Blind 15-Year-Old Flies Plane for First Time
Cincinnati blind youth Richard Vonderhaar aged 15 landed a single engine Cessna 172 at Lunken Airport under verbal instruction. Instructor Gene Dowers and two fellow blind students guided him from the co pilots seat as he flew and landed for the first time.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Richard Vonderhaar
Lunken
Gene Dowers
Aviation Center Inc
Vonderhaar
Cincinnati Association For the Blind
Kathy
Blade Wielding Prisoner Hijacks Plane To Cuba
A prisoner in custody with two federal officers pressed a razor to a stewardess's throat and hijacked a TWA jet with 131 aboard toward Cuba. The suspect, identified as Lester Perry, boarded in Scranton and changed to TWA in Pittsburgh before the hijack. The flight diverted over Tulsa and landed in Havana, marking the 37th Cuban diversion of the year.
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Miami
Cuba
Trans World Airlines
L. Perry
Havana
Jose Marti
Pennsylvania
Lester Perry
Scranton
California
TWA
Pittsburgh
U.S
William Lavin
Joseph Hart
United States
Tulsa
Okla
Los Angeles
Deborah Sullivan
Gulf of Mexico
Delta Airlines
Willie Jessie
Logan
W. Va
Jessie
Kenneth McPeek
Orchard Lake
Mich
Delta
McPeek
Charles Fulton
Cincinnati Holds Michigan Suspect After Credit Card Find
Police detain a 22 year old Michigan man after a city search uncovers credit cards tied to women in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Officers link a checkbook to Oak Park, Michigan. They mention a parole violation in Trenton, New Jersey and say no charges filed in Cincinnati. The man arrived in the area two days earlier.
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Cincinnati
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Oak Park
Mich
Trenton
N. J
Heart Carnival Supports Butler County Fund
A charity carnival to aid the Butler County Heart Fund runs this afternoon at James Conrad's home 1017 Jackson Street until 6. Organizers include Mike Conrad Jon Conrad Tom Conrad Pat Kinzer Scott Kinzer Dick Boehm Tom Grimes Don Grimes Dale Rouster and Jeff Hayes.
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Butler County Heart Fund
James Conrad
Jackson St
Mike
Jon
Tom Conrad
Pat
Scott Kinzer
Dick Boehm
Tom
Don Grimes
Dale Rouster
Jeff Hayes
California Assembly Kills Antismog Bill
A California Assembly Transportation Committee rejected a strengthened antismog bill that would tighten emissions beyond 1974 levels. The move blocks stricter auto exhaust standards amid industry concerns over feasibility, despite Senate approval of the original measure.
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California Assembly
Sacramento
Cali
State Assembly
California
Transportation Committee
Senate
Nicholas C. Petris
D.A. Jensen
Ford Motor Co
Office of Automotive Emissions
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Jensen
Boy Thrown Under Wagon In Farm Accident
Billy Ball Jr. 12, of Cincinnati-Dayton a Road, was in Mercy Hospital Intensive Care after being thrown from a hay wagon as it moved east on Beckett Road. Deputies say a hay load shifted, the wagon ran over him, and he was transported by Union Township life squad to the hospital.
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Rich
Dowers
Kathy Szinngey
Erlanger
sKy
Vandlerhaar
Bob Sheffell
Cincinnati
Kathy
Vonderhaar
Hamilton
Billy Ball Jr
Daytona Road
Mercy Hospital
Beckett Road
Frank Wessler
Cameron Road
Springdale
Union Township
Don Smith
Wives Who Wait Reorganizes Local Group Meeting
A reorganizational meeting of Wives Who Wait will be held Tuesday August fifth at 8 p.m. at the group’s venue. Wives of servicemen serving away from home or set to leave are invited to attend. For more information call 9880121 before 6 p.m.
Cleopatra to Cleopatrick A kitten name saga
A Louisville family renamed their acquired kitten from Cleopatra to Cleopatrick after discovering the initial choice was incorrect. The item reflects a light local anecdote from the period.
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Louisville
John Warner
Cleopatra
Cleopatrick
Firm Donates Redwoods For State Park
Georgia-Pacific turned over a $6 million stand of redwoods to California for a new park near Fortuna. The 390 acre tract on the Van Ducen River holds two ancient stands with trees 400 to 800 years old and bases up to 15 feet thick. The timber could supply housing for about a million people. The deed passed from Georgia-Pacific to the Nature Conservancy leader, then to California state park chief.
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Fortuna
Calif
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Georgia- Pacific
van Ducen River
Georgia-Pacific
Robert W. Pamplin
Thomas W. Richards
Nature Conservancy
William Penn Mott
California
Recwoods National Park
Demo Chairman Resigns Post
Albert S. Porter age 63 resigns after six years as chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic party executive committee. He cites age workload and media criticism. The committee votes to table his resignation while Porter says the move is permanent. Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes is endorsed for reelection.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Albert S. Porter
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Party
Porter
Carl B. Stokes
Samuel R. Gerber
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Colorado
U.S. Army Signal Corps
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Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
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