Air hijacker identified as DB Cooper lookalike pursued
FBI and local police widen the Salt Lake search for a male in his twenties who hijacked a United Airlines 727 from Newark to Los Angeles. He escaped at Provo with 500000 dollars after detouring across the west, leaving San Francisco and Salt Lake airspaces tense as helicopters and roadblocks scale back.
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Salt Lake
Provos
Los Angeles
United Air Lines
Gerry Hearn
Hearn
Salt Lake City
Evans
T. Johnson
FBI
Newark
N.J
Rockies
San Francisco
United
San Francisco International Airport
Nevada
Utah
Provo
D. B. Cooper
Cooper
Northwest Airlines
Washington State
Las Vegas
Nev
Calame
Federal Aviation Administration
B52 Damaged by Missile in Raid and Saigon Front News
Reports detail a B52 hit landing at Da Nang Air Base with crew escaping uninjured. North Vietnamese offensives push toward Saigon with B52 strikes, artillery, and infantry advances, while U.S. air power tries to halt the drive on An Loc and nearby towns.
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da Nang Air Base
Dmz
Palace Guards
An Loc
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
da Nang
Tam Ky
Loc Ninh
Ninh
Nguyen van’ Minh
Creighton W. Abrams
Lai Khe
U. S
Key Biscayne
Fla
Ziegler
Lese Promotes Serious Talks Amid Negotiation Doubts
A public figure states the importance of serious dialogue and warns that signaling unwillingness to negotiate is a diversionary tactic. The remarks address U S negotiation posture and emphasize clear communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lese
United States
Prapas
Johnson Recovery Odds Given After Heart Attack
The Associated Press cites Dr Slurst saying recovery chances for Johnson are about eight in ten with optimism. He notes cautious hope as the nation awaits further medical updates on LBJ's condition after the heart attack.
New UPI Texas bureau opened in San Antonio
K Mack Sisk named manager of the new United Press International Texas bureau based in San Antonio. The office at the San Antonio Light building covers southwest Texas including the Rio Grande Valley. The AL wire call letters honor The Alamo. Sisk is a 32 year old former Edinburg manager and Texas Tech and LSU graduate who served in the Navy.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas
United Press International
K. Mack Sisk
San Antonio
Houston
Sisk
Edinburg
Rio Grande Valley
The
Alamo
Port Arthur
Austin
New Orleans
Idalou
Texas Tech
Louisiana State University
Navy
Manned Spacecraft Center
Lubbock
Awards Banquet Celebrates South Plains Science Fair Winners
An awards banquet at the Betty Hancock Student Center, Lubbock Christian College, recognized more than 100 students from a 20 county region. Senior winners earned expense paid trips to the International Science Fair in New Orleans on May 15, with Rodney Trotter and Wes Killian top finishers.
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Betty Hancock
Lubbock Christian College
New Orleans
Rodney Trotter
7Th St
Coronado High School
Trotter
Wes Killian
Rt. J. Lubbock
Roosevelt High School
Austin Bailey
18Th St
Navy
Jimmy Cunningham
Union Junior High School
Virginia Franklin
Roosevelt Junior High
David Randolph
Roosevelt
Eddie Rodriguez
Hector Saldana
Union Elementary School
Farm Set Aside Changes Told by Rep Price
U S Rep Bob Price announced USDA changes to 1972 set aside certification. Farmers may wait to designate set aside acreage and the cotton and feed grain certification date moves from July 15 to August 1. Price said the changes provide more time after planting to certify and designate acreage.
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Washington
Bob Price
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Price
USDA
Forest Service reports 170 fires burn 1,230 acres in NM and AZ
The regional Forest Service office said 170 man caused fires have damaged or destroyed 1,230 acres of national forest in New Mexico and Arizona this year. Thirty nine fires burned 240 acres in New Mexico and 121 fires burned 990 acres in Arizona.
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Albuquerque
M. M
U.S. Forest Service
New Mexico
Arizona
Water bed boosts bookings at Treadway Mohawk Inn
In Baltimore the Treadway Mohawk Motor Inn added a king size water bed in a guest room. The room now books two weeks ahead and costs three dollars more per night than conventional rooms.
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Baltimore
Tapid
Treadway-Mohawk Motor Inn
Oklahoma Tornado Ravages Town Killing Many
A 1947 killer storm blasted the southeastern Oklahoma town, killing 95 and injuring about 1,000 as roughly a third of 5,000 residents’ homes were destroyed or damaged. Survivors described collapsed houses, mud and cries amid wreckage. The disaster left the community stunned and reeling.
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Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hieronymus
Guffey
Tornado Toll Rises Across Four States In Destructive Path
Experts report a tornado formed near White Deer Texas at 5:42 p.m. before sweeping through Glazier Higgins and into Oklahoma towns Gage Shattuck White Horse Mooreland and Woodward then crossing into Kansas. Authorities count 169 dead with 101 in Oklahoma and 68 in Texas and estimate 9.8 million dollars in damage.
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Texas Panhandle
White Deer
Pampa
Glazier and
Higgins
Oklahoma
Gage
Shattuck
White Horse
Mooreland
Woodward
Kansas
Texas
Reds assault to cloud Nixon Moscow talks
North Vietnam's offensive threatens to sour President Nixon's planned May visit to Moscow. Laird accuses Soviet arms shipments of fueling Hanoi's drive while Washington pursues arms control talks and cultural exchanges. Officials cite unresolved questions about Hanoi's timing and intent as U.S. aides seek a stabilizing backdrop for diplomacy.
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Lewis Gullick Washington
North Vietnam
Nixon
Moscow
Kremlin
Porietary
Melvin R. Laird
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Washington- Moscow
Vietnam
U.S
Washington
Coronado Book Captures Title at Panhandle High School Press Meet
Coronado High School won the yearbook trophy for the second year running at the Panhandle High School Press Association convention held at West Texas State University in Canyon. Roosevelt High took first in mimeographed newspapers, Atkinson Junior High won the junior high newspaper division, with seven Atkinson students earning prizes in writing. Debi Smith of Coronado earned a feature writing plaque, while Joyce Graves of Coronado was elected secretary.
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Lubbock
Panhandle High School Press Association
West Texas State University
Canyon
Coronado High School
Roosevelt High School
Atkinson Junior High
Atkinson
Carolyn Tinney
Serth St
Cindy Kidd
63Rd St
Karen Short
69Th St
Lance Miller
79Th St
Coronado
Debi Smith
Joyce Graves
18Th St
Odessa American Reporting
New Braunfels Herald
UC Davis professor and family die in fatal fire
Police say anatomy professor Larry Z. McFarland 41 killed his estranged wife Sonia 45 and their children Michael 14 Ken 10 Nine in the blaze at their colonial home ten miles west of Sacramento. Bodies found on a bed led investigators to label it murder death by own action with no arrests planned.
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Davis
Calif
Steve Stout
University of California At Davis
Stout
Larry Z. McFarland
Sonia
Michael
Kenpone
McFarland
Sacramento
Man Charged in Odessa Hit and Run Fatality
Kenneth McDonald 38 of Odessa faces new charges of murder with a motor vehicle after a fatal hit and run. The case filed with Justice of the Peace Manuel Valles notes a $5,000 bond as McDonald remains jailed. He previously faced driving while intoxicated and failure to stop and render aid charges.
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Odessa
Kenneth McDonald
Justice of the Peace
Manuel Valles
McDonald
Ector County
Arab Groups Push War as Path to Lands Regain
Libyan Arab Socialist Union ends 10 day Tripoli congress urging war with Israel to reclaim occupied Arab lands. In Cairo, Yasir Arafat and guerrilla leaders call for a joint Palestinian Jordanian group to overthrow King Hussein. Syria relaxes border restrictions as Jordan reads Egypt severing ties with Jordan. Jordan Parliament to convene Monday for statement by PM Lozi on Egypt break.
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Associated Press
Libya
Arab Socialist Union
Tripoli
Israel
Middle East
Cairo
Yasir Arafat
Palestinian National Council
Hussein
Jordan
Asia
Africa
West Bank
Syria
Amman
Ahmed Lozi
Egypt
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Charles Robb
Lady Bird Johnson
Richard S. Crampton
Tennessee
Buford Ellington
Florida
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Sandy Wilkinson
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