming its aims. Founder Don Sayers said miniskirts boosted gains, while longer coverings halve the field of view and threaten membership across 45 states and foreign countries. Members joke about preferences from earlobes to knees as fashion shifts.
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New York
American Society of Girl Watchers
Don Sayers
Savers
Audubon Society
Sayers
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Meir Thomson
Golda Meir
Abba Eban
Israel
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Duc Lap
By Pete Mastronardi
Earl Mellow
F. R. Carstensen
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Abby
Brandstadt
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Polly
Seeues
Sylvia Porter
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