Connally bows out with farewell in Washington
John Connally bid farewell to Treasury employees on marble steps near the White House after resigning as secretary two weeks earlier. He praised enterprise, thanked staff, and dismissed political ambivalence about a future move. George Shultz awaits Senate confirmation as his successor. In Pasadena, Pat Sullivan, 50, former California secretary of state, was found dead at his new home likely from a heart attack after a holiday weekend workload.
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FBI Examines Parachute Web:** D B Cooper Case Reopens
Skamania County Sheriff says material found by hikers resembles parachute harness webbing linked to the D B Cooper hijacking. The 1971 incident saw a man calling himself D B Cooper hijack a Seattle to Reno flight, take $200,000, and vanish after leaping from the plane.
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D. B. Cooper
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Wash
William Closner
Seattle
Reno
Five children die in North Carolina bomb shelter blast
National report from Valdese North Carolina says a shelter explosion killed five children and injured one. The shelter, built in 1963, collapsed trapping victims. a sixth child outside escaped. Police blame bottled gas. rescue workers spent hours clearing rubble at the Garrou home.
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Donald Robinson Jr
Michael Powell
Gloria Hammond
Jean Garrou
James Edward Garrou
Delta DC9 crashes on training flight in Grapevine
A Delta DC9 flipped onto its back and crashed after landing behind a DC10 during a training flight at Greater Southwest International Airport. All four aboard were killed as the aircraft burned for more than two hours near the tower. Victims included three Delta crewmen and an FAA observer. Draft numbers reach 50 in July call to meet 7,200 draftees. Defense Secretary Laird announces total drafts for the year will not exceed 50,000, about half of last year.
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Skyjacker commits death during Varig hijack in Brazil
A lone gunman who hijacked a Varig airliner with 87 aboard killed himself after receiving a 254000 dollar ransom as federal troops rushed the grounded plane ending a seven hour hijack-extortion. 84 passengers and crew members disembarked safely during the incident, following government permission for the payment.
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London crash at Battersea fair kills three passengers
The Big Dipper ride malfunctioned at the highest point sending a three-section train backward into wooden barriers. Thirty passengers cried out as several jumped to the ground. Three killed and sixteen injured including children.
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Battersea
Brown loses bid to block transfer for 1968 gun case
Rap attorneys failed to stop the federal government from sending the black militant to New Orleans for sentencing on a 1968 gun law violation. U.S. District Judge Edward Neaher dismissed the habeas corpus motion filed by William Kunstler for lack of jurisdiction.
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New Orleans
U.S. District Court
Edward Neaher
Wiliam Kunstler
Goldwater Reported In Excellent Condition After Gall Bladder Operation
After a completely successful gall bladder removal operation, Senator Barry Goldwater was reported in excellent condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland near Washington. The update confirmed his stable state and ongoing recovery following the procedure.
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First Black Jerome Holland Named NYSE Director
Jerome Holland the first black candidate to join the New York Stock Exchange board in its 160 year history has accepted the nomination. He would leave his post as U.S. ambassador to Sweden and former Hamp ton Institute president pending exchange membership approval.
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Sweden
Hampton Institute
Virginia
New York Stock Exchange
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Wall Street
Lottery creates two new millionaires in Massachusetts draw
The Massachusetts lottery Tuesday night named its second instant millionaires. Thomas Hall of Salem, age 25, said he will quit his job at New England Telephone Co. Kathleen Connolly of Pittsfield won 200000 and Carl Larkin of Worcester won 100000 in the second million dollar drawing.
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Salem
Kathleen Connolly
Pittsfield
Mass
Carl Larkin
Worcester
Rescue Effort Under Way For Mountaineer On El Capitan
Yosemite rangers said a climber became ill and was stranded halfway up El Capitan. A rescue operation was organized but removal will wait until after daylight. The sick man was tentatively identified as David Peterson, with two companions named Blair Glenn.
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Blair Glenn
Nixon nominates Hooks and Wiley to FCC by voice vote
The Senate confirmed Benjamin Hooks of Memphis Tennessee described as independent and Democrat and Richard Wiley of Illinois a Republican to the Federal Communications Commission. Hooks will succeed Democrat Robert Barnett and Wiley will replace Republican Robert Wells.
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Richard Wiley
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert Barnley
Wiley
Illinois
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