U.S. Planes Hit North Vietnam Seaport and Targets
U S fighter bombers conducted more than 250 strikes across North Vietnam from Hanoi to Vinh destroying bridges trucks surface craft storage areas and supply buildings while downing one MIG 19. Navy air crews hit targets from Hanoi area to Vinh destroying several bridges and disrupting the transport network. Saigon reports heavy fighting with North Vietnamese forces across multiple fronts and casualties on both sides.
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Hanoi
Vinh
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Saigon
Chisholm Ordered TV Time To Counter Rivals
A U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruling forces CBS and ABC to give Rep. Shirley Chisholm equal time. CBS must air a 30 minute prime time slot by June 5, and ABC must include Chisholm in its June 4 Issues and Answers or grant a half hour of prime time. The ruling overturns FCC denials citing the sessions as bona fide news interviews.
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Margaret Scherf
Associated Press
Washington
Shirley Chisholm
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
Columbia Broadcasting System
Chisholm
California
FCC
American Broadcasting Co
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
CBS
National Broadcasting Co
ABC
Humphrey-McGovern
Sam Yorty
Los An
Amt
San Francisco
Networks
Dean Burch Seminatics
Bete Saeed
Runoff Primary Seen With Reduced Voter Turnout
In Raleigh AP reports about 600000 North Carolina voters are expected to cast ballots under sunny skies for today's runoff primary. Elections Director Alex Brock predicts turnout 200000 below May 6 first primary and notes fierce GOP and Democratic contests across multiple races.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Alex Brock
Brock
Jim Gardner
Jim Holfhouser
Pat Taylor
Hargrove
Bowles
Rep
Nick Galifianakis
Sen
Everett Jordan
Russell Secrest
Cary
John Ingram
Asheboro
W. C
Billy’’ Creel
John Brooks
Bor
Jules Coggins
Ike Andrews
Siler City
Congress
Charles Rose III
Hector McGeachy
Fayetteville
Taylor
Gardner
Jordan
Hijacked Airliner Heads Toward Algiers
A young hijacker with three accomplices and a bomb demanded $500000 in ransom and caused two Western Airlines jets to fly from Seattle and San Francisco to New York then toward Algiers. He released some of the hostages at Kennedy and kept others aboard, while authorities tracked the planes and assessed the threat amid shifting demands including a possible request for Angela Davis’s freedom.
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Western Airlines
Algiers
Air Pirate
Kennedy International Airport
San Francisco
Kennedy
Seattle
Ken Erickson
Western
Salt Lake City
Federal Aviation Administration
Erickson
Angela Davis
San Jose
Calif
Students For A Democratic Society
San Francisco International Airport
Las Vegas
Nev
Angla Davis
Freedom
U.S
Hooded Hijacker Pockets $200000 Then Parachutes From Jet
A hooded hijacker forced a United Air Lines 727 from Reno to take off and parachuted away with about $200,000 after holding three stewardesses and pilots hostage. The FBI reported a man in custody in Washington as investigators hunted for the escapee between Reno and Washoe Lake.
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Reno, New
United Air Lines
Reno International Airport
Reno
Washoe Lake
Sheriff's
Downed pilot rescued after 23 days in enemy territory
Capt. Roger C. Locher, 28, of Sabetha Kansas, survived 23 days evading North Vietnamese troops after his F4 Phantom was shot down on May 19. He was rescued by 30 to 40 aircraft amid heavy ground fire as his beeper finally drew attention. The second crewman remains missing.
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Phu My
Binh Dinh
Robert Gay
Panama City
Fla
Florida Marine Patrol
Robert
Gardner
Organized Labor
Holshouser
White House
Harry Dent
GOP
Frank Rouse
Jordan
U.S
Sam Ervin Jr
North Caolina
Galifianakis
Washington
Ervin
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
USS
Air Force
Roger C. Locher
Sabetha
Kan
Locher
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Man Sought In Hijacking Surrenders
Frederick W. Hahneman named by the FBI in a federal warrant as the hijacker of an Eastern Airlines jet to Honduras on May 6 surrendered to authorities at the U S Embassy in Tegucigalpa early today, an FBI spokesman said.
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Washington
Frederick W. Hahneman
FBI
Eastern Air Lines
Honduras
U.S
Slaying at Raleigh Shopping Center Raises Toll
Five people have died in Monday shootings at a Raleigh shopping center. U.S. Senator B Everett Jordan and Jessie B West of Raleigh were among the victims. Police say the 22 year old gunman McLeod acted alone and that Jordan was not the intended target. Motive remains unclear.
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U.S
Everett Jordan
DN Peorg
Jessie B. West
Sen. Jordan
McLeod
Jordan
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