Hijacker Seizes Two Jets For Algiers Ransom Flight
A young hijacker with alleged accomplices and a bomb threat commandeered two Western Airlines jets, took ransom of 500000 dollars, and forced a Seattle to San Francisco leg before a refueled flight to New York then on to Algiers. He released some hostages at Kennedy. authorities tracked the trip while officials debated a reported demand for Angela Davis's freedom.
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New York
Western Airlines
West Coast
Algiers
Kennedy International Airport
San Francisco
Kennedy
Seattle
Ken Erickson
Western
Salt Lake City
Angela Davis
San Jose
Calif
Fighter Bombers Hit North Vietnam in 250 Strikes Across North
SAIGON AP reports U S fighter bombers ranged from Hanoi to Vinh in over 250 strikes targeting North Vietnam's supply and transport system. Nine bridges, 41 trucks, 36 surface craft, 43 buildings, and 21 storage areas were destroyed or damaged, with one MIG19 shot down and no U S losses. Across South Vietnam, government forces and air strikes killed 450 enemy troops. Navy raids hit eight bridges in the Hanoi-to-Vinh corridor. Phu My district remains under heavy pressure as a northern offensive grinds on. Far north, paratroopers reported 54 enemy killed as they moved to neutralize a North Vietnamese regiment.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Vinh
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
U.S
South Vietnam
North
Coral Sea
Saratoga
Kitty Hawk
Phu My
Binh Dinh
Hue
Berlin Signoff Lets Travel Flow Across City Again
The four foreign ministers signed documents activating the 1971 Berlin accord easing travel to and from isolated West Berlin. The pact goes into effect at midnight, following talks in Bonn and West Berlin, with Moscow demanding ratification before it takes effect.
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Bonn
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
East Germany
Berlin
Moscow
West Germany
U S Navy warns Soviet ship near Vinh harbor
The destroyer escort McMorris signaled the Soviet trawler Izmeritell with lights and flags, prompting an altered course and a Russian thank you. In other news, Mr and Mrs George F E James of Rush Hill welcomed a son at Audrain Medical Center at 2 29 am weighing 10 pounds. The Randalls of 214 Barberry Lane also welcomed a son at 9 32 am weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces. Mr Randall serves as pastor of Love Street Christian Church.
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Saigon
U.S
7Th Fleet
Vinh
North Vietnam
McMorris
Izmeritell
George FE. James
Rush Hill
Audrain Medical Center
James
Mexico
Randalls
James KR. Randall
Barberry Lane
Randall
Love Street Christan Church
Old Picture May Bring 338000 Gainsborough Found Portrait
Two sisters in southeast England discovered a dusty family portrait thought to be worth 2600 dollars. Sothebys identified it as an unrecorded Gainsborough titled The Grosvenor Family, painted before his landscapes, with estimates up to 338000 dollars. The work, valued in an old policy, was sold earlier at 338000 in 1960 and now hangs in the National Gallery.
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London
Gainsborough
Maj. J. Townshend
Sotheby’s
Andrew Festing
England
Grosvenor
Robert Andrews
Sotheby's
National Gallery
Army Ready For Trouble In Londonderry Demonstration
Police and British troops mount a major security operation in Londonderry for a huge Protestant protest. Armored vehicles seal Craigavon Bridge, with 500 extra police and about 2500 soldiers on standby, as protesters vow to defy a ban and after two-level bridge barriers and river patrols are prepared for possible clashes.
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Londonderry
Craigavon
Foyle
Britain
Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
Ulster Vanguard
Hooded hijacker parachutes from plane near Reno with ransom
In Reno Nevada a hooded hijacker forced a United Airlines 727 to take off from Reno International Airport and parachute away after demanding 200000 dollars in ransom and parachutes. The jet returned to the airport within 30 minutes as authorities launched a wide search and FBI reported a suspect in custody in Washington. The hijacker held three stewardesses and pilots at gunpoint during a tense standoff before transferring to a backup 727 and vanishing over the countryside between Reno and Washoe Lake.
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Reno
Nev
United Air Lines
Reno International
Washoe Lake
Washington
FBI
New York
San Francisco
James Parker
Parker
Angela Davis Jury Deliberations Amid Hijack Report
In San Jose California Angela Davis waits as a five hour jury deliberation continues on a 13 week trial for murder kidnapping and conspiracy tied to a 1970 courthouse escape plot. Four gun deaths and a hijack report unfold during the case.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Soledad
George Jackson
Arnason
Mrs. Clark Dies at 69 in Benton City Rites Monday
Margaret E. Clark 69 of Benton City died Friday at Audrain Medical Center after a Wednesday admission. Born June 15, 1902 in Centralia, she married James D. Clark Oct 1, 1927 in Morning Side Iowa. Survived by two brothers, four sisters, five sons, three daughters, 14 grandchildren, one great grandchild. funeral Monday 10:30 a.m. Arnold Funeral Home. Burial Elmwood Cemetery. Family to receive friends Sunday afternoon.
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Margaret E. Clark
Benton City
Audrain Medical Center
Centralia
Hiram Husk
Ada Roberts Cary
James D. Clark
Morningside
Iowa
Henry Cary
Lewistown
James Cary
Nevada
Pike Porter
Danville
Laverne Drahaus
Muscatine
Orville Clark
Junction City
Kan
George
Roy
Robert Clark
Richard Earl Clark
Charles
Virginia) Sheron
Vandalia
Pearl
Mary) Gordon
Auxvasse
Howard
Dorothy) Stouts
San Diego
Calif
Arnold Funeral Home
Delbert
Elmwood Cemetery
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S. Muldrow St
Audrain County Historical Society
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Robert S. Green
Federal Aviation Administration
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Democratic Society
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Kenneth F. Wyss
Eastholm St
Kenneth Earl Wyss Jr
Wyss
A, FP. Green Refractories Co
Willian Wyss
Melissa Lynn Kropf
James A. Kropf
Meyer St
Kropf
Hardin Junior High School
Marion Precht
Kent Hd
James H. Kropf
Alabama St
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Eered
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Windsor
Castle
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St. George‘s
Windsor Castle
Edward VIII
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