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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1969

Page

3

Plane hijack interrupts Midland teen's trip home

Midland High senior Mary Kay McCullough, 19, rode a Miami to Havana hijacked flight to Cuba after takeoff. She described waking to the news and witnessing passengers and crew freed to return to Miami. Cuban authorities questioned sailors and soldiers before the return flight. Mary Kay was welcomed home to Midland at a wedding rehearsal dinner for her sister Linda.

Midland Mary Kay McCullough Cuba Midland High School Colombia Hugh McCullough Havana Linda Richard Meade Mary Kay Miami iCuban

Tank Crash Evacuates Munday Residents After Ammonia Leak

A transport tank broke from its tractor and crashed into a shop in Munday, releasing anhydrous ammonia. Fire sirens and door to door notices warned about 10 by 5 blocks, with residents evacuated until dawn. driver Garry Bradberry, 20, was hospitalized with injuries.

Boyd L. Baker Garry Bradberry Knox City

Unclear text on Gary mine probe and armor testing bunkers

Police and FBI investigators examined a Gary site on a Saturday seek clues from a late Friday event. Officials mentioned a second bunker nearby used for armor plate testing and planned further actions.

Gary Ind FBI Ouia

Israelis detained after TWA hijack lands in Damascus

Six Israelis aboard the hijacked TWA jet were detained in Damascus after the plane landed. Syrian officials escorted two Israeli men and four others off the aircraft while passengers described a chaotic exit and gunfire as soldiers pursued fleeing crowds.

Iyi Sevedey Trans World Airlines TWA Damascus Harry Oakley Prairie Village Kan Oakley Angesaasin Damascus University Olga Balli Newton Highlands Mass Carpenter Tehran Iran

Rhode Island narcotics inspector detains two youths

Providence AP report says Wellington Ray, RI state narcotics inspector, picked up two youths hitchhiking on Saturday. When asked to smoke hashish, Ray accepted a pipe and then arrested the youths.

Providence R.i.ap Wellington Ray Ray Rhode Island

Long denies bribery in grand jury probe

Sen Russel B Long Washington talks at his Louisiana farm says he will be exonerated from any wrongdoing in a federal building contract case investigated by a Baltimore grand jury. He cites campaign fund irregularities as unclear and says he has told the FBI all he knows.

Lake Tanglewood, Inc Citizens ‘State Bank Dalhart Texas Baton Rouge Russel B. Long DeLa Baltimore Long The Washington Post Grand Jury Panick B. Brewster D-Md Washington, D. C Senate Finance Committee Brewster Huey P. Long Here FBI

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