Powers Reflects 15 Years After U2 Shoot-Down Ordeal
Francis Gary Powers recalls the May 1 1960 U2 incident near Sverdlovsk, his capture and prison time, and his evolving view of detente. He discusses his misperceived mission, false Moscow press reports, and his later career in aviation surveillance over the Los Angeles area.
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Francis Gary Powers
Swepchovsk
Powers
FBI
Los Angeles
Soviet Union
L.A. Radio
Psychic Hurkos says Hearst in Wisconsin near capture
Psychic Peter Hurkos told reporters Patricia Hearst, the SLA fugitive, is possibly in Wisconsin and could be taken into custody without a shootout. He suggested she was kidnapped and questioned what might have motivated her captors. Hurkos noted past work helping police in 17 countries and did not confirm Madison as the university involved.
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Las Vegas
UPI
Peter Harkos
Symbionese Liberation Army
Patricia Hearst
Wisconsin
Hurkos
Miss Hearst
Madison
Reddin Is Back to Policing After TV Career
Tom Reddin, once Los Angeles police chief, returned to law enforcement as president of American Protection Industries. He had left the force in 1969 for television work and later ran for mayor, before returning to security work and reflecting on the tradeoffs between police duties and broadcast life.
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Powers
CIA
Los Angeles Basin
Tom Reddin
Reddin
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Tom Bradley
American Protection Industries
Southern California
Robert Kennedy
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Patty Hearst
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MAPLE
La-Z-Boy
Mothers of
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Annenuc
Long Beach
Wallichs
Music City
Ore City
Lakewood
Lakewood Bivd
Sale
SUN
Wurlitzer Funmaker Custom Organ
Wurlitzer Spinet Piano
Torrance Hawthorne & Artesia
Buena Park
Buena Park Center
Rosecrans Ave
Waikchi MusIc City
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