John Wayne dies at 72 after battle with cancer
Hollywood icon John Wayne, famed for Stagecoach and True Grit, died at UCLA Medical Center at 5:35 p.m. PDT surrounded by his children after a prolonged cancer battle. Presidents and fans mourned the actor known as the Duke as tributes and a lasting legacy in American cinema.
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Hijacked airliner returns to Miami after Cuba detour
Delta Air Lines L 1011 headed from New York to Fort Lauderdale was hijacked by a man described as about 30, Latin looking and 5 foot 11, who forced the jet to Havana Cuba. The crew and passengers were held in Havana about five hours before the plane returned to Miami. Authorities offered no immediate motive or details on the hijacker’s means. Relatives waited anxiously as passengers were processed at the Miami customs area.
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California bicyclist makes first winged flight across English Channel
Bryan Allen, 26, piloted the Gossamer Albatross from Cap Gris Nez in France to a French beach, completing a 22 mile flight in just under three hours and earning a 100,000 pound prize. The 55 pound craft has a wingspan like a DC-9 and lifted off from cliffs to circling sea.
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Federal judge fines Bernard Purdie in Platters name case
A Baltimore judge held Bernard Purdie in contempt for attempting to use the Platters name to profit online. The court awarded the group a 3.0 dollar judgment. The story connects to the old Platters hits and ongoing disputes over rights to the name.
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Population clock math mulls 220 million birth death pace
L M Boyd ponders how the Commerce Department fixed the U S population at 220 million at 10 45 on Feb 5 1979 with simple arithmetic counting a birth every 10 seconds a death every 16 seconds an immigrant arrival every 77 seconds and an emigrant departure every 15 minutes The column mixes trivia and quota quotes from George Ade and a legal note on copyright Crown Syndicate Inc 1979
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