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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1975
Page
5
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Washington AP The Civil Aeronautics Board orders fare adjustments for contiguous U S flights with higher first class costs and mixed changes for coach fares. The new formula charges a terminal fee plus per mile rates, raising short flights and lowering long trips, while international, Hawaii, Alaska routes stay out of scope.
A Richmond, Virginia man faces arraignment for air piracy after hijacking a United Airlines jet from Raleigh to Newark. Frank Page Covey, 44, was arrested at Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport after letting most passengers off the plane. He appeared intoxicated and had a history of public drunkenness, while a university-history address discussed Ulysses S. Grant’s Civil War era drinking challenges and the rumors surrounding his resignation from the Army.
Washington AP report notes a senior State Department official says US Indochina policy failed as Vietnam teeters toward communist takeover. McCloskey, Ford and Kissinger critiques cited. dissent stresses more arms aid might have helped Saigon. Belfast violence toll rises with Protestant terrorists blamed for darts club killings. 59 dead in NI since cease-fire.
An Atlanta pursuit ended in a wild chase with seven damaged police vehicles and no serious injuries. Offenders fired at officers and a guard. one desk clerk was wounded. Everett Eugene Hill, 23, of Miami, was charged with aggravated assault, armed robbery and traffic violations.
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