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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1970
Page
3
A hijacker aboard a Trans World Airlines flight at Dulles demanded money and tried to destroy the plane and its passengers. Pilot Billy Williams described the struggle as the hijacker shot Capt. Hupe and demanded the crew return to flight after seizing the initial ransom bags.
The 727 from Phoenix to Washington was hijacked over Las Vegas New Mexico. FBI agents stormed the cockpit and subdued the well built hijacker after gunfire erupted. Captain Bill Williams regained control and landed at Dulles. He carried $100 750 in a brown bag. The hijacker demanded 100 million in small bills and cited politics to justify the act.
The FDA authorized marketing of L-dopa as a treatment for Parkinsons disease noting it offered substantial benefit for many patients yet carries long term safety concerns and side effects including nausea vomiting and abnormal movements. FDA officials cautioned about limited long term toxicity data and the need for ongoing industry sponsored studies.
The article notes parallels between a Thursday airliner hijacking and the 1958 film Cry Terror starring Rod Steiger James Mason and Inger Stevens. Steiger plays a mastermind staging a bomb scare to extort 500000 from an airline while Mason helps unknowingly as a electronics expert. A Daily Variety review noted the plot and the threat to repeat the job for 600000.
Sacramento report says an Assembly Committee on Thursday killed a bill by Jess Unruh that would cap spending on advertising by candidates for state or federal office.
Partial OCR text shows a Sunday classified listing at Long Beach California with prices 93.50 and 42.90, referencing a single copy and Sunday only options. Baty named, unknown month year, 40048, and 1% appears as a fee note.
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