Hijacked airliner diverted to Cuba
A Venezuelan Viasa DC9 with 80 aboard including four Americans was hijacked and forced to land at Santiago Cuba. A grenade-wielding youth threatened to explode it unless it landed in Cuba and was later set to depart for Caracas via Curacao.
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Hanes to Defend Ray in Extradition Case in London
Attorney Arthur J. Hanes former Birmingham mayor says he was retained by James Earl Ray to defend him against the King assassination charge. Ray awaiting Bow Street extradition hearing as Hanes joins two British lawyers at a London news conference. Ray, held at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, is likely barred from meeting with his client except via lawyers.
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Michael Eugene
U.S
Reform plans shake British Lords and Vatican birth control stance
In London Prime Minister Harold Wilson proposes comprehensive reform to the House of Lords aiming to curb hereditary power and end non elected peers' influence. UPI reports Pope Paul VI weighs objections from church men as he reconsiders the church stance on artificial birth control.
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West Berlin Airlift Plan Moves Through Bonn Parliament
West German lawmakers approved an emergency economic package and backed a traveler airlift from Hannover to West Berlin to ease pressure from the East. The plan echoes 1948 round the clock Allied transports and aims to counter Communist moves with visa measures and mutual restraint talks. East Germany meanwhile extended transit visa rules to West Germans and Berliners and imposed a freight surtax.
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