Boeing 727 Hijacked to Havana Over Firearm Threats
A young man hijacked a Boeing 727 after a Pittsburgh to Boston flight, diverting to Havana after refueling in Philadelphia. The hijacker claimed to carry an explosive and pistol, threatening to blow up the plane unless taken to Cuba. Passenger John Balderama described the hijacker grabbing a stewardess at Philadelphia. Police recovered a .22 caliber pistol and a Molotov cocktail.
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Philadelphia
Cuba
Philadelphia International
Allegheny Airlines
Pittsburgh
Boston
Havana
John Balderama
Arkansas Officials Cite Federal Juggling Causing Highway Aid Freeze
Goodman the state highway director told the Legislative Council that federal policy shifts have halted Arkansas highway construction funds. He said Arkansas has $42.9 million authorized but only $32.1 million approved, split into four quarterly allotments, with about $4 million actually received.
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Little Rock
Goodman
Arkansas
State Highway Department
Legislative Council
Congress
Department of Transportation
National Transportation Department
Council
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Arkansas 5
Gunnee
After Heatter’s 81st Birthday Cake Cut
Miami Beach AP Gabris reports Heatter, renowned news broadcaster of former years, celebrated his 81st birthday Thursday. His daughter Maida said the event went smoothly as he was served a birthday cake at his home.
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Miami Beach
Gabris
Heatter
Maida
Earle clash left marchers scattered after armed White stop
In federal court testimony James H. King of Earle described about 15 to 20 armed white men blocking a Sept 10 march of about 300 Negroes near City Hall. The mayor reported gunfire and injuries, with one man struck. Reverend W Ezra Greer alleged he was beaten outside City Hall by state troopers, vigilantes, and police, suffering a broken left arm and cuts.
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Earle Ial Rock
James H. King
Earle
City Hall
King
Federal District Court
Earle Seld
W. Ezra Greer
Greer
Movie Stunt Backfires Over Dublin River
American actor Don Stroud and pilot Lynn Garrison escaped a movie stunt plane crash in the Liffey River after a bird strike sent the craft into cables. They swam to safety and were hospitalized with head cuts and other injuries. Garrison, 35, born in Los Angeles, and Stroud, 28, were filming an aerial dogfight for Von Richtofen and Browne when the accident occurred.
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Dublin
Don Stroud
Lynn Garrison
Liffey River
Garrison
Stroud
Los Angeles
von Richtofen and Browne
Viet Cong Peace Plan Echoes Past Proposals
Washington officials deem the Viet Cong eight point peace plan, presented by Nguyen Thi Binh in Paris, a familiar retread. It calls for Saigon regime replacement and a US troop withdrawal by June 30, with a pledge not to attack and talks on peace and prisoner releases.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
Nguyen Thi Binh
Saigon
Thieu
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Human body as engineering marvel and mirror to machines
Mary Anita Laseter argues the human body is a superior construction showing self generating fuel, self cleaning organs, and efficient circulation. He highlights the skull dome, rib arches, kidney filtration, and eye design, linking bodily systems to man made engineering and noting MS as a nerve disease analogy.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Rome
Commission Approves List of Nominees for County Election Posts
The Arkansas Election Commission approved a list of nominees to serve as third members on county election commissions after replacing two names. Democrats substituted Johnny DeSalvo for Bill Clifton in Conway County and H. H. Beasley for Lester Schlenker in Cross County following a brief caucus. The move aligns with a 1989 law change designating the party with the most constitutional offices as the majority. The slate includes five Democrats and two Republicans among constitutional office holders, with party chairs.
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Little Rock
State Election Commission
State
Odell Pollard
Searcy
Commission
Bill Clifton
Conway County
Lester Schlenker
Cross County
Johnny DeSalvo
Clifton
H. H. Beasley
Schlenker
Democrats
GOP
The
Election Commission
Traffic Jan Brings Ties In The Loop
President Nixon escaped a stalled motorcade in Chicago to shop at Marshall Field & Co. He selected seven four in hand cravats and one bow tie with total price tags near 78 dollars.
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Marshall Field & Co
Rail Strike Blocked for 60 Days by Nixon Orders
The Nixon administration blocked a nationwide rail strike for 60 days, issuing executive orders that bar a walkout by four unions on 160 lines and create a five member board to study the dispute. About 400,000 workers are affected as talks continue under the Railway Labor Act with possible emergency legislation.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Asst
William J. Usery
White House
Labor Department
U.S. Dist
Howard Corcoran
C. L. Dennis
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Hotel and Restaurant
Survivor of Sea Disaster Plans Book Ahead of Sale
Julian Ritter and two crew members drifted seven weeks without food aboard the 45 foot Galilee before being found by the Navy ship Niagara 422 miles northwest of Honolulu. Ritter, 61, says he will write a book about the near fatal Pacific voyage and intends to sail the vessel to Pearl Harbor for tow by a Coast Guard cutter. The group survived 49 days by scraping hull algae, boiling it with spices, eating a philodendron and an elephant ear plant, and catching six flying fish and two squid.
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Honolulu
Julian Ritter
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
Ritter
Huamerich Moves to England from Bucks County Farm
Humorist Perelman, 66, plans permanent move to London citing England as more rational than the United States. He sold a 91 acre Bucks County farm bought in 1992 with his brother in law Nathanael West and will relocate on Oct. 24.
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New York
St. Perelman
London
England
Perelman
Bucks County
Nathanael West
Sand
Federal funds release sought for prison guards
Winthrop Rockefeller announced the state sought immediate release of a $280000 federal grant for long range prison planning and additional free world personnel. He said Correction Commissioner Sarver was negotiating with Dallas for funds. The governor pledged rapid hiring once freed, with counts up to Sarver. He expressed distress over a Wednesday shooting at Cummninse Prison Farm, and praised the State Police for restraint during racial disturbances in Earle. Dr. Jerry Jewell urged National Guardsmen. Rockefeller declined to deploy them.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
C. Robert Sarver
Dallas
Department of Labor
Sarver
Cummninse
Earle
Jerry Jewell
NAACP
Menus to Be Served in Hope Schools
Hope school menus list weekly meals for junior and senior high students. Entries include beef, pasta, chicken, and vegetarian options with sides, beverages, and desserts. Meals vary by day from roast beef to macaroni, breaded steak, hot dogs, and chicken salad, with notes that menus may change.
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Hope
Jr. & Sr
Meir rebuffs talks while urging cease-fire breach proof
Washington reports Prime Minister Golda Meir says Israel cannot engage in peace talks while Syria and Egypt appear to have violated the Suez standstill by deploying missiles. She questions negotiating with a country that violated a cease-fire as Moscow and Cairo face Western accusations. American officials press for renewed dialogue and missile removal, aiming to restore U S Israeli trust amid Jordanian turmoil.
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Washington
Imag Lc
Golda Meir
Sneyan
Middle East
Moscow
Cairo
Nixon
Jordan
Bre Moe
Suez Canal
Mrs. Meir
UN Will Seek Big Four Guidance in Middle East Debate
United Nations officials in New York say France will press the Big Four for guidance on Middle East crisis. The French foreign minister plans to urge broader Western involvement during urgent plenary sessions and to seek support from the United States Britain and the Soviet Union for a unified approach.
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United Nations, WY
Middle East
General Ansem
United
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