Hijackings Reach Three Continents in Weekend Incidents
Armed suspects hijacked a Western Air Lines jet to Algeria demanding a $500 000 ransom and seeking asylum. In Nevada a man hijacked a United Airlines plane, held crew for ransom, and was charged after parachuting in with $200 000. A third suspect surrendered in Honduras over a prior ransom hijack.
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Associated Press
United States
Algeria
Nevada
U.S
Honduras
Algier
Maison Blanche
San Francisco
Western Air Lines
Algiers
Madrid
Los Angeles
U.S. State Department
Robb D. Heady
Reno
Grover Briscoe Wins GOP Governor Nomination in Texas
Grover Briscoe, a 49 year old rancher and banker, captured the Republican governorship runoff in Texas with a landslide upset over Albert Fay while Frances Farenthold was unable to pull liberal support. Hobby won the lieutenant governor nomination defeating Wayne Connally. Barefoot Sanders upset Ralph Yarborough for the Democrat Senate nomination and Robert Calvert was renominated comptroller.
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Grover Bests Fay
Henry Grover Pen
Albert Fay
Rep
Farenthold
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Ralph Yarborough
Barefoot Sanders
Texas
Hobby
Wayne Connally
Senate
Corpus Christi
Downed Airman Locher Returns From Hanoi Backyard
Capt. Roger C. Locher is home after 23 days on a mountain near Hanoi and 20 months of combat. He dodged capture, shaved with a surgical knife, and snuck through Hanoi’s outskirts before a Jolly Green rescue plucked him to safety.
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Saigon
Roger C. Locher
Hanoi Hilton
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Locher
U.S
Thailand
Lee
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Nixon to dispatch Kissinger on Tokyo trip and Connally in Latin America
President Nixon will send Henry Kissinger to Tokyo for talks with Japanese leaders June 9 to 12. A traveling mission for former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally is planned, likely visiting Brazil among Latin American stops, as part of a broader post Moscow summit agenda.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Latin America
Brazil
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Connally
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White House
Kissinger
Berlin thaw edges closer as Four finalize talks
National and international pages note the Big Four concluding Berlin accord aimed at easing political tensions while Nixon's popularity rises in a two year high poll. Local reports list police activity, city plans, and a proposed 175 room Great Plains hotel redevelopment as items of interest.
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State and Nation
Nixon
Summitt
Agnew as Nixon VP Pick Still Not Final
Washington reports indicate President Nixon has not chosen his running mate despite public insistence on Spiro T. Agnew. Sources say the final choice likely targets the 1976 GOP presidential candidate. Page 2 for more details.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Washington
Self Acceptance Prayer Plea For Love Of God And Neighbors
A reader offers a short prayer asking for grace to accept and love oneself through God’s love, then to extend that love to God and others. The tone is devotional and reflective urging inner peace and compassion.
Bugs Have Human Traits Say Texas Tech Entomologists
Drs Charles and Lois O'Brien of Texas Tech complete a major West Texas insect study. They argue bugs learn human traits and are "pretty nice folks" once you understand them, despite a few stinkers.
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Charles W
Lois O’brien
Texas Tech
South Plains
Charles and
Lois O'Brien
West
Texas
O'Briens
Non-Candidate Wins as Voters Call for Abolishing School Superintendent
Lubbock County voters in a record Democratic runoff show desire to end the county school superintendent job. Dolph Briscoe leads for governor and Barefoot Sanders for the U.S. Senate, with Wayne Connally and Bill Hobby and Robert S. Calvert and James Wilson close for lieutenant governor and state comptroller respectively. Beverly McDuff defeats Weldon M. Boyd by over three to one for the superintendent post amid local races. Precinct 1 chooses F. H. Bolen over Tom Pirtle for justice of the peace. Other unofficial results: Briscoe 16,590. Farenthold 15,607. Connally 14,004. Hebby 15,799. Sanders 16,808. See VOTERS Page 1.
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Kenneth May
Beverly McDuff
Weldon M. Boyd
Idalou
McDuff
Boyd
Lubbock
Justice of the Peace
F.H. Bolen
Tom Pirtle
Resuitte
Lubbock County
Americans Die in Navy Plane Crash in Morocco
A U.S. Navy patrol plane carrying 14 servicemen crashed into a mountain on the northeast coast of Morocco during a routine mission from its base in Spain. There were no survivors, and the cause of the crash was not known, a Navy spokesman said.
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Naples
Italy
U.S. Navy
I U. S
Mormecco
Navy
Bbase
Spain
Speakership battle looms after Texas defections
Texas House races toppled Speaker contenders as Mutscher and Price lost re elections. Mutscher fell to Latham Boone II in Southeast Texas by about 2000 votes. Price lost to Rep. Fred Head of Troup amid anti Mutscher coalition.
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Avatenche-Journal News Hertices
Austin
Rayford Price
Gus F. Mutscher Jr
Texas
Price
Mutscher
Latham Boone II
Navasota
Fred Head
Troup
Appropriations
Bill Finck
San Antonio
Matt Garcia
East Texas
Galifianakis Beats Jordan in North Carolina Senate Runoff
Rep. Nick Galifianakis 43, a former law professor, upset Sen. B. Everett Jordan in the North Carolina Democratic runoff. Galifianakis led in May's regular primary and will oppose Republican Jesse Helms in November.
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Raleigh
N.C
Nick Galifianakis
B. Everett Jordan
North Carolina
Galifianakis
Jordan
Jesse Helms
Texas returns race totals from 2534 counties
State tally shows Democrat votes for Sanders and Yarborough and Governor Briscoe and Farenthold with totals 1,000,886 920,557 1,994,244 and 877,480. Republican Fay Grover totals 21,124 and 40,260 respectively, with Connally Hobby Calvert Wilson and other offices listed.
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Fay
Grover
Area voters back Briscoe as incumbents fall in runoff
South Plains turnout drops about 35 000 from May to 135 000. Dolph Briscoe leads governor race 2 to 1 while Barefoot Sanders tops Ralph Yarborough for a Senate bid. Wayne Connally narrowly beats Bill Hobby for lieutenant governor as O C Blair upsets Hockley County Sheriff Weir Clem. Lillian Brown appointed in Hale County Precinct 4. See page 10.
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Karen Jester
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock County
Dolph Briscoe
Barefoot Sanders
Ralph Yarborough
U.S
John Tower
Henry C. Grover
Albert Fay
Wayne Connally
Bill Hobby
Hockley County
Weir Clem
O. C. Blair
Hale County
Lillian Brown
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