Hijack Ransom Money Recovered in Utah Case
FBI reports recovered $499,970, a parachute, a pistol and related gear from the premises of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. in Provo Utah. McCoy, 29, a Vietnam veteran and skydiver, faces air piracy charges for hijacking a United Airlines jet. Stanley Harlan Speck, 31, of San Francisco, was also detained after a separate ransom hijack attempt in San Diego.
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Raleigh
Utah
Salt Lake City
FBI
U.S
United States
A. M. Ferro
Richard Floyd McCoy Jr
McCoy
Provo House
Harlan Speck
San Francisco
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Lindbergh Field
San Diego
Calif
Nixon cites Soviet role in Vietnam at disarmament ceremony
President Nixon used a germ warfare treaty signing at the State Department to press Moscow for restraint and to condemn Soviet support of North Vietnam’s offensive. Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin pledged momentum toward general disarmament, with Rogers and Earl of Cromer signing for the United States and Great Britain.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Anatoly Dobrynin
Moscow
South Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
William P. Rogers
United States
Earl of Cromer
Great Britain
Two Phi Beta Kappa Inductees From Wake Forest
Wake Forest University names 56 Phi Beta Kappa inductees including Kemp Burl McCuiston of High Point and Timothy Edward Schultheiss of Ferndale Boulevard. Both juniors hold Guy T. Carswell Scholarships. McCuiston majors in history and Schultheiss in physics.
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Winston-Salem
High Point
Wake Forest University
Kemp Burl McCuiston
Ma McCuiston
Forrest St
Timothy Edward Schultheiss
G. E. Schultheiss
Ferndale Blvd
McCuiston
Schultheiss
Guy T. Carswell
Billy Graham Plans Return Visits to Carolinas Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham concluded the Charlotte Crusade and flew to Chicago to receive a broadcaster of the year award. He urged Charlotte to remain the South’s spiritual center and outlined plans for crusades across the Carolinas with Raleigh and Columbia noted for future events. Attendance reached 72,100 with 4,744 making decisions for Christ.
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Charlotte
N.C
Carolinas
Billy Graham
Chicago
National Association of Broadcasters Toay
Graham
South
Coliseum-Auditorium
Cliff Barrows
Raleigh
Columbia
S. C
Christ
Hair Consultant Here Tuesday
A hair consultant event invites men and women to a free in home consultation with Lesley Consultant about hair and scalp issues. The notice claims frank evaluation and a written guarantee, but states male pattern baldness is often untreatable and that long term slick baldness may not respond.
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Lesley
Proclaim Innocence Parents Stand By Son
Richard F McCoy Sr says he and his wife stand by their son Richard Jr who faces charges of air piracy and interfering with flight crew. The Provo Utah based airman, a Vietnam veteran and Utah National Guard flyer, was arrested after a Friday night parachute hijacking attempt on a jet.
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McCoy
Speck
Richard F. McCoy Sr
Richard Jr
Provo
Utah
McCoy Sr
Raleigh
New York
Associated Press
Wimbleton Road
Senrous
Brigham Young University
Vietnam
Utah National Guard
Industrialist Oberdan Sallustro Found Dead in Argentina
In Buenos Aires suburb Villa Lugano the body of 56 year old Fiat Concord official Oberdan Sallustro was found with a bullet wound to the head. He was abducted March 21 by the People's Revolutionary Army seeking a $1 million ransom and freedom for 50 imprisoned guerrillas.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Oberdan Sallustro
Villa Lugano
Government House
Sallustro
Fiat Concord
People’s Revolutionary Army
Viet Nam Uprising Fails To Materialize Across South
Washington AP reports North Vietnamese troops crossed the DMZ hoping to spark a popular uprising in Quang Tri province and southern Vietnam. Officials say the populace rallied to the government, countering Tet era expectations while ARVN held its ground overall amid a spring offensive.
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Washington
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Quang Tri Province
U.S
Dmz
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U.S. Atty
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Salt Lake
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Salt Lake County
Newark
N.J
Los Angeles
Denver
Colo
Marshal
Dobrynin
State Department
Phi Beta Kappas
F. A. Lunsford
Grove Baptist Church
Woodlawn Baptist Church
North Main St
N. C
Richard Turner
A. B. Asbill
Joe Leach
Mr. RB. Lb. Seeders
Holiday Inn
South Main ST
Elizabeth Hole
Raleigh, N.C
Higson
Broughton High School
Fiat-Concord
Ida
Central Highlands
Kitchen Free
Hope Chapel Baptist Church
Archdale Boulevard
Jimmy Dillon
Shining Light Baptist Church
Richard G. Mabe
DODGE
Dodge Boys
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Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
S. Main Street
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