Hijack Saga Ends as Jet Delivers Hostages to Tokyo
A Japan Airlines Boeing 727 carrying four former hostages landed at Haneda in Tokyo after a six day hijack crisis staged by nine radical Japanese students. The plane flew from Pyongyang where the hijackers remained, while Shinjiro Yamamura, Japan’s vice transport minister, acted as a hostage to secure passenger release.
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Hostage Deputy Volunteer Describes Tokyo Jet Hijack
Japanese official Shinjiro Yamamura recounts volunteering as a hostage to secure release of 99 passengers and four stewardesses after a nine student hijacking forced a plane to North Korea. He says North Koreans treated them well and later allowed departure after charges were debated.
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Carswell Goes, Fong Splits On Nomination Vote
Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii says he will vote against Judge G Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court, while opposing a move to recommit the nomination. He cites internal and public pressure but says President Nixon did not attempt influence. Hawaii lawmakers urged him to oppose, with Fong noting multiracial progress and personal resistance.
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Air and Truck Traffic Slowed by Labor Disputes Nationwide
Airlines trimmed schedules across the Northeast and Midwest as air controllers staged a prolonged sick-out. American Airlines halted Chicago to New York flights amid controller shortages while Volpe reported partial returns and threats of fines for continued absence. Milwaukee trucking firms and Alameda county pickets joined stoppages, with about 50,000 Chicago area drivers ready to strike over a national agreement.
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Fire Base Schroeder Falls to Viet Attack in Delta
Viet Cong sappers overran Fire Base Schroeder in the Mekong Delta. They destroyed six howitzers and 20 trucks and attacked perimeter bunkers housing Vietnamese troops and families. Only one American guard survived initial assault as U.S. advisers had been reduced. The base had been handed to the Vietnamese army in 1969 after U.S. withdrawal.
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Chuckle on meek inheriting earth and taxes
Humorous quip notes that the meek may not inherit the earth due to fear of inheritance tax. The line pivots on wordplay linking meekness with taxation to provoke a wry contemplation.
M. A. Halvorson Dies Former Cedar Rapids Official
M. A. Swede Halvorson former Cedar Rapids streets and public improvements commissioner died suddenly at 61. He lived at 1949 Park Ave SE and worked as an inspector for Howard R. Green Engineering Co. Born August 11 1908 in Valley Springs South Dakota he married Ruby Estep February 8 1940 in Austin Minnesota. He served as assistant Linn County engineer 1952 1955 and was elected Cedar Rapids commissioner of streets and public improvements in 1955 holding the post until 1960. He joined multiple local groups including Lutheran Church Hills Minnesota Crescent Lodge 25 AF&AM Cedar Rapids Consistory El Kabir Shrine Eagles Elks Cedar Rapids Traveling Men's Club and the Clowns Association of America.
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Five children killed by live artillery shell in Salt Lake yard
In Salt Lake City suburb Sandy, five children aged two to fourteen died when they unintentionally detonated a live 105 mm howitzer shell found in a yard trunk. An army crew checked a nearby 90 mm round that proved a dud. Victims Lori Ivory, 14. Scott Swenson, 11. Vicki Bean, 8. Michael Bean, 6. Ricki Bean, 2. all residents of Sandy.
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Ames Couple Dead in Crash near Polk County line
An Ames couple Thomas Baker 26 and Margaret Baker 24 died Saturday in a two car crash just south of the Polk Story county line.
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What’s Your District Reapportionment Changes Iowa Legislature
Reapportionment has reduced legislature size and redrawn districts. Voters preparing for the June 2 primary can find an up to date description of legislative districts on page 4B of the Iowa news section in today’s Gazette.
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