Marathon Hijackers Escape After Long Latin American Flight
Two masked hijackers forced a Colombian airliner across Argentina Paraguay and Ecuador to Aruba and back, finally fleeing with $50 000 after landing in Buenos Aires. Pilot Capt Hugo Molina said demands included prison inmate release and later ransom. Six crew and some passengers remained aboard at final stop. the hijackers claimed to belong to the Colombia National Liberation Army.
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Buenos Aires
Hugo Molina
Resistencia
Here
Chaed
Molina
Asuncion
Paraguay
South America
Braniff Airlines
Mexico City
San Antonio
Aruba
Ecuador
Peru
Argentina
Jorgel Lucena
Central America
Caribbean
SAM
Luis Delgado
Mendoza
Ughis
Wwen
Delgado
Colombia National Liberation Armty
Former POWs defend antiwar stance amid charges
San Francisco AP reports Marine Sgt. Alfonso Riate of Santa Rosa says he opposed the Vietnam War before capture and remains innocent of wrongdoing. He was taken prisoner April 26, 1967, and states he saw needless death and civilian hatred in Vietnam while opposing the conflict. His AGI attorneys say charges appear motivated by dissenting views, not acts of collaboration.
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San Francisco
U.S
Alfonso Blale
Santa Rosa
Calif
American Civil Liberties Union
Riate
Joseph Rencho
Charles Marson
AGI
Air Moree Cal. 'Thetdore Uu
Sgt
Riatet
Riatet and the ‘Oldiers
Dat
Guy
Rencho
Italian jets collide after air show. one pilot killed
In Rome Italian military jets returning from an air show collided in the air Saturday. One pilot was killed and the other was missing. The incident prompted search efforts and official statements on the crash.
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Rome
Unwanted Caribbean Cruise Ordeal Strands Family of Four
Mr and Mrs Theodore Kornowski and two children survived four days aboard the Niew Amsterdam after the vessel failed to dock at Curacao. They endured a baby with possible measles a shared cabin with limited clothing and no basic supplies. The family plans action against the cruise line accusing management negligence and seeking compensation.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Theodore Kornowski
Uae
Kornowski
Cusracay
Dutch West Indies
Sid Kornowski
Lo & and
Kortiowski
Ling
Zests
Chacao
Chiacao
Fi. Lauderdale
July Soybeans Jump 77 Cents on CBOT Open Trading Day
CHICAGO AP July soybeans surged 77 cents a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade marking the first trading day without a one day price limit. Bushels closed at 11.35 vs 10.58 prior session as other bean months moved within 40 cent ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Dallas Celebration Honors 400 POWs
Dallas hosts a lavish homecoming parade and banquet honoring 400 POWs and Vietnam veterans with corporate support. Among dignitaries were former Dallas Mayor Frick Fons and publisher Amon Carter while prisoners wore uniforms and waved to crowds along the parade route.
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Dallas
H. Ross Perol
Frik Fons
Amon Carter
Fark Worth
Tom Regnier
Army Special Forces
Florida
Vietnam
Regnier
Fly
Wo Wiff Clements
Def Pepper Soft Drink
Hit
Viet Cong Dims Hopes of Peace in Ceasefire Talks
The Viet Cong stated wide gaps with Saigon in executing a true ceasefire, saying at the weekly press conference that prospects for a long term truce remain doubtful.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Cargo Vessel Collision Causes Fire In New York Harbor
In New York Harbor near the Verrazano Narrows bridge an anti American cargo ship rammed the Belgian tanker Esso Brussels, igniting both vessels and triggering explosions. At least seven people died, dozens were injured, and four crewmen were missing as flames surged into the sky. The Sea Witch and the Esso Brussels drifted under the bridge as emergency crews battled the blaze. a survivor described the flames and sinking ship sections while others recounted trying to escape.
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New York Harbor
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
U.S
New York
Aieng
Harbor
Brooklyn
Staten Island
William Patterson
Clften
N. J
Palice
Sea Witch
Essy
Brussels
David Bracy
Bar Harbor
Maine
Bracy
Michael O’connor
West Orange
N.J
Esso Brussels
Watergate Suspects Seek Testimony Hearings Coastward
Watergate conspirators granted temporary release from Danbury prison to testify before a Los Angeles grand jury. Archibald Cox and Samuel Cash discuss minimizing harm to investigations as Hunt Barker and Martinez face potential testimony about the Fielding file burglary linked to Ellsberg's Pentagon Papers case.
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Washington
Href
Los Angeles
Joseph Busch
Howard Hunt
Bernard Barker
Eugenio’ Martinez
Daniel Ellsberg
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Met
Danbury
Conn
Busth
Cox
Samuel Cash
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Senate
Cash
Hunt
Barker
Martinez
Lewis Fielding
Ellsberg
Pentagon
The
White Mouse
Plumbers
Consumer Advocate Faces Scary Dissent Pattern on Utility Rates
Howard Bell of Ares strongly dissents from the Lewi commission majority on four major utility rate rulings, seeking higher awards for Town Telephone Co., Interstate Power Co., Northwestern Bell, and North Central Public Service. Sources say the pattern has grown grave for consumers as Bell’s eight straight dissents diverge from staff and fellow commissioners, with notable dispute over an 11.72 percent equity return in the Iowa Power case.
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Sy Chery Arvidson
United Press International
Ball
Commission
Telepane Co
Knoxville
Interstate Power Co
Dubuque
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Des Moines
Worth Central Public Service
St. Paul
Minn
Bell
Moore and van Nostrand
Iowa Power and Light Co
van Nas- Wand
Iowa Power
Robert D. Ray
American Colonel in Iran Slaii
An American adviser to the U.S. military mission in Tehran was fatally shot while walking from his home to a pickup point. Lt. Col. Lewis Hawkins, 42, of Plymouth Indiana, was killed by a terrorist who fled on a motorcycle. Iranian police tightened security at American facilities as leftist militancy continued.
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Tehran
U.S
Lewis Hawkins
Plymouth
Ind
Tran
Hawkins
Yole
Annet
Aleript
Douglas MacArthur II
Nixon
Richard Helms
Partler
Balloting Fails to Narrow Northern Ireland Gap
In local council elections Northern Ireland split remains sharp as proportional representation falters. The Protestant Unionist party leads with 210 seats, Alliance garners 63, Loyalist and SDLP groups gain 81 and 82 respectively, while others account for 122 across several parties.
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Frelrpast
Northern Ireland
Shi
Unionist Party
Cathlics
Bdbk
Avaiy
Satholit Social Democratic and Labor Party
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Coast Guard
Kornawski
Douglas
Madiyn
Cheryl
Rae Sheppard
Marhal
Sheppard
Esso Marine 8.A
Belgium
Bayonne
America
Eixport-Isbrandtgen, Line
Norfolk, Va
William Dunn
Iduty
Western Union
Cank Joseph Degreve
Commerce
Consumers
Fred Moore
Commerce Commission
Lowa
Interalate Power
Northwestern Bell
North Central
Moore
van Nostrand
Heant
Figueras
Rec Cent
Qmer
Iran
Slaii
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