Arabs Hijack Israeli Jet to Algerian Airport
Armed Palestine refugees hijacked an El Al Boeing 707 after leaving Rome and forced it to land in Algiers. Authorities held the plane and crew while freeing 38 passengers amid reports of 2 to 5 hijackers. Two Americans among those aboard.
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Algiers
Israel
Houari Boumedienne
Paris
Oded Abarbanell
el al
Mediterranean
Rome
Tel Aviv
Rena Tsuriel
Family of 6 Slain at Michigan Lake Resort Cottage
Six members of a Detroit area family were found shot to death in a secluded Blisswood cottage at Good Hart Lake Michigan resort. Lt. Col. Melvin Kaufman said it was mass murder after officers hunted for clues about how the victims were killed and why. The victims include Richard Robison 42, Shirley 40, sons Richard 19 Gary 16 Randall 12 and daughter Susan 7. The deaths appeared to have occurred about a month earlier. The family cars and private plane were left on site as investigators searched the scene and considered the possibility of an outside shooter drifting bodies into the cottage.
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Petoskey
Mich
Detroit
Melvin Kaufman
Michigan State Police
Lower Michigan
Richard Robison
Lathrup Village
Shirley
Richard
Gary
Randall
Susan
Bliss
Florida
Pellston Airport
Here
Robison
Impresario
Iowa City Youth Drowns at Cedar Valley Quarry
Charles R. Bomber eighteen drowned Tuesday after a swim at the Cedar Valley quarry Cedar county near Cedar Valley. He could not swim and was with five youths when the incident occurred depths reach up to one hundred five feet. The body was recovered at 1 20 p m Tuesday. One other swimmer Gloria Funk twenty of Iowa City remains hospitalized for shock.
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Cedar Valley
Iowa City
Charles R. Bomber
Cedar County
Bomber
Calvin Geyer
Charles Bomber
Sigourney
West Branch Rescue Unit
Highway Patrol
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Gloria Funk
Mercy Hospital
General Worley Killed in Viet Nam Photo Recon Flight
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Worley deputy commander of the U.S. 7th Air Force was killed when his RF-4C photo reconnaissance plane was shot down near Da Nang. A second pilot survived. Heavy fighting erupted in northern Viet Nam with U.S. forces in contact 20 miles south of Da Nang and enemy casualties rising.
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Saigon
Robert F. Worley
U.S. 7Th Air Force
da Nang
Worley
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Senate Unit Cuts Aid Behind Johnson Plan
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee trimmed economic aid by 22.9 million, on top of a 900 million House cut. It also reduced military aid prospects and slashed supporting assistance, lowering the President's request from 595 million to 400 million.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
House
Senate Committee
Sirhan to Enter Insanity Plea in Kennedy Slaying
Sirhan Sirhan will plead insanity based on brain damage from a fall from a horse in the Kennedy assassination case. Defense attorney Russell Parsons expected to enter an innocent and insanity plea when Sirhan returns to court August 2, per the Pasadena Star-News.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Pasadena
Star News
Russell Parsons
Sirhan
Home loan rates hit record highs in June
U S home loan rates rose sharply in June with conventional new house loans averaging 6.88 percent and existing home loans at 6.97 percent. The increases reflect tight credit and higher state ceilings, with 10 of 18 metros above 7 percent for new homes.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
New York City
Dallas
Chuckle on child behavior and delinquency distinction
A humorous line contrasts how a high-spirited child can swing to delinquency depending on ownership. The quip reflects social expectations of parental influence and responsibility in youth behavior.
Soviet Troop Exercise Clouds Czech Scene
Moscow announces huge maneuvers along the Western Europe frontier as the 11 member politburo reportedly leaves for Prague to press Czechoslovakia toward retaining its East bloc alliance. The move signals Kremlin urgency amid Dubcek reforms and looming East-West tension.
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Czech
Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Western
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Izvestia
Germany
West Germany
Austria
Bonn
Politburo
Prague
Heavy Rains Spark More Iowa Floods
Northeast Iowa faces more high water as thunderstorms dump up to 3 inches. Creeks and basements flood Tripoli and Denver, with Oelwein and Decorah hit by rain that aided a barn fire. Flood recovery crews move between cities as the Cedar River upper basin rises.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Ireeks
Tripoli
Dunkerton
Crane Creek
Speck Death Sentence Appealed by Illinois Public Defender
The Illinois Supreme Court is asked to set aside or reduce Richard Speck’s death sentence for eight nurse murders. Gerald Getty argues the defendant’s mental disorder and possible psychopathic state render the punishment cruel and inhuman. The appeal cites potential juror bias and insufficient post trial brain testing to challenge the verdict.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Gerald Getty
Cook County Public Defender
Speck
Getty
Chicago
Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court
Herbert Paschen
Circuit Court
Union pledge to install equipment for Chicago convention
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced they would install vital communications gear at the International Amphitheater in Chicago on a volunteer basis. The move aimed to avert a television and news blackout that could force the Democratic National Convention to stay in Chicago, with IBEW leaders promising picket lines would be honored.
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Chicago
Speck
Getty
UPI
International Amphitheater
Robert Nickey
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Richard Daley
Marina Towers
Daley
Chicago Federation of Labor
Nickey
Illinois Bell Telephone
John Bailey
Miami Beach
Picketing at GOP Convention Prep Reaches Fourth Day
In Miami Beach, at the convention hall, labor disputes hamper GOP convention prep. IBEW picketed over non union workers feeding info to a new TV device. carpenters, steelworkers, and A C workers join line, only telephone installers crossing. Duke Ducoff warned crews may need around the clock work if unresolved by Thursday.
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Miami Beach
G.O.P
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
CBS Televison
Duke Ducoff
Johnson urges restraint to curb wage and price rise
President Johnson appealed to business and labor to avoid a sharp upsurge in wages and prices, warning government action alone cannot solve inflation. He said the outcome depends on decisions by American labor and business leaders in the coming months.
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Austin
Texas
Johnson
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