Eastern plane hijacked to Havana with 45 aboard
An Eastern Airlines jet carrying 45 people was hijacked by a Cuban man after departing Miami and forced to land in Havana. Capt. R. J. O’Gorman notified FAA and circled to dump fuel before landing. The hijacker said he could not stand life in the United States and did not want his children educated there.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Airlines
United States
Havana
Radio
O'Gorman
Federal Aviation Administration
Ha~vana
Richard F. Curti
Richard E. Fried
New York City
Carolyn Pechacek
Nancy Knothe
Phyllis Howton
Shari Mountz
O’gorman
FAA
Cuba
Free Replica Hearing Aid Demonstration in Ear
Elmsford New York special feature promotes the Sonotone SONET the smallest in ear hearing aid. Limited free plastic replicas available for private examination to show how the device fits entirely in the ear. Includes coupon request and details for obtaining the replica with no cost or obligation.
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Elmsford
N.Y
Sonotone Corporation
Sonotone
Isue
Greensboro
Masonic Temple
Danville
Holiday Road Fatalities Top 500 Mark
The Associated Press reports Thanksgiving traffic deaths have surpassed 500, reaching 510 fatalities since 6 p.m. Wednesday. The toll covers the third day of the long weekend, with the rally period ending at midnight Sunday. Last year’s holiday weekend toll was 685, the all time peak 748 in 1966.
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Associated Press
Deatis
Pittsburgh Girl Named Miss Teenage America
Melissa Babish, 16, Miss Teenage Pittsburgh, won Miss Teenage America in Fort Worth after singing Honeybun from South Pacific. She gains a $10,000 scholarship, wardrobe, and a year of nationwide appearances. First runner-up was Carol McClanahan of Denver.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Melissa Babish
Pittsburgh
Miss Babish
South Fayette High School
McDonald, Pa
Melissa
Dante
Stephanie Cran
St. Louis
Carol McClanahan
Metro-Denver
Melanie Young
Houston
Tamakra Jacobs
Flint
Mich
Marcy Gentry
Dallas
Barbara Jennings
Milwaukee
Yvonne Ferber
Sheila Bowen
Tulsa
James M. Moody
Texas Christian University
Earl Wilson
Joan Wynn
Cybill Shepherd
John Banner
Marilyn van Derbur
Debbie Giannopoulos
Ruth Grant
Chinle
Ariz
Giannopoulous
Dramatics Arts College
Grant
Dean Jones
Michele Lee
Trini Lopez
Singing Cadets of
Texas A&m
War winds and DMZ limits cloud Vietnam talks
The piece reports on U S and Laotian reconnaissance over Laos and the six mile DMZ along the 17th parallel with restrictions on disclosures. It notes Pentagon White House influence on DMZ decisions and cites Senate statements on bombing pauses and shelling near South Vietnam towns. It discusses pacification progress with 70 percent of residents in government areas and estimates only about half of 12 800 hamlets under control, with potential gains next year.
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U.S
United States
Laos
Washington
17Th Parallel
Pentagon
White House
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
South Victih
Clark M. Clifford
Thieu
Saigon
Talks hindered by conflicting advance declarations at Paris talks
U S and Saigon push for different outcomes as Vietnam war continues. Negotiators warn a long road lies ahead with fighting ongoing. North Vietnam accuses U S of bombing beyond the 17th parallel while the Hanoi team delays formal protests. Observers foresee slow progress until battlefield results improve.
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Harriman
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Paris
French industrialist rewrites escape plans in Italy
The report notes a French industrialist returning to Italy with his full billfold as the government lifts gasoline prices at midnight a day after freezing most economic activity. It cites a Texas context, arguing non inflationary effects, while a tan line forecasts a new rise to 80 and 86 cents per gallon and a broader 5 percent price boost on luxuries due to tax tricks boosting exports.
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Italy
France
Texas
U.S
Finance Ministry
State Of Emergency Declared At San Francisco State College
San Francisco State College acting president Dr. S S Hayakawa declared a state of emergency on the strife torn campus and ordered resumption of classes Monday. He warned of rapid action against those who disrupt or skip classes and outlined steps to deal with troublemakers.
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SAN Francisco
Ss. S. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
George Murray
Day
State College
Black Students Union
Third World Liberation Front
Murray
Th Wayakawa
W. Clement Stone
Chicago
Pewaeeneeenee
Tennane
San Francisco Press Club
Glenn Dumke
Joseph Aliote
Thomas Cahill
California National Guard
Cancer patients retain their ability to speak
Specialists note that untreated larynx cancer with obvious signs yields only 45 percent survival and many patients lose speech. They advocate developing screening techniques for mass programs to refer abnormal individuals for closer diagnosis. The two year project will involve 2000 subjects.
Additional Hong Kong flu outbreaks across the nation
The National Communicable Diseases Center reports new Hong Kong influenza outbreaks nationwide including Pennsylvania Colorado Springs Colorado southern Arizona Seattle North Carolina eastern Oregon and Puerto Rico. Tourists returning from Hawaii sparked spread to North Carolina as Shriners contracting the flu after a Honolulu visit. Cadets at the Air Force Academy and base in Colorado Springs faced illness with most not needing hospitalization and the outbreak waning. Nine deaths are noted at Riverview Philadelphia but officials say the surge is slowing with no deaths since the prior week. Seattle sees mild influenza like illness among 20 doctors tests suggest Hong Kong flu. Bisbee reports school absenteeism at 60 percent. Vaccine access increases with priority for elderly and chronically ill.
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Atlanta
Hong Kong
National
Honolulu
J. N. MacCormack
North Carolina
Rentor
Air Force Academy
Air Force
Colorado Springs
Fu Lat
Philadelphia
Riverview
NCDC
Seattle
Seattle, King County
Hong
Minjing
Bisbee
NCDG
Soviet Mediterranean presence compared to US fleet
Zorin argued Soviet naval activity in the Mediterranean is not more surprising than the U S Sixth Fleet. Messmer cited 1968 French trade with the Soviet Union totaling 128 million for the first nine months and warned against a Soviet move on Mers el Kebir while France controls Bou Sfer airbase. He noted openness of seas but urged caution over Soviet reinforcement amid Middle East tensions.
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Mediterranean
Zorin
United States
Serpukhov
France
Soviet Union
Pierre Messmer
Mers-el Kebir
Algeria
Messmer
Middle East
Black Sea
6Th Fleet
Mers el Kebir
Oran
Bou- Sfer
Bou-Sfer
Coast Guard rescues four from sinking craft off Islamorada
Four people were rescued 27 miles off Islamorada after their boat sank around 5:40 pm Friday. They used life jackets and two rubber diving suits to survive the night as a Coast Guard helicopter crew from Diligence landed a doctor aboard. They were brought to Opa-locka and treated for injuries including stings from wasps or “mans of war.”
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Coast Guard
Max Casper
Opa-locka
Casper
Islamorada
Marathon
Thomas O'Brien
Miners No. 9 near Monongah WV scene of deadly 1907 disaster
Miners No. 9 sits less than 10 miles from Monongah West Virginia where 361 miners perished on December 6 1907 in the nation’s worst mining disaster on record.
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Monongah
W.va
United States
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