D B Cooper hijacker hunted after $200000 ransom
FBI and police swarmed the Cascade foothills and surrounding counties tracking a D B Cooper lookalike who parachuted with $200,000 after hijacking Northwest Flight 305. Authorities described the suspect as about 6 feet tall, 175 pounds, with black hair and olive complexion. the search involves helicopters and light planes across a 75 square mile area near Cowlitz and Clark counties.
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Wash
UPI
FBI
Cascade Foothills
D.B. Cooper
Linn Emrick
Emrick
Sky Sports Inc
Issauah
Clark County
Tom McDowell
Northwest Airlines
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Seattle - Tacoma _International Airport
Reno
Nev
Cowlitz-Clark County
Washington
Seattle- Tacoma
Nevada
Meany Resting Comfortably After Chest Pain Illness
AFL-CIO President George Meany, 77, hospitalized with severe chest pains after a home incident in Bethesda, was resting comfortably and could be released by Sunday pending his condition.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Bethesda
Miami Beach
George Washington University Hospital
Marvin Fuchs
al Zack
Meany
Zack
Mariner 9 to aim for Mars moon Deimos
Pasadera scientists shift Mariner 9 cameras from Mars to seek Deimos the 12 mile moon while dust storm shields Mars surface images. If successful the craft will capture Deimos from about 6000 miles with earlier Mariner 7 shots at 86000 miles noted.
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Pasadena
UPS
Mariner 9
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deimos
Mariner
Mariner 7
California Poll Finds Optimism On Nixon Wage Freeze
A UPI report notes Californians feel more hopeful about their economic well being after the Nixon wage price freeze. Sixty six percent support wage and price controls while 42 percent expect to be better off in a year and 41 percent foresee no change.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Nixon
Lompoc Valley Chamber News and Community Events
Lompoc events include Al-Anon meetings Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. at 119 North D Street, and the Annual Children’s Christmas Parade on Saturday November 27 at 10 a.m. Also abalone fish fry for Cerebral Palsy at Elks Lodge 2274 November 27 from 4 to 7 p.m. Proceeds to Cerebral Palsy Piggy Bank.
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Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
John Birch Society
United Nations
Public Library
Bill Wilbur
West North Ave
Lompoc Music Association
City of the King
Calvary Baptist Church
Constellation Road
Methodist Church
North F Street
Veteran's Memorial
Affidavits deepen challenge to Rehnquist nomination
A new affidavit accuses William H. Rehnquist of harassing black voters in Phoenix in 1964. Opponents led by Senator Birch Bayh push for investigation even as Rehnquist denies presence at the precinct. The Judiciary Committee backed both Rehnquist and Powell, with possible delays as Bayh signals renewed opposition.
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Washington
UPI
William H. Rehnquist
Phoenix
Nixon
Supreme Court
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Rehnquist
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Senate
Bayh
Judiciary Committee
Aid cutoff urged over Ecuador tuna seizure
Rep. Glenn Anderson called for halting all U S aid to Ecuador in retaliation for Ecuadorian navy seizures of American tuna boats mostly from San Diego. He said the move would force Ecuador to pay attention to the dispute over 200 mile territorial waters and fines totaling about 2 million dollars so far this year.
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UPI
United States
Ecuador
San Diego
Glenn Anderson
California Republican
State Department
Pacific
Anderson
White House orders immediate cents off rules
The White House overr Moh FDA and backed FTC to enforce new cents off promotions. Rules to print the amount off on labels and post regular prices expected to take effect by Dec 31 or soon after, despite grocers' complaints about burden. TRW System lands $70 million NASA observatory contract.
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UPI
White House
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Redondo Beach
Calif
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Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Trudy Schoenfeld
Vistas
Steve LaRue
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
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Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
Yak Theatre
H” Street
National Velvet
James Garner Skin
Nplus
Aro Ana
Paluamsion
Easiman
National General Pictures
Al-Anon
North D Street
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Chamber of Commerce
Mabel Trijillo
Friend
Colorado School For the Deaf and Blind
U.S
Fiji
Sydney
Elgen M. Long
South Pacific
Long
Kingsford-Smith
Nandi
Fiji Islands
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Lompoc Theatre
Norway
Matinee
Santa Maria
Peppertree Theatre
Ladera Christmas Tree Farm
Monterey
Ronald
Campbell Road
Kretzinger
Eppertree Laza
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Ube
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America
Christina Hart
Michael Garrett Cabcut
Louis K. Sher
Alf Silliman JR
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