Christie's New Heart Gives Slim Hope In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a six-year-old girl Christie Corlin shows signs of improvement after receiving the heart of 7-year-old William Becker. Doctors report a steady heart beat and better overall function. The Becker family consented to organ donation after a fatal auto crash.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Christie Corlin
Robert D. Southwick
Christie
William M. Becker
Wallace Corlin
High Point
Grandson of ex VP Barkley arrested in air piracy case
Alben W. Truitt, 35, claimed guilt only of foolish conduct after forcing a Cessna 177 pilot to fly from Key West to Cuba on Oct 23. He was captured on the U S Canada border in Champlain and is held on 100000 bail. Indicted Feb 6 in Miami. He says he traveled to Cuba to write a book.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
U.S
Alben Barkley
United States
Alben W. Truitt
Key West
Fla
Cuba
FBI
Truitt
Champlain
Canada
Clinton County
Joseph W. Kelley
Miami
Havana
Eastern Airlines Flight Hijacked to Cuba from San Juan
An Eastern Airlines plane en route from San Juan to Miami was hijacked to Cuba today, State Department officials said. Early reports indicated the DC-10 carried about 100 passengers aboard.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
San Juan
Cuba
U.S. State Department
DCI
Snowstorm Traps 39 on Airliner at Kennedy Airport
An American Airlines jet carrying 39 passengers was stranded on a Kennedy International Airport runway for almost nine hours as a nor’easter dumped heavy snow. The plane taxied for clearance, returned to the terminal after hours, then was freed five hours later by plows and a tow truck.
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New York
American Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
Reading the Clippings From a Quiet Page
A compact scans shows Mary Ann Landers column fragment, a Heloise note, a House of the Week item, and a brief Sports section. It includes a two line obituary grid and a Women’s News teaser with sparse details.
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Heloise
Eas
Cses Aekvanstbenne
Soviet Fishing Vessels Lurk Off U S Coastline
Nearly 100 Soviet bloc trawlers fished off Virginia near Wallops Island while a meteorological launch was planned. Coast Guard cutters monitored 10-foot seas and 40 mph winds as trawlers violated the 12 mile zone, with warnings of boarding and seizure if violations continued.
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wallops Island Rocket Center
Coast Guard
Wallops
United States
Weather and naval notes from Middletown and sea action
The Middletown area forecast calls for increasing cloudiness with temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s tonight and light rain or snow possible Tuesday. Separately a 82 foot cutter with an 11 man crew and a lone 80mm mortar is noted, while the Pomorze and four other Soviet mother ships dwarf it in size. Lt Rex Wesling, 24, the cutter's skipper, says the incident was more economic than military. The 205 foot Cherokee with a 90 crew and a three inch gun, along with another 82 footer, the Point Brown, replaced the Point Arena Sunday.
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Pomorze
J.g
Rex Wesling
Cherokee
Point Brown
Point Arena
New York and East Coast Mired by Deep Snow Storm
A massive winter storm dumped 15 inches of snow across New York and the East Coast, closing stock exchanges and airports. Subways ran near normal while roads and bridges froze, stranding thousands and triggering a historic 148 mile Thruway closure from Albany to NYC.
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New York and
American Stock Exchanges
Long Island Rail Road
Penn Central
New Haven
New Brunswick
Newark
New York City
Trenton
N.J
Albany N.Y
Connecticut
Canaan
Satellite Can Aid GIs In Combat
A $30 million TACCOMSAT experimental communications satellite, the western world’s most powerful, was launched from Cape Kennedy to test mobile frontline links. The 1600-pound craft atop a Titan 3D rocket orbits 22 300 miles high over the equator near the Galapagos to enable front line units to contact bases and warn headquarters. Lt. Gen. John W. O’Neill says Vietnam use is not planned but possible if needed.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Equator
South America
Earth
Galapagos Island
John W. O'Neill
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization
Vietnam
Boeing 747 makes first flight but returns for minor flap fault
Everett AP reports the Boeing 747 prototype, designed to carry up to 490 passengers, flew Sunday with pilot Jack Waddell calling the test absolutely ideal. A misaligned wing flap caused an early return to Paine Field after 1 hour 15 minutes of a 22 hour planned flight.
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Everett, Wash
Jack Waddell
Paine Field
Parties Gear for 1970 Campaigns on Capitol Hill
In a Capitol Hill hotel conference room GOP strategists survey 1968 losses and discuss why candidates failed as they plan retrenchments and record budgets for the 1970 congressional elections amid Nixon’s White House start.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Democrats beef up 1970 House campaign committee
After complaints of cronyism inefficiency and late funds Democrats appoint 82 year old Michael Kirwan as chair with two assistants. Republicans plan to raise campaign spending to over 5 million for 1970 and push a youth image with young congressmen. They seek Nixon involvement and target a stronger 1970 showing.
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Michael Kirwan
House Democrats
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
National Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Senate
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