Hijackings and Battles Shape South Vietnam and Americas Day
Sunday battles near Saigon left 58 Communist soldiers dead in four confrontations while a U.S. Marine helicopter was shot down, killing nine Americans and a prisoner. Officials warned of a cruel guessing game over unidentified prisoners as ceasefire tensions rise in Central America and all Africa bishops gather in Kampala. A Continental Airlines DC-9 hijacking ends with the hijacker taking passengers to Cuba after releasing them in Texas.
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North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Washington
USS
Hanoi
U.S
Miami
Continental Airlines
West Texas
Cuba
Texas
Knife-wielding hijacker forces plane toward Cuba
A DC-9 from Los Angeles diverted toward Midland Odessa after a hijacker wielding a knife boarded 12 minutes west of the airport. Passengers not ticketed to Midland Odessa remained aboard as the plane landed, while others exited. Local storms, accidents, and other disasters populate a chaotic news day.
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Midland- Odessa
Cuba
Robert E. Green
Green
Los Angeles
Midland-Odessa
Kennedy family attends mass amid resignation questions
Sen Edward Kennedy and family attend Sunday mass in Hyannis Port amid fluid talks on possible resignation after last weekend's fatal car accident. Crowds applaud outside St Francis Xavier Church as wires flood in with support.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
St. Francis Xavier Church
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Kennedys
Joan
Ethel Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
America the Beautiful
Boston
Western Union
Satsull
Apollo 11 Gift for Jackie 40th Birthday
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis marks a 40th birthday aboard the Christina off Scorpios island. Aristotle Onassis presents jeweled Apollo 11 earrings designed by Zolotas of Athens and a 40 carat total diamond gift. Caroline and John accompany their mother as the ship anchors near the Onassis estate.
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Aristotle Onassis
Kennedy
Zolotas
Athens
Onassis
Caroline
John
Jacqueline Onassis
Christina
Island of
Scorpios
Unopposed Egyptian Jets Hammer Israel
Cairo reports seven formations of Egyptian fighter bombers swept unopposed across the Suez Canal blasting Israeli artillery positions from Ismailia east to the Sinai coast. A Swedish UN observer was killed in a heavy artillery duel near Port Suez. Egypt claims penetration 15 miles into Sinai. Israel reports seven soldiers wounded and says planes were not engaged.
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Ismailia
Sinai
Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
Rodgers Recovering After Heart Trouble
Composer Richard Rodgers, 67, recovering from a slight heart attack, is improving and expected to be discharged from Lenox Hill Hospital in a week or two after a Saturday admission when he was described as very sick.
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New York
Lenox Hill Hospital
Rodgers
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