Hijackers Plan Takeoff On JAL Jet With 143 Aboard
Hijackers of a Japan Air Lines jumbo jet with 143 aboard prepared for takeoff in Dubai and called themselves the Mt Carmel Martyrs. They demanded fuel and the body of a dead accomplice, a wounded purser, and the return of a child and a woman, while promising to keep passengers alive. The Dubai defense minister urged release of the women and child as negotiations continued.
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Yoshihisa Miyashira
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Nixon Economist Predicts Higher Prices and Jobs
Washington AP top Nixon economist Herbert Stein chair of the Council of Economic Advisers warned Phase 4 may raise food prices but should curb the boom and lift employment. Other officials Earl Butz and Peter Brennan discussed wage guidelines and labor contracts while predicting price rises in farm goods and a move toward price stability and growth.
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Meet the Press
CBS
Face the Nation
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Dive gear and wet suit ad in hot summer
Classified ad offers US diver gear including vaonks regulators and wet suits. Best offer requested with contact numbers. Herald-Times-Reporter notes reader cooled off in a diving suit bought via a classified ad. Eight-day low rate promotion advertised with Dig numbers and AdVisor assistance.
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Libya Leader Khadafy Likely to Remain in Power
Libyan leader Col Muammar Khadafy plans to withdraw his resignation amid protests and pressure from his government. He will address a Benghazi rally to explain the move and discuss Egypt merger talks, a crisis sparked by a March of Libyans into Cairo and Sadat’s stance on union.
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Rain Likely Across Wisconsin With Scattered Showers
Weather observers expect showers to develop statewide after a cloudy start. Overnight rainfall totals peaked at 0.55 inch in Superior and 0.50 inch in Spooner as western and central areas saw lingering moisture. Highs ranged from 72 in Spooner to 85 in Eau Claire, while overnight lows spanned 55 to 68 across the state.
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Haldeman ordered Liddy to shift to McGovern intel
Former White House aide Gordon Strachan testified that Haldeman instructed Liddy in spring 1972 to transfer capabilities from Muskie to McGovern and probe Kennedy’s connections. He recounted meetings with Mitchell and Haldeman, noted a written approval, and said he feared removal after the break in. FBI investigators later substantiated parts of his account.
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Kennedy
John W. Mitchell
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FBI
Jeb Stuart
Nixon Drops In New Poll
President Nixon faces the steepest slide in Gallup polling since 1968 with 49 percent disapproval and 40 percent approval. The two-week decline widens his drop to 28 points from his January peak of 68 percent after the Vietnam settlement, beating Johnson’s low by five points. Also included are local weather figures for Manitowoc and Two Rivers.
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Plane crash near Tahiti leaves one survivor
A Pan American jetliner carrying 69 passengers and 10 crew crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Papeete en route to Los Angeles. One Canadian survivor and 12 bodies were found as authorities searched the crash site two miles north of Papeete harbor.
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Los Angeles
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New Zealand
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Eddie Rickenbacker Dies at 82 Air Ace and Airline Pioneer
Eddie Rickenbacker, famed World War I flying ace and guiding force behind Eastern Airlines, died in Zurich at 82. The Detroit native, once a race car driver, earned 21 confirmed air victories and 5 balloons, serving with the 94th Pursuit Squadron. Funeral plans were set for Columbus, Ohio.
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Explosions Rattle Port Au Prince Palace And Fire
In Port au Prince Haiti explosions shook the presidential palace area with a large munition storage fire. No official cause or fate of President Duvalier was released and damage extent remains unknown. In Tampa Florida a driver surrendered after allegedly killing two young girls in a deliberate hit and run. Raymond McMahon is jailed on two counts of first degree murder.
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Haiti
Jean Claude Duvalier
White House
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Fla
Mailmen ratify $10,000 new two year USPS contract
Four unions representing 617,000 of the U S Postal Service's 700,000 workers ratified a two year contract. Under the agreement general wage increases total about 1000 dollars per year, lifting average postal wages from current levels toward the new figure.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Public campaign fund proposed by Scott and Kennedy
Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts propose public financing of congressional elections. They plan to offer the idea as an amendment to a campaign spending bill to be debated in the Senate on Wednesday.
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D-Mass
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