Navy Deserter Hijacks National Airlines Plane to Cuba
A 19-year-old former Navy sailor hijacked a National Airlines jet after takeoff from Key West, detaining 46 passengers including Mrs. Leif Deskins returning a husband’s body to Belfry Kentucky. He demanded diversion to Cuba, saying he did not want to kill or go to Vietnam, while Cubans waited in Havana. The hijacking marks the eighth diversion to Cuba this year.
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Navy
Vietnam
National Airlines
Cuba
National
Kim Tatum
Key West
Miami
Miss Tatum
Sue Morrill
San Diego
Miss Morrill
Havana
Jose Marti
Leif E. Deskins
Belfry
Deskins
Actor Rory Calhoun files for divorce in California court
Rory Calhoun sues Lita Baron in Santa Monica Superior Court alleging adultery and extreme cruelty. Married in 1948, they separated December 31, 1950, with three daughters aged eight to twelve. Calhoun seeks custody of the children. Former President Johnson invited to visit Israel. letter from President Zalman Shazar extends blessings for the new phase of his life.
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Rory Calhoun
Lita Baron
Santa Monica Superior Court
Calhouns
Johnson
Israel
Jerusalem
Zalman Shazar
Princess Grace to Visit Canada for Montreal Winter Carnival
Palace officials said Princess Grace of Monaco will visit Montreal next month for the winter carnival. Oliver Freud, 77, son of Sigmund Freud, died Friday at North Adams Hospital after abdominal surgery. Tennessee Williams named recipient of the National Institute of Arts and Letters drama gold medal at a May 21 New York convocation. Daniel Cohn-Bendit found guilty of disorderly conduct by a West German court with a six month suspended sentence.
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Monaco
Canada
Montreal
Palace
Oliver Freud
Sigmund Freud
North Adams
Mass
Freud
Williamstown
Henry
Tennessee Williams
National Institute of Arts and Letters
William Maxwell
Congress-chartered Institute
Williams
N.Y
Leonard Baskin
Institute
Daniel
Danny the Red) Cohn-Bendit
Paris
Frankfurt
Leopold Senghor
Senegal
Two U.S. helicopters shot down killing 15 in Vietnam
Communist fire downed a Marine regimental command helicopter and a medical helicopter, killing Col. Michael M. Spark and seven others, including a battalion commander. The other crash killed seven Americans as a rocket struck a medical helicopter near Da Nang and Saigon, raising total U.S. helicopter losses to 999.
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Saigon
U.S
Marine
3Rd Marine Regiment
Michael M. Spark
New York City
Spark
da Nang
Johnson reportedly rejected expanding Vietnam war to Cambodia Laos and possibly North Vietnam
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said former President Johnson rejected strong suggestions to widen the war into Cambodia and perhaps Laos and North Vietnam about a year ago. Mansfield credited Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford with persuading Johnson to keep the conflict contained in Vietnam.
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Washington
Johnson
Cambodia
Laos
North Vietnam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Vietnam
Red Chinese diplomat defects in The Hague
In The Hague the top Chinese diplomat defected and received temporary asylum in the Netherlands. Justice Ministry confirmed Liao Ho Shu, temporary charge d affaires, asked for and was granted a limited stay. A cloak and dagger tone surrounded the quit amid reports he fled after being ordered home over the death of a Chinese scientist linked to a nerve gas secret.
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Hague
China
Netherlands
Justice Ministry
Peking
U.S
Liao Ho Shu
Liao
Witness Hiding in Iowa Complexes JFK Case
Defense says key witness Mrs. Harold McMaines is in Des Moines hiding from testifying in Clay Shaw's conspiracy trial over the JFK murder. She previously contradicted Perry Russo who claimed Shaw and two others plotted the killing after hypnosis memory refreshment.
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New Orleans
Iowa
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Harold McMaines
Des Moines
McMaines
Perry Raymond Russo
Shaw
Russo
Sandra Moffett
Bevel Barred From Ray King Assassination Defense
Memphis criminal court judge told Rev James Bevel he cannot help defend James Earl Ray in the King assassination case because Bevel is not a lawyer. Bevel said he has evidence that could acquit Ray but did not disclose its nature.
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Memphis
W. Preston Battle
James Bevel
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Bevel
King
Ray
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Tennessee
Dr. King
United States urges Britain to halt arms sale to Malaysia
Washington pressures London to stop arms transfers including a Lightning fighter amid Southeast Asia tension. Malaysia weighs rival French and British air defense offers as Britain plans a 1971 pullout. Embassy spokesman Robert J. McCloskey says discussions aim to prevent an arms race in the region.
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Washington
United States
Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Britain
London
Robert J. McCloskey
Jersey City Teachers Walk Out for Second Day Amid Court Injunction
Twelve hundred teachers defied a Superior Court injunction and kept 35 000 students out of Jersey City schools for a second day. The Board of Education offered no enforcement action while negotiations resumed with limited progress on pay demands.
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Jersey City
Board of Education
Treasury mulls new silverless silver dollar coin
Treasury officials urge Congress to mint a copper nickel sandwich dollar of same size as current silver dollars not produced since the 1930s. Interest grows among vending machine firms and casinos to resume dollar coin production with or without silver content. No stance yet from the Treasury leadership.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
Lodge to lead Paris talks envoy role without Senate approval
White House says Henry Cabot Lodge will act as personal representative of the President at the Paris peace talks on Vietnam. No Senate confirmation is required. In Nebraska, Victor Steele, a Toledo, Ohio senior, was elected the 68th mayor of Boys Town, winning 135 write‑in votes on a 10‑person ballot.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Paris
Vietnam
Senate
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Victor Steele
Toledo
Ohio
Boys Town
Neb
Classified Telephone Heading and Local Listing
Local classified page lists phone numbers 435 116 and 432 5959 with a Saturday January 2 1969 date reference. Publication details show Long Beach California at 604 Pine Ave and indicate volume three issue four with page designation.
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Posang Beach
Pine Ave
Long Beach
Tant
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