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Randall Spencer
North Carolina
Spencer
Oinn
Arab diplomats pledge help to press for hostage release
Ten Arab ambassadors promised to press guerrillas in Jordan to free airline passengers held aboard two hijacked jets. President Nixon convened a high level meeting on hijackings and potential anti hijacking legislation while lawmakers urged armed guards on all international U S planes.
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United States
Jordan
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
U.S
Palat Al-Ghoussein
Kuwait
Al-Ghoussein
Swissair
Trans World Airways
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Britain
Switzerland
West Germany
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Arkansas primary shocks with Bumpers upset of Faubus
In Arkansas Dale Bumpers defeated Orval Faubus for the Democratic governor nomination, winning 257,385 to 181,089 as Faubus exits politics after six terms. Florida saw Rep. William C. Cramer clinch the Republican Senate nod, ending G. Harrold Carswell’s bid. Eight states held primaries Tuesday with Kirk facing runoff Eckerd.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Florida
William C. Cramer
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Chamber
Supreme Court
Carswell
Faubus
Bumpers
Dogpatch USA
Claude R. Kirk
Jack Eckerd
Kirk
Eckerd
Earl Faircloth
Reubin Askew
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Winston L. Prouty
Hoff
Fiore L. Beve
William H. Meyer
Meyer
Prouty
Hijacking of British airliner jolts Middle East crisis
A BOAC jet with 66 passengers and 10 crew was hijacked after leaving Bahrain and ordered to land in Beirut to refuel. Guerrillas of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine threatened to blow up the plane unless Leila Khaled and related demands were met, as several other planes were seized and hostages held in Jordan. The U.N. Security Council was urged to address the wave of hijackings.
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Middle East
Beirut
Jordanian Desert
Palestine
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
British Overseas Airways Corp
Bahrein
Persian Gulf
Noe Ae
The
Inter- Cross
Jordan
BOAC
Popular Front
Leila Khaled
London
Miss Khaled
Switzerland
West Germany
Britain
el Khana
Amman
the Front
Red Cross
Front
Michael Comay
Foreign Office
Israel
Byrd urges purge of radicals in colleges nationwide
Sen. Robert Byrd calls for purging radical professors and students from colleges and adopting hard line admissions policies. He argues colleges must represent mainstream America, curb disruptions, and use injunctions, lawsuits, and bond requirements to deter protests and hold vandals accountable.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Presidents’ Commission On
America
Byrd
Nixon tax proposals face first congressional scrutiny
President Nixon seeks to raise revenues with a gasoline lead additive tax and a faster collection of estate and gift taxes to narrow a growing deficit. Kennedy argues the measures would bring in about 3.1 billion but experts warn deficits could reach 13 to 20 billion without spending cuts.
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Nixon
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Kennedy
George P. Mahon
Dtex
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
White House
Ways and
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