Jet Bandit Forces 93 to Havana in hijacking saga
Northwest Orient reports a pilot defected from Cuba in 1960 and the Havana incident led to the capture of Capt. Jorge Antonio Prellezo. After a separate hijack victimized by E. H. Carter, a second crewed flight returned to Miami with 14 passengers and two crew members. Passengers describe humane treatment in Havana and a steak meal.
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Prellezo
Havana
E. H. Carter
Miami
Allen Cribbs
Dave Martin
Mary Ann Kimball
Martin
Cuba
Santa Monica strike disrupts city services with mediation call
Striking municipal workers picketed major intersections in Santa Monica and vowed to stay out until mediation begins for an 11 day dispute. Eight of 14 refuse trucks operated to clear some streets but city services remained sharply curtailed. About 300 strikers renewed confidence in leaders and refused city mediation. City Manager Perry Scott resisted outside mediation while Police Chief Reinhold attended the meeting but was kept out.
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Santa Monica
Seacoast
Perry Scott
Rober Reinhold
Cuban souvenir dumped out after hijacked flight
Les Campbell of Lakewood described Cuban officials as friendly after the Southeast Airlines jetliner he rode to Havana was hijacked. He returned to Key West and said U.S. customs officers seized and poured out a bottle of Cuban rum he brought back.
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Les Campbell
Pixie Ave
Lakewood
Southeast Airlines
Havana
U.S
Campbell
Key West
Los Angeles School Board Elects First Negro President
Rev. James Edward Jones, 51, a civil rights veteran, was elected the first Black president of the Los Angeles City Board of Education. He said the main challenge next year is financing quality education for all children and that his election signals a serious commitment to equal opportunity.
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Los Angeles
James Edward Jones
Cigarette Health Warnings and FTC Advertising Push
Federal officials urge stronger warnings on cigarette packs and seek limits or a ban on TV and radio ads. The National Clearing House for Smoking and Health cites life-shortening risks, heart disease links, and rising female lung cancer deaths as evidence.
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Commission
National Clearing House For Smoking and Health
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Daniel Horm
Clearing House
U S Asks Russians to Return DC8 Concedes It Strayed
The United States pressed the Soviet Union to return the DC8 with 232 military personnel after it strayed into Soviet airspace. The incident, involving 175 Army men 31 Navy 9 Air Force and 17 crew, could affect U S Soviet relations and possibly trigger sanctions or affect landing rights. The Soviet premier said the case was under investigation and no further word followed.
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U.S
Thompson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
State Department
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Department of Defense
Yokota
Pentagon
Interup Island
Kurile Chain
Tokyo
Japanese Self-Defense Agency
Nemura
Hokkaido
Seaboard
U.S. Military Transport Service
Johnson
Nikita Khrushchev
Mideast
France
China
Security Pacific National Bank Forms From Merger
California banking merger creates Security Pacific National Bank from Security First National Bank of Los Angeles and Pacific National Bank of San Francisco. The new institution has 366 locations, assets over 5.75 billion dollars, and about 400 million in capital.
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Los Angeles
California
Union of Security First National Bank of
Pacific National Bank of San Francisco
Security Pacific National Bank
Bank of America
Security
Southern California
Pacific
San Francisco
RTD Los Angeles General Manager Dale Barratt Resigns
Dale W. Barratt, who leads the four county Southern California Rapid Transit District, announced his resignation on Monday with an effective date 60 days hence.
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Los Angeles
Dale W. Barratt
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Mother Visits Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles Jail
Sirhan Sirhan’s mother Mary and his brother Adel visited him at the new county jail for about 114 hours. Defense attorney Russell E. Parsons accompanied them and discussed a July 19 plea date and possible insanity evaluation. They spoke briefly with Sirhan after the visit and then went to lunch in Pasadena.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan Sirhan
New County
Robert F. Kennedy
Jordan
Mary
Adel
Sirhan
Russell E. Parsons
Richard Schauer
Parsons
New York
Ambassador Hotel
Mrs. Sirhan
Pasadena
Nuclear arms talks signal broad cutback push
President Johnson and Soviet leaders move toward talks on reducing offensive nuclear forces and ABM systems. Senate debate over funding an American ABM shield continues as both sides weigh disarmament steps, with Kosygin urging swift multilateral limits at Geneva.
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Moscow
U.S. Senate
U.S
China
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Capitol Hill
Mansfield
Charles Percy
Bill
Tower
R-Tex
Johnson
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Latin America
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Seattle
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Japan
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Conn
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RTD
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Long Beach
PINE
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Torrance
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Troy
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EL Adobe
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