Lawmen Hunt Hijacker Who Parachuted Out
A manhunt centered on Provo Utah for a 25 to 30 year old hijacker who leaped from United Airlines Flight 855 near San Francisco with $500,000 ransom. The four parachutes and money were retrieved as lawmen chased leads across Nevada Utah and Colorado.
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Provo
Utah
United Air Lines
Utah Lake
Rocky Mountains
Denver
San Francisco
Dick McLennan
CBS
Jim Kilpatrick
Sandy Wilkinson
Newark
N.J
San Francisco International Airport
Air Force
Hamilton Air Force Base
Nevada
FBI
Wilson Creek
Nev
Interstate 15
T. Johnson
D. B. Cooper
Northwest Airlines
Seattle
Wash
Reno
Robert Mainthow
Denver University
Grand Junction
Colo
Los Angeles
Marathon
Welfare Clients to Get Photo ID Cards in NY
New York welfare clients will begin receiving photo identification cards Monday under the 1971 state law to curb welfare check forgeries. City human resources chief Jules M. Sugarman said the program will cost about 2 million dollars to launch and 900 thousand dollars annually to operate.
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New York
Jules M. Sugarman
Forrie Says Yes Let Him Run He's Only 19
North East Rep Forest Hopkins welcomes Wattsburg Democrat Kingsley J. Blasco Jr to run in the April 25 primary. Blasco, 19, may lack eligibility since Pennsylvania requires 21 for a representative, while Hopkins remains the odds on favorite. Blasco’s father notes the shift in voting age to 18 mirrors questions on qualifications.
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Forrie
Forest Hopkins
North East
Kingsley J. Blasco Jr
Wattsburg
Hopkins
Blasco
Pennsylvania
Department of State
Harrisburg
Joe Blasco
Forrie Hopkins
State Highway Department
Erie Drag Race Ends With Fatalities and DUI Charge
The race extended south to a dead end at State street. Three passengers rode in the Sirianni car with no serious injuries. Sirianni faces a driving while intoxicated charge by Erie police. local driver faces no charges yet. Funeral plans for Kinney are set by Bracken Funeral Home, obituary due Monday.
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Corry
Erie
Eric L. Kinney
Edna Light
B.D
Larry Fargo
Columbus
Mar
Larry Bromiley
Fargo
St. Vincent Hospital
Bromley
Hamot Medical Center
Journal
Lam
Peter Sirianni
State Street
Upper State Stree
Sirianni
Young Kinney
Bracken Funeral Home
Penn Disposal Fined For Violations
Penn Disposal Inc faced action in Erie County for violations under the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act. The health department cited three March instances of inadequate cover at the Wayne Township landfill and three violations at the Erie transfer station in January and February, including overnight trash, wastewater pumping, and a plugged sewer drain. Judge Merchie Calabrese imposed a $100 fine plus court costs and noted improvements after inspections.
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Merchie Calabrese
Erie
Penn Disposal, Incorporated
Commonwelth of
Pennsylvania
Erie County
County Health Department
Penn Disposal
Wayne’ Township
Health Department
Calabrese
Gov Shapp Criticizes Turnpike Restrooms Pay Toilets
Gov. Shapp condemned poor conditions at a Bran dywine Howard Johnson’s during a highway stop between Harrisburg and Philadelphia. He cites dirty floors and unwashed sinks and notes three of five toilets were pay toilets. He asks the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to require well maintained free facilities.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Howard Johnson
Brandywine
Lester F. Burlein
Commission
Resting Comfortably LBJ Faces Tests For Pains
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson is resting comfortably after chest pains and will undergo comprehensive tests at the University of Virginia Hospital. Doctors, including heart specialist Dr. John Willis Hurst, reported the pains subsided but did not confirm a heart attack. Johnson, 63, has a history of heart trouble and is in the cardiac care unit with Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Robb by his side.
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Charlottesville
Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Virginia
Johnson
Texas
John Willis Hurst
University of Georgia Medical Center
Hurst
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird Robb
Charles Robb
Robb
Secret Service
Johnsons
Nashville
Tenn
Chapel Hill
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
Austin
San Antonio
U S Rushes Planes and Ships Toward Vietnam War
AP reports slowed Communist ground attacks in some South Vietnam sectors but intensified actions in the Mekong Delta. U S forces deploy more planes and ships to Indochina to press a bombing campaign against North Vietnam as paratroopers move toward An Loc and Lai Khe. Officials expect heavier North Vietnam strikes and renewed air raids, with initial assessments noting casualties low but many missing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
United States
Indochina
North Vietnam
An Loc
U.S
Hanoi
da Nang
1St Marine Air Wing
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Washington
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnams offensive peters out at front near demilitarized zone
In Vietnam the large North Vietnamese drive has quieted along the Dong Ha and Cua Viet defenses, with air and antiaircraft action rising as ground fighting eases. Allied commanders fear a pause before renewed southward thrust toward Quang Tri and Hue, while reinforcements rush north to defend Saigon. Loc Ninh and An Loc come under siege as several thousand Loc Ninh An Loc rangers shift to northern combat. The palace guard is mobilized and infantry arrives from Xuan Loc to replace losses.
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Saigon
An Lac
Lai Khe
An Loc
Highway 13
Central Highlands
Tran Ai Quoc
Chon Thanh
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Ha
Cua Viet River
Quang Tri
Hue
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Xuan Loc
Animal World Strikes Back in Hospital Day
Two domestic animals injured people sending George Nichols of Spartansburg to Corry Memorial Hospital with a fractured leg while 11 year old Richard Messinger of North Clymer was admitted with a possible fractured foot after a pony fell on him. The incidents prompted ambulance transport and medical evaluation.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
George Nichols
R.D. 3
Spartansburg
Corry
Nichols
Richard
John Messinger
North Clymer
Local Men Move Into New Field in Interconnect Business
The Federal Communications Commission ended monopolies by large firms like Bell Telephone and AT&T, opening a market for interconnect systems. Independent Communications, Inc. formed in Corry with Robert Hunt as president and Terry Blakeslee as secretary treasurer, operating from a private home and targeting business clients for private telephone installations linked to local lines.
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Federal Communications Commission
Bell Telephone
General Telephone
At&t
United States
Corry
Independent Communications, Inc
Robert Hunt
Jef
Terry Blakeslee
West
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Gerry D. Hearn
Hill Afb
Fire‘department
LBJ
North Viet
Loc Ninh-An Loc
Loc Ninh
Binh Long
Animal World Strikes Back
Washington Street
Hunt
Blakeslee
Pryor
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