The Great Hotel Caper at the Pierre
Robbers struck the Pierre in New York over New Year weekend looting 17 of 208 strong boxes for an estimated 1.2 to 4 million dollars in jewelry and cash. Four or five bandits used handcuffs and a gun to subdue staff, then escaped by limousine within 5 hours. Investigators say more arrests and recovered jewelry may follow as they piece together the masterful heist.
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Queens
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Grady
Wells Fargo
Fifth Avenue
Haelio Fragga
Fragga
Sylvia Barbosa
Francisco Velez
Hijackers Guns Created Day Of Terror
Seven stewardesses described a nine hour cross country hijack in which two gunmen on a Pacific Southwest Airlines flight from California to Cuba threatened to shoot passengers and crew. The hijackers forced the plane to land for refueling, kept a baby under threat, and warned they would kill anyone who moved. Captain William Young and officers recounted the ordeal, noting the crew's fears and the attackers’ volatile demands.
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Pacific Southwest Airlines
California
Cuba
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sylvia Bristér
Havana
Young
Dianne Beighley
Dianné
Tampa
Africa
Gallemore
Miss Gallemore
San Diego
Ida
Derral Wiggins
Steve Salmonsen
Tye
Newport Jazz Ends Newport Run to Focus on New York
Newport Jazz Festival abandons Newport plans and shifts to a weeklong series of concerts in New York. Producer George Wein cites inability to envisage a Newport future while about 600 musicians take part in events July 19 at Carnegie Hall Philharmonic Hall Yankee Stadium and other venues.
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New York
Newport
Chicagoan Hunted In Bomb Plots Warned by Letters
The Associated Press reports a muffled Bank of America blast in San Francisco and time bomb discoveries in safe deposit boxes at two other San Francisco banks, plus three in Chicago and three in New York City. An FBI, CIA, and IRS search targeted a Chicago man named Christopher Charles Mohr, 25, described as a physicist. Police disarmed the bombs after waiting vaults opened, noting low power explosive timers and a warning about kidnapping for ransom as a sign of a "sick and brutal society."
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Associated Press
Bank of America
San Francisco
Herald
Chicago
New York City
FBI
U.S. Treasury’s
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Control
Christopher Charles Mohr
Mohr
Chicago Tribune
Daily News
Central Intelligence Agency
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
More Serious Charges Against Ellsberg and Russo
In Los Angeles Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo face March 7 trial on new conspiracy and theft charges tied to the Pentagon papers. Ellsberg pleaded innocent to 12 counts. Russo, 35, declined to plead, with the judge entering an innocent plea for him. Ellsberg admits leaking the papers to newspapers.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Ellsberg
Russo
Rand Corp
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
National Defense
State Job Open At Soldier Home In Missouri
Jefferson City Missouri AP competitive examinations announced for superintendent of the state Federal Soldiers Home at St James Missouri. Norris F Steenberger director of the Missouri Personnel Division said applications will be accepted until January 26 to replace O B Jack Rogers who has resigned. The job pays up to 1100 dollars a month plus housing.
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Federal Soldiers
St. James
Missouri Personnel Division
O. B. Jack" Rogers
Governor Proclaims Anti Smoking Week In Missouri
Governor Warren E Hearnes declared January 9 to 15 as Education Week on Smoking in Missouri and urged an intensified educational campaign on smoking and health. The Missouri Interagency Council Smoking and Health cited rising cigarette tax receipts as indicating growing smoking and noted its links to heart disease stroke cancer emphysema and other illnesses.
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Warren E Hearnes
Missouri
Missouri Interagency Council
Smoking and Health
Hearnes
Interagency Council
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