Hijacked Western Airlines Jet Forced To Havana
A pistol wielding hijacker took a Western Airlines 737 with 61 aboard and forced it from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles then to Cuba. The jet landed at Havana at 7 37 a m. Miami FAA said officials know little beyond the ground arrival. The hijacker claimed Indochina protest motive and warned of further actions as a note threatened U S skies.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Indochina
Western Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Federal Aviation Administration
Tampa
Arist Movement
America
Dallas
Corry Included In Computerized Job Listings
The Bureau of Employment Security announces a dramatic new service called Job Bank to aid employers in Corry and eight surrounding towns. Starting May 24, employers call local offices, orders are edited and sent to a computer hub, where they join regional orders and are sorted for overnight delivery to area offices. Video screens display listings for interviewers to refer qualified applicants, maximizing exposure while limiting referrals to the requested number.
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Bureau of Employment Security
Corry
Job Bank
Pennsylvania
Erie
Meadville
Oil City
Sharon
St. Marys
Warren
Bradford
Clarion
Skyjacker Flees Over Mexico After Allentown Hijack
A skyjacker who began his seven hour Abductions over Allentown Pa hijacked an Eastern Air Lines Boeing 727. He bailed out over jungle in Mexico after securing a ransom of 303000 and six parachutes. The crew and 48 passengers remained safe as authorities pursued identification via fingerprints.
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Mexico City
Eastern Air Lines
Pennsylvania
Eastern
Hank Nieto
Yoro
Mexico
British Honduras
Belize
Merida
Nieto
Washington, D.C
Washington
FBI
Vietnam
Allentown
New Orleans
Enemy Destroys Pleiku Headquarters In Central Highlands Clash
Saigon AP reports enemy troops using tear gas rockets and mortars wrecked a South Vietnamese brigade headquarters near Pleiku. An American adviser, Michael Haynes of Columbus Ohio, was killed. at least 27 dead on the government side and 36 enemy dead counted inside the base. Highway 14 supply line disrupted as Vietnamese infantry fail to reopen route toward Kontum. Contested areas include Chu Pao Mountain near Kontum and a small clash northwest of Kontum City. Soviet-built artillery spotted to the north.
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Saigon
Pleiku
Associated Press
David J. Paine
Highway 14
Rampsappers
Ual
Michael Haynes
Columbus
Paine
Haynes
Kontum
Chu Pao
Kontum City
Aides Cashing Dead Patients' Checks Alleged at Erie County Hospital
County Treasurer Neil McLaughlin said he seeks a legal opinion on his responsibility for checks cashed at Erie County Hospital for deceased patients. He cited investigations from 1969 showing checks endorsed after death and pledged to withhold signing further checks until control or legal clarity is established. He indicated the issue emerged under a Republican administration and warned the county could be liable if individuals are not identified.
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Neil McLaughlin
Erie County Hospital
McLaughlin
the Journal
Fine Corry Trio Ordered To Pay Hospital Bills In Assault
Three Corry men John Willis Dennis Higby and Thomas Pless were found guilty of disorderly conduct for beating two Erie men on April 1. Each was fined 100 dollars plus court costs and hospital bills totaling 124 dollars. Roy Burns II and John Bastak were treated and released. Leonard Wilcox faced driving while intoxicated charges. George Valletti Jr. had a yielding-right-of-way charge dismissed.
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Corry
Porter Auer
Erie
John Willis
West Pleasant Street
Dennis Higby
Thomas Pless
R.D
Roy Burns II
John Bastak
Auer
Leonard Wilcox
Erie County Court
George Valletti Jr
Spring Creek
Ponder Legal Action on Penn Disposal Officials Consider Action
Erie County Health Department officials told The Journal they are talking to lawyers about possible legal action against Penn Disposal over landfill operations in Wayne Township. Inspections found trenches not dug and trash not covered, with five to six acres apparently left uncovered and truckloads dumped on the ground. A health official called the site a mess and noted prior fines for similar Solid Waste Management Act violations.
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Erie County Health Department
Journal
Penn Disposal
Wayne Township
Health Department
Penn
Erie
Department of Environmental Resources
Pittsburgh
Union City Dam recreation complex eyed at 9.8 million
U S Representative Vigorito said design and planning for the Union City Dam recreational complex in Erie County could begin this fall as the Corps and BOR review progresses. The project aims to create a large recreational area along the Union City reservoir with about 1 million federal funding and 2.8 million from local and county sources. A fatal Warren County highway crash claimed 21 year old John M. Sveda when his car left the road near Tidioute. he died of a fractured spine.
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Union City Dam
Erie County
U.S
Joseph P. Vigorito
Journal of the Schedule
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Union City
French Creek
Warren County
John M. Sveda
R.D. 1
Pittsfield
Daniel Portzer
Warren State
Sveda
Tidioute
Richard Peters
Youngsville
Vigorito
Corps of Engineers
Office of Management and Budget
Washington
Congress
Gilly names Prater as conspirator in Yablonski slayings
Annette Gilly testified at a Washington County preliminary hearing that William Jackson Prater, a United Mine Workers organizer from La Follette Tennessee, helped plot the Dec 31 1969 murders of Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. She described meetings with Prater and her father Silous Huddleston and alleged responses about union payments and killing. The case continues with Prater held on murder and conspiracy charges.
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Washington, Pa
Annette Gilly
William Jackson Prater
Yablonski
Washington
Prater
United Mine Workers District 19
la Follette
Tenn
Thomas Gladden
Seph 'Jock’’ Yablonski
Gilly
Cleveland
Silous Huddleston
Silous
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Antiwalist
Midway
North Vietnam
Dmz
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin
Allentown, Pa
Robert Martin
Martin
William Halfast
Burns
Corry Memorial Hospital
Bastak
UC Dam
UMW
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