Pair Killed in Hijack Effort Over Athens
Ethiopian Airlines jet bound for Addis Ababa from Madrid was hijacked after takeoff. Two hijackers, a Yemeni man and a Senegalese youth, were killed by security guards during the attempt. Passengers and crew were unharmed. the plane carried three guards aboard. Police later detained an Ethiopian student in Madrid in connection with the incident.
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Athens
Jeff Athens
Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Airlines
Madrid
Ethiopia
Rome
Calcutt
Harry Jacoby
Wantagh
N.Y
Mohammed Ibrahim
Cohn
U.S
Robert Morgenthau
Morgenthau
McCarthy
Senate
Treasury Department
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Yanks Blitz Red Camp At My Lai
U S infantry and armor stormed a North Vietnamese base camp one mile east of My Lai Four in a five hour battle. 52 enemy fighters were reported killed while three Americans died. The site, near My Lai where a 1968 massacre was alleged, was described as heavily fortified with bunkers.
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Saigon
U.S
My Lai
Ralph Lafaver
Fountain Valley
Calif
Final Notice Joke Sparks Quick Cash Saving Punchline
A lighthearted quip features a young wife noting a bill labeled Final Notice. The line plays on the relief of eliminating debt worries with a humorous twist. Copyright by pan.
Surprise Vote Extends Anti Poverty Unit Life
Washington AP reports a surprise vote defeated a substitute measure to turn the anti poverty program over to the states by 231 to 163, keeping the program in federal hands for now. The outcome followed a weaker test vote and shifts in support among Southern Democrats. Backers warned state control would cripple the program while opponents argued for New Federalism.
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Dohin Beckler
Washington
Anti-Poverty Agency
House
OEQ
Donald Rumsfeld
Congress
White House
Farmer Smothered Under Load of Corn in Indiana
Herbert Rathbun age 41 was killed Friday when buried under about 3500 bushels of corn in a corn crib near Hobart Indiana after going to start the cribs fire department freed his body at 8 36 am. Survived by wife Shirley and a daughter. no sons. Evidence suggests he entered the crib alone to move or start the fire.
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Herbert Rathbun
Milés Hobebat
Hebe
Rathbun
Shirley
Santa Hot Line Burns Up Telephone System
Nashville AP reports Santa Claus hot line overloading the city telephone system after a department store added 10 lines with a dial Santa number. The misdialed 256-5688 reached housewives, storekeepers, doctors and even pilots, jamming library and other switchboards. A new 244-7000 line failed to curb traffic as calls climbed to thousands per hour, blocking service and prompting multiple fines.
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Nashville
Santa Claus
Santa
Iowa City Students Face University Charges Over Melee
Charges will be filed against university students and Students for a Democratic Society over a disturbance at the placement office last Wednesday. Phi tp Hubbard said civil charges will be brought against non students. 10 to 12 were involved, some possibly not violating regulations. The melee disrupted a campus recruiting visit by Temaye from the labor statistics office as obscenities were hurled and protesters entered the office.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University’ of Nwa
Phi Tp Hubbard
Committee On
Students For A Democratic Society
Hubbard
Temaye
U.S. Bureau of l Labor Statistics
Jcampus
Helen Barnes
U.S. Labor Department
General Electric
Sirile
Cigaret Ad Ban Passed In Senate Vote
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a ban on cigarette advertising on television and radio by a 707 vote, setting an effective date of January 4, 1971. The bill proceeds to a conference committee with the weaker House bill awaiting reconciliation.
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Washington
Senate
Senate-House
U S Authorizes Cleaver Return Amid Panther Crises
U S diplomats in Algiers say Eldridge Cleaver may receive papers to return home as the Black Panther leader faces a leadership crisis and heightened pressure from recent shootings arrests and purges. Government freezes salaries and offers no clear return plans while Nigeria’s move targets parole board actions. Winston Churchill’s grandson to run for parliament as Conservative party confirms candidacy.
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Washington
U. S
Algiers
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
Department
Neighiene
Cleaver
Lagos
Nigeria
California
Francisco
Benjamin
Dreyfuss
Panther
I Education Malnister
Manchester
England
UPI
Winston Churchill
Winston W Churchill
Conservative
DeSapioFound Guilty in bribery scheme tied to Con Ed contracts
Carmine DeSapio, 61, longtime Tammany Hall leader, was convicted of three counts of bribery and conspiracy in a case tied to former Water Commissioner Marcus and Consolidated Edison contracts. Co-defendant Anthony Corallo faced one count and bail was set at $50,000. Jury deliberated six hours Friday and resumed Saturday to render verdicts.
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Relphate Desapio
Carmine DeSagio
Tammany Hall
New York
UPI
Carmine DeSapio
Ance
Tammany Hall Democratic Organization
Anthony
Tony Tiveris" Coraljo
AU. S. District .Court
DeSapio
James Marcus
Consolidated Edison Co
DeSapia
Corallo
Democratic National
Tammany
New York State
Tammary
DeSaple
Herbert Ikin
FBI
Marcus
John
Lindaay
Coralla
DeSaplo
Coralia
Henry Fried
Fried
Draft Lottery Pattern Suspected in Pitt Study
Three University of Pittsburgh students using computer analysis allege the draft lottery favors later birthdates and that capsules may have been stacked by month. They note December dates were drawn early, Januarys late, with experts from Michigan echoing a nonrandom pattern.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Tam Anestis
Somaana
Aneatis
Don Smith
Alan Lazar
Anestis
Washington
Selective Service
Navy
William Pascoex
Pascoex
Fred Haddock
University of Michigan
New York Times
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Aden
Dlolf
Snois
Raymond Calcutt
Iford
New, York
Calcutta
Airdessen
Federal Court
Talete Seo
Roy Cohn
Joseph’ McCarthy
R-Wis
John Kiser
Philadelphia
John Curtin
Fifth Avenue Coach Co
Geneva
Beirut
Eritrean Liberation Front
Ettres
Jacoby
Vendetta Charge
My. Lai
Americal Division
Mayors
Abe
Santa Hot Line
Iowa
Churchill
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