Razor hostage hijack ends with surrender at Boston airport
Marshall Collins Ill, 20, of Providence, R I, seized control of the Eastern Airlines DC-9 cockpit at Logan Airport demanding 10 000 for Roxbury’s poor. After four hours he surrendered, leaving pilot Captain Lewis Whittaker Jr with facial wounds but in stable condition. Collins faced a 250 000 bond.
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Boston
UPI
Eastern Airlines
Lewis E. Whittaker Jr
Collins
Africa
Roxbury
Whittaker
FBI
James C. Newpher
la Guardia
Huntin Station
N.Y
James Cofield
Equality of sacrifice urged to halt inflation at California conference
Senator Alan Cranston urged Congress to stay in session to push Ford anti inflation measures while witnesses at a California Conference on Inflation called for an equality of sacrifice as consumers and small businesses bear higher prices whereas large corporations reap profits. Economists warned the economy may worsen before relief, and strong actions are needed now.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Shirley Goldfinger
Consumer Federation of California
California
Cranston
Ford
San Francisco
Congress
H. William
Seidman
London
UPS
Scone
Westminster Abbey
Scotland Yard
Abbey
Britain
England
Scotland
Scone Palace
Edward I
Looters Sweep Newark Stores During Puerto Rican Unrest
Police across Newark confront looting at several stores amid Puerto Rican area disturbances on the fourth day of unrest. Eleven arrests near a low income housing project followed theft from a Foodtown fire site. gun seizure and mayoral pledge for investigation noted.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Kenneth A. Gibson
Foodtown
Pathmark
Seventh Avenue
Gabriel
Leroy James
Gibson
Wilson seeks Labour majority as election plans unfold
Prime Minister Harold Wilson addressed union leaders in Brighton to build support for a general election. He will not set a date yet, but aides expect a campaign launch tied to Britain's inflation, unemployment, and the Labor's social contract plan.
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Brighton
England
UPI
Harold Wilson
Britain
Labor Party
Wilson
Trades Union Congress
Afl-Cio
London
Queen Elizabeth
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Nixon pension request faces Capitol Hill scrutiny
Senate and House appropriations leaders question the 850000 package for former president Nixon including pension staff salaries transition costs and office setup. Montoya calls the total enormous and vows hearings to compare with past presidents while Mansfield urges careful review of add ons and the law.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
Congress
Joseph Montoya
Dn.m
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Nixon
Ixon
San Clemente
Calif
Montoya
Johnson
House Appropriations
Mariner 10 Attitude Trouble Threatens Mercury Mission
UPI reports Mariner 10 lost lock on star Canopus and burned .55 pounds of attitude gas from a 1.8 pound supply while attempting to regain gyroscope control. Officials say second Mercury flyby on Sept. 12 remains feasible, but a third solar encounter next March could be in jeopardy.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Mariner 10
Mercury
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Venus
Teachers Strike Halts School Openings in Dozens of Towns
UPI reports teachers across more than 30 communities from New England to the Pacific Northwest staged picket lines delaying back-to-school activity. In Racine Wisconsin schools closed pending contract talks while teachers elsewhere joined walkouts affecting tens of thousands of students and 5,560 teachers.
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United Press International
New England
Pacific Northwest
Racine
Wis
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Allegheny
Westmorland
Beaver and
Cambria
North Haven
Conn
East Meade N.Y
Tacoma
Wash
Freeport
Ill
Oakland
Calif
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James Cataldi
General Abrams
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
Mariner
Oxnard
Southern California Gas Co
Harold Bangs
Ventura
Paul Aggas
Claudia Humiston
Cal State Northridge
St. John's Hospital
Miss Humiston
Bangs
MIT
P O. Box
Bryan
Texas
U.S
Steel Valley
Fairhaven
Niles
Ohio
Gallia County
Ohio Association of Public School
Employes
Girard
Scotts
Hansen Motors, Inc
North H St
Lompoc
Oita
H&r
Kerblock
NO. ‘H’ Street
First Valley Bank
Home Owned & Home Operated
First Valley Bank OF
Corner
North
H & Walnut
F.d.1.c
D.J
Daninish
Solvang
Mission Drive
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