FBI Finds Parachute and Money in Utah Jet Hijack Case
FBI told a Salt Lake City magistrate it recovered 499970 dollars a parachute and a pistol from the premises of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr in a $500000 extortion hijack of a United jet. McCoy, 29, is charged with air piracy and faces an April 19 preliminary hearing.
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Utah
Sir Lake City, Utah
U.S
United States
A. M. Ferro
Salt Lake City
Richard Floyd McCoy Jr
U.S. Atty. C
Nelson Day
Salt Lake
McCoy
Provo House
United Air Lines
Colorado
Stanley Harlan Speck
San Francisco
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Lindberg Field
San Diego
Calif
Speck
D.B. Cooper
Washington
Northwest Airlines
Pacific Southwest
Miami
Oakland
Arthur Steck
Florida
Steck
U S B52 Bombers Strike Deep Into North Vietnam Near Vinh
U S B52 bombers returned to action for the first time in over four years and hit targets around the coastal city of Vinh, 145 miles northwest of the DMZ. The raid marked the deepest penetration by these planes, while South Vietnam claimed success against the northern front offensive and reported heavy tank losses in Quang Tri Province.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
America
South Vietnam
Dmz
U.S
Quang Tri Province
An Loc
Nixon
North
Highway 1
Iran quake devastates southern villages and kills many
A powerful earthquake struck southern Iran at 5:38 am causing mud brick village collapses. Official radio says over 1,000 dead with unofficial estimates reaching several thousand. Gov. Pirooz reports about one fifth of homes damaged. magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale, one of Iran’s largest quakes.
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Tehran
Iran
Manuchehr Pirooz
Fars
Geophysics Institute
Tehran University
Nixon to address Ottawa visit and Great Lakes pact
President Nixon will address a joint session of the Canadian Parliament during a three day Ottawa visit and sign a Great Lakes water quality agreement. He arrives with Mrs Nixon for a state visit hosted by Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
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Washington
Nixon
Great Lakes
Ottawa
White House
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Byrnes Dies After Long Illness at 92 in South Carolina
Statesman James F Byrnes dies at 92 in Columbia after a long illness. He will lie in state at the Statehouse rotunda Tuesday and Wednesday, with a funeral at Trinity Episcopal church on Wednesday. Byrnes rose from a Charleston boy to congressman and later a U S Supreme Court justice, secretary of state, and South Carolina governor. He opposed court ordered desegregation and pushed a state sales tax for separate but equal schools. President Nixon ordered flags half staff for the funeral.
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Lumbia
S. C
James F. Byrnes
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
South Carolina
Byrnes
Statehouse
Trinity Episcopal Church
Charleston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nixon Blasts Soviet War Stand During Ceremony
President Nixon used a signing ceremony for a biological weapons treaty to denounce the Soviet Union over its Vietnam War involvement. Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin attended the event as Nixon issued his criticism.
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Nixon
Washington
Anatoly Dobrynin
Rain Odds Set At 20 Percent In Lawton Area
Moist southerly winds and a cold front bring a 20 percent chance of rain to Lawton this afternoon and tonight. Highs near mid 80s with a low in the upper 50s, and a Tuesday high near 90. Sunday reached 72 with winds 25 to 35 mph easing tonight.
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Lawton
Apollo 16 Countdown Under Way
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports the Saturn 5 launch team powered up the vehicle to begin the 104 hour 30 minute countdown for Apollo 16. Liftoff is scheduled for 12 54 p m Sunday with astronauts John V Young Charles M Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly II rehearsing lunar descent in simulators the countdown includes rest breaks and fuel cell checks and more than one million gallons of fuel.
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Fla
Moon
John V. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Lunar
U.S. to Boost Air and Sea Forces in Southeast Asia
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced this week that additional air and naval forces will be sent to Southeast Asia as part of the U.S. buildup to counter the North Vietnamese offensive. Abrams to receive reinforcements, with a target troop ceiling of 69,000 by May 1, while South Vietnamese forces hold positions near the Cau Viet River.
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South Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
United States
Abrams
Vietnam
Cau Viet River
Quang Tri City
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