Hijacker Vanishes After Nevada Airport Hijack
A middle aged man seized $200000 ransom on a Seattle to Reno flight, flashed a bomb claim, and disappeared into the Nevada wilderness as the jet taxied. FBI identified him tentatively as D B Cooper. passengers described him as swarthy and relaxed after conversing with a stewardess.
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Reno
Nev
UPI
Nevada
Seattle
Harold Campbell, Jr
FBI
D. B. Cooper
Seattle - Tacoma International
FAA
U.S
Larry Finegold
Finegold
Richard Simmons
ICC Allows Temporary Rate Increases For Utilities
The Iowa commerce commission approves temporary rate boosts for Northwestern Bell Telephone and Interstate Power Co. Northwestern Bell may raise Iowa rates in December for January bills, about 12 percent on average, equating to roughly $1.30 more per month. Interstate Power, serving northeast and north central Iowa, can lift electric rates about 8 percent, averaging $1.06 more for the typical home. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. in Cedar Rapids will likely receive a similar temporary clearance next week. The Price Board could veto, but the ICC expects approval to stand.
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Des Moines
Town Commerce Commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone and
Interstate Power Co
Dubuque
ICC
Maurice van Nostrand
Commission
Northwestern Bell
Iowa
Telephone Company
van Nostrand
Federal Price Board
Northeast
Northcentral
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. of
Cedar Rapids
Life to cut circulation from seven to five point five million
Life magazine will reduce its circulation from seven million to 5.5 million starting with the January 1974 issue and seek rate increases. Publisher Gary Valk cites postal hikes totaling about 14 million over five years and Phase 2 limits as key factors. The plan includes higher ad rates per thousand but lower per-page costs due to smaller circulation.
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New York
Life Magazine
Life
Gary Valk
Walk
Valk
Four Oil Firms Agree to 4.5 Million Settlement Over Santa Barbara Spill
Union Oil Gulf Mobil and Texaco will pay 4.5 million to 1,560 beachfront property owners as part of a class action arising from the January 1969 platform blowout off Santa Barbara. The deal, approved by three special masters, awaits district judge approval in Boise. The spill sent more than 250,000 gallons of oil into the Santa Barbara Channel and coated 30 miles of coast.
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Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
U.S. District Court
Ray McNichols
Boise
Idaho
Union Oil Co
Gulf Oil Co
Mobil Oil Corp
Texaco, Inc
Union Oil
NATO Admiral Urges Baltic Naval Buildup
In Brussels AP Charles Kenney Duncan head of NATO's Atlantic fleet urged NATO to strengthen its naval forces to enable discussions of mutually balanced reductions with the Russians.
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Brussels
U. S
Charles Kenney Duncan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Unions Propose Cut in Raises to Meet Phase 2 Rules
Ohio Valley Carpenters Council and Local 1454 Millwrights, representing about 3,400 workers, offered to reopen unexpired contracts and reduce scheduled raises to align with President Nixon’s Phase 2. They and Allied Construction Industries will discuss Monday. The groups emphasize support for a fair, lenient approach to the wage freeze and aim to set a precedent for other trades.
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Cincinnati
Nixon
Ohio Valley Carpenters District Council
Millwrights Union
Allied Construction Industries
ACI
Joseph Wear
Millwrights
Howard Knauf
Charles de Gaulle's Grandson Admitted to French Bar
Paris AP reports Charles de Gaulle Jr. aged 23 and grandson of the former president has been admitted to the French bar, marking a notable entry into the legal profession.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
U.S. Combat Losses in Vietnam Hit New Low
U S command says last week produced five KIA and four WIA, the smallest weekly totals since 1965. Casualties for the war now reach 45,604 killed, 302,205 wounded, and 9,947 nonhostile deaths. B 52 strikes aid a drive in eastern Cambodia with 25 000 South Vietnamese troops, no major contact.
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Saigon
U. S
Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
Free children's movies kick off at three downtown theaters
Free movies open Friday at 9 a.m. for youngsters 12 and under across three downtown theaters. Each venue will show two full performances with the final shows wrapping around 12:30 p.m. Santa Claus arrives Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the vacant lot west of Roosevelt hotel, sponsored by local merchants.
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Santa Claus
Roosevelt Hotel
Cop gives ex-con a fresh start in Payette
Police Chief Stan Sower helps Chuck Wells, 25, a former dope addict and burglar, reset his life in Payette Idaho. He secured a job at a food plant and paid first month’s rent, after Wells faced returning to Tacoma without shelter. Wells credits Sower with giving him a chance and hopes to stay out of crime.
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Plymouth
Mass
Benjamin Brewster
William Brewster
Payette
Idaho
Chuck Wells
Stan Sower
Wells
Sower
Sawyer
Tacoma
Wash
Chuck
Snowstorm Locks East to Winter Storm Across Mid Atlantic
A major winter storm swept the Eastern seaboard dumping over a foot of snow in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania with up to six inches of rain in parts of the Middle Atlantic states. Heavy snow warnings covered areas from the Virginia mountains across western and central Pennsylvania through eastern New York into New England.
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Seaboard
Virginias
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic States
Virginia Mountains
New York
New England
Kissinger's Son Flubs China's Date On Plane Ride
In a joking exchange aboard the presidential plane, 10 year old David Kissinger suggested a March date for Nixon's Peking trip. Henry Kissinger and Ronald Ziegler dismissed the claim, warning reporters not to take it seriously. David was briefly hidden from view after the remark.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Peking
White House
David Kissinger
California
Ronald Ziegler
David
Henry Kissinger
Rahway Prison Riot Seizes Warden and Six Guards
In Rahway New Jersey inmates rioted seizing warden Hugh Vukcevich and six guards. Troopers and corrections officers prepared to storm the prison as inmates demand a meeting with Gov. Cahill. Eleven guards injured, one released go-between pleads for talks. Authorities cautious on progress.
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Rahway
N. J
New Jersey
Rahway State Prison
Gordon Hector
David Kelly
Hector
Hugh Vukcevich
Alfonso Iorio
Bryan Henderson
John Moitanes
Attica
Eddie Mullins
William Cahill
Mullins
Tom Flynn
Cahill
Flynn
Trenton
Chuckle Quiz Pontificates on a Weight Loss Claim
A humorous note mocks an ex husband who boasted about shedding 200 pounds of ugly fat in a single day after divorce. The line plays on exaggeration and self praise in a lighthearted fashion.
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