Hijacker Identity Remains Unknown After Cuba Flight
FBI says the motive of a quiet muscular man who hijacked an Amer ican Airlines jet is unknown. The seven crew members are safe after a U S return from Havana via Dallas. Investigators describe the hijacker as a young black man in his early 30s and note extradition from Cuba seems unlikely.
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Hijacker takes flight from Ontario to Havana aboard Boeing 727
A three man four woman crew arrived at Miami International Airport. Crew safe. The hijacker scaled a wall at Ontario Airport and boarded the Boeing 727 bound for Chicago. After refueling in Dallas the plane landed in Havana. He threatened to shoot a stewardess if the plane did not depart quickly. The hijacker remained largely silent and dirty in appearance. Officials described him as relatively calm during the ordeal.
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Philanthropist Gladys Porter Dies in Texas
Gladys Porter a civic leader and philanthropist famed for the zoo named after her died March 26 in a Houston hospital at age 70. Her work with the Brownsville community and the Gladys Porter Zoo left a lasting legacy.
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Gladys Porter
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Racial Tensions Persist as Leaders Plan Steps in Georgia
In Wrightsville Georgia Black leaders met to map next moves for economic equality after two days of violence and a possible sniper incident. State troopers patrolled the town disbanding barricades and seizing weapons as the Johnson County Court house area faced clashes and protestors prepared another demonstration.
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Social Security to rise about 14 percent in July
U.S. Social Security checks for 35 million beneficiaries are expected to be roughly 14 percent higher starting in July as CPI data for March is released. An 14 percent increase would lift monthly benefits by about 45 to 360 dollars for most recipients, with maximums increasing from 572 to 654 dollars.
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