Three Die After PSA Hijack Ends in Shootout
In San Francisco a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 hijacked for six hours ended when FBI agents stormed the plane. Two hijackers were killed and a passenger died later at a hospital. One other passenger was killed by a hijacker during the standoff. two wounded. Passengers, crew, and attackers are identified. authorities recount the decisive assault and negotiations.
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FBI
Pacific Southwest
Robert Gebhardt
Gebhardt
Siberia
Manuel Alvarez
Sacramento
Calif
Alvarez
Los Angeles
San Francisco International Airport
Dimitr Alexieff
Hayward
Michael Azmanoff
Peninsula Hospital
Burlingame
E. H. Stanley Carter
Canadian National Railway
Longueuil
Que
Leo A. Gormley
van Nuys
Victor Sen Yung
Universal City
Dave Gardella
PSA
San Francisco Bay
Bulgaria
Siberia Sory
Oeetan
Jackie Wins: Galella barred from near Onassis
Federal judge ruled photographer Ronald Galella invaded Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis privacy by shadowing her and her children Caroline and John Kennedy. The court dismissed his $1.3 million suit and found him in contempt for defying an earlier order to stay away.
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New York
Ronald Galella
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Galella
U.S. District Court
Irong Ben Cooper
Cooper
Mrs. Onassis
Gazella
Caroline
John Kennedy
Fourteen Americans Killed in Indochina War Week
AP reports last week 14 Americans killed and four missing in action with 23 wounded. A South Vietnamese communique cites 2,765 enemy killed. government losses list 523 killed and 2,199 wounded. Seven Americans died nonhostile. Totals: Americans 45,806 killed, 303,190 wounded. South Vietnamese 147,865 dead, 381,813 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 858,100 killed.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Supreme Court special session urged over California delegates
Democratic forces press a rare Supreme Court call to decide which presidential candidate earns California delegates. Appeals would go to Chief Justice Burger to rule on convening the justices from vacation. FBI action stops hijacking. two hijackers killed aboard the plane with passengers present. Fischer apologizes to Spassky ahead of world chess match drawing. U S Navy airstrikes hit bunkers near Quang Tri as South Vietnamese paratroopers push toward the city. Last week 14 Americans killed in action, 23 wounded, seven missing not listed as hostile action casualties.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
California
George McGovern
Warren &. Burger
Spassky
Soviet Union
Saigon
Quang Tri City
U.S
Bow and Arrow Killing Suspect Is Captured
A 17 year old Sioux City youth Harold Shamblin was charged with the bow and arrow murder of his grandmother Mrs Gail Bachert 71 found dead in her home. He was captured near Antelope North Dakota after waiving extradition and returning to Iowa authorities. A bow and arrow and camping gear were found in his car.
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Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City
Woodbury
Dickinson
Stark County
Eddie Malone
Shamblin
Malone
Iowa
Robert Warden
Gail Bacher
Ft. Riley
Kan
Canada
Bachert
Sions City
Duane Miller
Young Couple Charged in Death Of Tiny Daughter
In Warrensburg Missouri William Radi Jr and Sharon Radi 19 and 18 were arraigned on second degree murder charges for alleged failure to provide food medical care and parental support leading to Justine Marie 3 ½ months death at Whiteman Air Force Base The coroner attributed death to starvation malnutrition and dehydration A second child 18 months old remained under care at the base hospital Bonds set at 2500 each Preliminary hearing slated for July 13.
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Warrensburg
Whiteman Air Force Base
Johnson County
William Radi Jr
Sharon
Justine Marie
Keith Jones
Truman to undergo more X rays during hospitalization
Kansas City AP report says former President Harry S. Truman, hospitalized since Sunday for an intestinal problem, will have another round of X rays after Monday’s were unsatisfactory. An aide said soreness in his lower back likely stems from colon irritation. condition remains satisfactory.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Medical Center
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
Engineering Enrollment Fears of Shortage by 1975
Washington AP reports 1969 to 1970 layoffs hit aerospace and electronics, triggering an 18 to 25 percent fall in engineering enrollments in 1971. Experts warn of a 1975 engineer shortage despite some fall enrollments rising. UCLA and Penn State leaders predict continued scarcity and strong demand through mid-70s. Rensselaer sees a 25 percent rise for 1972-73 to 1,020 students after a weak prior year.
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Washington
Maas
Aerospace and Electronics Industries
N.J. Palladino
College of Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Palladino
Engineers Joint Council
Chauncy Starr
Ucla School of Engineering and Applied Science
L.B. Williams
American Society For Engineering Education
Robert John
Princeton
School of Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Today in History Highlight for July 6, 1972
The date marks 1923 as the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and notes the 1699 capture of pirate Captain William Kidd in Boston, with his later execution in England.
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Associated Press
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
William Kidd
Boston
England
Pierre Messmer Named Premier
Pierre Messmer a veteran Gaullist and longtime cabinet member becomes France’s premier after Georges Pompidou replaces Jacques Chaban-Delmas. Born 1916, he served in Vietnam Africa and Indochina, led defense from 1960, and helped form Gaullist circles before returning to government in 1971.
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Paris
Pierre Messmer
France
Charles de Gaulle
Messmer
Vietnam
Africa
Georges Pompidou
Jacques Chaban- Delmas
de Gaulle
North Africa
Bir Hakeim
Normandy
Indochina
Mauritania
Algeria
National Assembly
Chaban-Delmas
Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing opens 15th class
The 15th class at the Mexico Public School of Practical Nursing begins with 25 students enrolled. Names include Betty Bland, Brenda Brandenburg, Lola Davis, LaRae Farrow, Brenda Gaston, Carol Godager, Rebecca Grupp, Madeline Hajduk, Deborah Hays, Pamela Henderson, Teresa Jeffrey, Mary Kilgore, Judy Love, Joyce Lovelace, Sherri Minney, Lynda Real, Shirley Reid, Betty Rhoades, Marsha Roland, Beverly Shaw, Cynthia Stevinson, Mildred Steigmann, Ruby Terry, Norma Utinske, Kasten Wenneker. Affiliated with Audrain Medical Center. added five seats approved.
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Mexico
Mary Kilgore
Judy Love
Joyce Lovelace
Sherri Minney
Lynda Real
Shirley Reid
Middletown
Betty Rhoades
Kingdom City
Marsha
Roland
Fulton
Beverly Shaw
Wellsville
Cynthia Stevinson
Mildred Steigmann
Montgomery City
Ruby Terry
Norma Utinske
Centralia
Kasten Wenneker
Mexico Public Schools
Audrain Medical Center
State Board of Nursing
Davis Hart
Mexico Area
Ambassador Keating To Resign Post
New Delhi AP Keating U S Ambassador Kenneth B Keating plans to resign before the Republican National Convention to work on President Nixon re election He notes plans to return to the United States around August 1 and resign as ambassador prior to the convention Keating was a U S senator from New York until 1964 when RFK defeated him
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New Delhi
U.S
Kenneth B. Keating
Nixon
United States
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Man Who Held Girl Hostage Is Charged
Charles Smith of Buffalo faces additional charges of assault burglary and kidnapping connected to a dawn attack on his ex wife and the later attempted hijack of a parked American Airlines jet at Buffalo airport with his 13 month old daughter held at knifepoint. FBI said he blocked aviation authorities for over two hours before surrender following negotiations. He remains jailed on 250000 dollar bond awaiting a federal air piracy hearing set for July 4.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Charles Smith
Smith
Ethel
Dennis Keeys
Jettian
Hig. Exwife
FBI
American Airlines
Gravel Pursues Democratic Vice Presidential Bid
Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska is expected to formally announce his candidacy for the Democratic vise president nomination. He has been courting delegates ahead of the Miami Beach convention and has drawn national attention since his 1968 election. He previously sought to halt an underground test on Amchitka Island and released portions of the Pentagon Papers.
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Mike Gravel
Alaska
Miami Beach
Gravel
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Senate
Amchitka Island
Aleutian
Pentagon
Congreson
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