Argentina Refuses Refuel For Hijacked Jet In Lima Stop
The Braniff Boeing 707 hijacked by Robert Lee Jackson and a Guatemalan girlfriend halted in Lima and Rio de Janeiro before Buenos Aires. Argentina offered asylum for the hijackers if the US Mexico and Algeria agreed. A ransom of 100000 was taken in Monterrey as the crew and hostesses faced threats.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Argentina
Algeria
Robert Lee Jackson
Tennessee
Mohammed Kelleu
United States
Mexico
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UYA
Braniff International
Jackson
Rio de Janeiro
Monterrey
Lima
Peru
R. L. Williams
U.S
John Davis Lodge
Alejandro Lanusse
Williams
Miami
Fla
Lodge
Lanusse
Washington
Treasury official Dorothy Kabis dies at 54 in Massachusetts
Dorothy Andrews Kabis, U.S. treasurer since May 1969, died Saturday in Sheffield Massachusetts at 54. She collapsed while visiting her father's grave. ambulance and resuscitation efforts failed. Born 1917 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, she ran a nursery farm in Delaware and was active in GOP circles.
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United States
Sheffield
Mass
Treasury ‘Department
Sheffield Fire Department
Kabis
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington
Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Dorothy Andrews
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Maryville College
Tennessee
Nixon
Wilmington
Del
Lawmakers push federal act to curb boating accidents
Rep Edward A Garmatz urges quick passage of the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 approved by the House Merchant Marine Committee. The measure would fund 7.5 million dollars yearly for five years to set national safety guidelines for pleasure boats and support state educational programs.
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Washington
Edward A. Garmatz
House Merchant Marine Committee
Garmatz
Department of Transportation
Nixon aide Kissinger begins Vietnam peace talks in Saigon
Kissinger arrives in Saigon to press Viet Cong peace plan and faster U.S. troop withdrawal. Thieu and Ky back talks while facing Oct. 3 election and political stakes. Viet Cong propose end of American troop presence by year end and prisoner releases. Saigon studies proposal as B52 raids continue around Fire Base Fuller.
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Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
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Reds Offer That Is Not Acceptable In Paris Talks
The Nixon administration rejects Hanoi’s peace package as it stands, deeming terms that imply surrender. U.S. diplomats are in secret talks with North Vietnam to gauge Hanoi’s real aims, while Kissinger travels to Saigon and Bangkok to assess military and diplomatic options amid rising Vietnamese readiness. See SECRET Page 10.
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Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
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Paris
Gence
U.S
David K. F. Bruece
Rita in the Bee YOUTHS gain taste of education via Upward Bound
Youths join the Upward Bound program at WTSU to gain a taste of education as officials note progress in south Lubbock construction and other regional notes. The paper mentions policies, industry costs, recalls, and international topics across sections.
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WTSU
Prayer Note Emphasizes Nation, Sacrifice and Freedom
A reader's devotion prayer thanks God for the United States, honors those who sacrificed for the country and those pursuing future dreams, and affirms dignity and freedom as worth defending. The short message ends with an Amen and reflects a patriotic, reverent tone.
July 4 celebration photo in front of colonial flag
In a staff photo by Pauline Warner, 8 year old Sarah Maner daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Maner at 3424 Gist St stands before a 13 star flag with a 50 star Old Glory during a July 4 break.
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John F. Maner
Gist St
Pauline Warner
Sheriff Mum On Details Of Search In Odessa
Odessa area deputies continue a weekend search for Gloria Sue Nix Greene 26 concentrating in the southeast Odessa and Ector County zone aided by two helicopters. Sheriff Slim Gabrel refused to explain why this sector is targeted as investigators question a 34 year old Odessa oil field worker over the June 17 disappearance. The secretary vanished from the O and L Well Service office and is the fourth Odessa area woman to disappear.
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Avalanche-Journal
Odessa
Gloria Sue Nix Greene
Ector County
Slim Gabrel
Lubbock
Holiday lengthened fetes and fireworks across South Plains
Fireworks displays mark Independence Day in Lubbock and Clovis with additional festivities in Friona Muleshoe Olton Slaton and Snyder Monday. Many government offices close while utilities and pools stay open. Banks also close. schools dismiss but classes resume later in the week.
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Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
Clovis
Friona
Muleshoe
Olton
Slaton
Snyder
Tom Martin
Lubbock Independent School
Texas Tech
Lubbock Christian College
Retail Merchants Association
Texas Highway Death Toll Soars Over Holiday Weekend
Texas safety officials report 20 people killed in highway crashes during the holiday period from Friday to Monday midnight. Other holiday deaths include seven drownings two beatings and individual fatalities from lightning fire and an airplane crash.
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Texas
Department of Public Safety
Monay
UT historian catalogs Lyndon Johnson interviews on tape
Dr. Joe Frantz of the University of Texas leads an oral history project at the Johnson Presidential Library with about 1 000 interviews and ten million words on LBJ. He notes most interviewees were candid, though some used strong language. Access to material is restricted by choice, with many items locked until 2000 or later.
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Johnson
Pentagon
Joe Frantz
University of Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Frantz
Johnson Presidential Library
Cotton acreage reaches nine year high on High Plains
The High Plains area reports 2,293,000 acres of cotton in a 25 county survey the largest since 1962. Separate note: state Democratic chairman Elmer Baum denies stepping down amid Austin political coverage on page 4A.
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South Plains
Austin
Elmer Baum
Nixon launches Bicentennial Era call for Spirit of '76
President Nixon opened a five year Bicentennial Era guiding Americans toward 1976. He urged rededication to Founding Fathers' principles and stated the Revolution is ongoing today with a Spirit of 76 at the National Archives.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Washington
Nixon
National Archives
Nixon Urges Defense of America in Revival of Liberty Theme
In a Fourth of July eve speech, Nixon framed liberty and equality as living values. He quoted a valedictory address from Cynthia Frink of Manchester Central High School, invoking the need to defend the nation and pass on liberty to children.
Weather map page reports warm conditions and chances of evening storms
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a high in the mid 90s and an overnight low near 70. There is about a 20 percent chance for scattered thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening.
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