Vietnamese hijack attempt ends in deaths and injuries
A Vietnamese hijacker tried to commandeer a South Vietnam airliner to Hanoi, detonated a grenade after landing at Phu Bai. The hijacker and three of 45 passengers died. four or five others were injured. the four engine DC4 sustained damage. On board were a Vietnamese pilot and an American copilot named Anderson.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Air Vietnam
Anderson
Phu Bai
Watergate hearings may end with no new evidence
The Senate Watergate committee voted to end public hearings as witnesses were already scheduled. Chairman Sam J. Ervin Jr. said the focus has shifted to the House impeachment inquiry and the courts.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Boyle Returns to Pennsylvania For Murder Trial Motions
AP reports Tony Boyle former United Mine Workers president arrived in Harrisburg for pre trial motions in his murder case tied to the 1969 slaying of Joseph Yablonski and his family. Also in brief a Democratic Senate bloc pushes for a 223 million tax relief vote despite Gov Shapp warnings of red ink and a GOP backed plan. In Pittsburgh police charge a 30 year old man with beating death of estranged wife whose dismembered body was found in a creek near their home. IRS seeks access to Westmoreland County law firm records in state contractor probe sources say.
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W.A
Tony" Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Joseph Yablonski
UMW
Yablonski
Boyle
Harrisburg
Senate
Shapp
Thomas Nolan
Nolan
Pittsburgh
Internal Revenue Service
Westmoreland County
Penelec Promotes Former Corryite Ronald Willman
Ronald K. Willman of North East formerly of Corry has been named coordinator of Customer and Budget Services for Penelec Northwestern Division based in Erie. A US Air Force veteran, he joined Penelec in 1946 and rose from utility worker to assistant division services head by 1973. He is a past president of the New Castle Chamber of Commerce and Corry YMCA, and husband of Luella Perry with two children.
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North East
Corry
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Northwestern
Erie
Willman
Penelec
Oil City
Pennsylvania State University Extension
New Castle
Hearst Awaits Reaction To 2 Million Food Program
Randolph Hearst announces a $2 million Peoples In Need food distribution plan to aid California’s poor, modeled after Washington State's Neighbors in Need. Distribution begins Friday with locations to be selected and program duration to be determined by the public.
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Calif
Randolph A. Hearst
Hearst
California
Washington State
Seattle
Boeing Co
Kramer
Meadville Lawyers Plan Motions For New Trial
Meadville attorneys for Robert Gartner and Randy Pfaff said they will file motions for a new trial after the pair were found guilty of second degree murder in the December 1 shooting death of 15 year old Marlon Matthews near the Scorpion motorcycle club clubhouse. Both were also convicted of aggravated assault for injuries to other car occupants. They have seven days to file the motions. if denied, sentencing will follow and appeals to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court remain possible.
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Meadville
Robert Gartner
Randy Pfaff
Marlon Matthews
Scorpion Motorcycle Club
Louis D. Musica
Mead Ville
Gartner
Michael J. Wherry
Grove City
Pfaff
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Kissinger Heads to Mexico City for Latin America Dialogue
Secretary of State Kissinger travels to Mexico City for a Latin America meeting. He aims to present a new US dialogue spirit, ease Cuba tensions, and address expropriation disputes with 23 governments. A cooperative declaration is expected, with a Middle East pivot looming as he plans a return near week’s end.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Mexico City
United States
Latin America
Cuba
Kissinger
U.S
House
Carl Albert
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvan
Syria
Israel
Students Back Faculty at Concordia Seminary Strike
Students gathered in the St. Louis campus yard planting dozens of small white crosses to symbolize the firing of 48 faculty and staff after overwhelming votes to join the fired faculty and form a seminary in exile. The dispute follows a month-long boycott that shut the nation's largest Lutheran seminary after the president was suspended for teaching false doctrine.
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Concordia Seminary
St. Louis Seminary
Loycott
EBVHC To Unveil Hall With 2 Events
The Elgin-Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company opens its new hall with two public events on Saturday. A pancake supper runs 4 30 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a round and square dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with music by Al Cox and the Triesters. The Stork note: Valentine Jr. born at Methodist Hospital.
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Elgin-Beaverdam
John Freeman
al Cox
the Triesters
Freeman
Ley Road Crash Kills Two In Somerset County
Two women died on icy U S 90 when their car slid and struck a coal hauler head on. Identified victims are Elda Stutzman 63 and Dorothy Hoffman 48, residents of Stoystown Somerset County.
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Stoystown
U.S. 90
Here
Elda Stutzman
Dorothy Hoffman
Somerset County
Lottery number 463695 and finalist 51157 announced
Harrisburg AP reports the Pennsylvania state lottery winning number for this week is 4 6 3 6 9 5 with the millionaire finalist number 5 1 1 5 7. A separate note from SHOW GAINS says about 40 percent of shoe imports come from the Far East, with SCA International citing primary styles in wedges, clogs and platform vinyl footwear.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Far East
SCA International
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