Senate OKs Proposal to Lower Vote Age and Extend Voting Rights Act
The Senate approved lowering the voting age to 18 for all elections and moved toward final action on a five-year extension of the Voting Rights Act. The measure would enable about 11 million young people to vote by Jan 1, 1971, amid partisan opposition and constitutional questions.
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Washington
Senate
House
New York
Emanuel Celler
Ciary
Fisht
Dixie
Nixon
Celler
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Supreme Court
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Tha Ewata
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Congress
Hijacked Airliner Released After Cuban Stop
An Avianca Boeing 727 hijacked near Barranquilla with 79 aboard was diverted to Cuba after threats of bombs. Mechanical troubles caused hours on the ground before runway to Havana, while a Varig jet hijacked from Santiago to Europe was noted by Havana Radio.
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Miami
Cuba
Bogota
Barranquilla
Havana
Varig
Santiago
Chile
Europe
Avianca
Haryana
Hijacker's Father Dies in Rome After Hijack Action
Luci Minichiello, father of Raphael Minichiello, who led the longest ever airliner hijacking, died of a stroke in Rome. He traveled from Mileto Irpino to visit his son held in Queen of Heaven jail on Italian charges tied to the TWA jetliner hijack from California to Rome last October.
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Rome
Raphael Minichiello
Luci Minichiello
Mileto Irpino
Raphael
Queen of Heaven
TWA
California
Ohio Banker Dies At 89 In Mansfield
H. Kenneth Dirham, 89, Mansfield banker and Johnny Appleseed authority, died Thursday in a local nursing home. Funeral services are planned for Saturday afternoon. Dirham spent four decades collecting and writing about Johnny Appleseed’s Ohio wanderings.
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Mansfield
Ohio
H. Kenneth Dirham
Johnny Appleseed
Dirham
Chinese navigator says Maoism guides students
A Chinese Communist aerial navigator told The New China News Agency that a navigation teacher must instill Mao Tse tung's thought in students' minds as their infallible compass.
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Tokyo
New China News Agency
Mao Tsetung
Brazil Agrees to Exchange Five Prisoners over Kidnapped Consul
Brazilian authorities will swap five political prisoners for Nobuo Okuchi the Japanese consul general seized Wednesday. The Popular Vanguard group demands proof the consul is alive and in good health before handing over the captors' requested prisoners. Okuchi, 56, sends a letter from captivity expressing belief in his imminent release.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Popular Vanguard
Nobuo Okuchi
Okuchi
UN marks 25th anniversary with special stamps
The Canadian post office department will issue 10 cent and 15 cent stamps on May 13 to celebrate the United Nations twenty fifth anniversary.
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Ottawa
Canadian Post Office Department
United Nations
Carlisle Police Officer Resigns Over Salary Wages
Raymond Lee, a Carlisle patrolman and father of three, resigns citing a $6,100 salary and plans to return to machinery repair while remaining in the Police Reserve. Council and Police Chief Lamm discuss dog fines and cruiser gas options amid ongoing service concerns and plans for a new police cruiser. The village approves land donation for a Community Teen Center as Ohio approves Carlisle sewage treatment arrangements with the Miami Conservancy District.
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Carlisle
Raymond Lee
Carlisle Police Department
Lee
Larry Lamm
Jack Shotwell
Shotwell
Eugene Wilcox
Stamm
Warren County
Franklin Township
Miami River
Wilcox
Carlisle Police Associaton
Provincial Plains
State of Ohio
Miami Conservancy District
Carlisle Homes
Franklin
Nixon Receives Hope Award For International Understanding
President Nixon is awarded the first Hope prize by Project Hope for efforts toward peace. The honor comes as he attends the hospital ship Hope launch commemoration, with founder Dr. William B. Walsh praising his work to ring about peace.
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Washington
Nixon
Project Hope Organization
Hope
California
William B. Walsh
Johannesburg Population Rises by 25,000 in 1969
City statisticians report Johannesburg’s population climbing by 25,000 to an estimated 1,181,321 in 1969. The rise reflects ongoing urban growth during the period.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Phone Hecklers name top speakers at Frisch's meeting
Bob Kesterson won best speaker at the Ohio Bell Hecklers Cub meeting held last night at Frisch's on German town Road. Don Owens was named most improved speaker with topics beyond the reef and the most important ones. Russ Davis served as impromptu master with Gordon Jump named best critic and Forest Lake speech master.
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Bob Kesterson
Don Owens
Ohio Bell Hecklers
Frisch's
Germantown Road
Kesterson
Owens
Russ Davis
Gordon Jump
Forest Lake
Frisco City Employes Go On Strike
More than 6,500 city workers walk out in San Francisco demanding pay raises. The strike threatens hospitals, the waterfront, schools, and the international airport as negotiations with Mayor Alioto and the Board of Supervisors continue after a midnight deadline. Bus and streetcar service is disrupted as pickets target city facilities. police and fire crews remain on duty.
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San Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Harold Supriano
Afl-Cio
Employes International Union
San Francisco General Hospital
Old Courthouse Stirs Word Flap in County Meeting
In Hamilton a heated exchange erupted between the former county commissioners president and a common pleas judge over converting the third floor law library of the old courthouse into a courtroom for Judge Robert L. Marrs. Architects expect working drawings in two weeks as the bar association session nears.
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Hamilton
County Commissioners
Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Marrs
William R. Stitsinger
County Board
Law Library
Stitsinger
Butler County
County Commission
Cale Logsdon
Commission
Commissioners’ Office
Bar Association
Two Ohio Soldiers Die in Vietnam War
Washington AP reports two Ohio soldiers killed in action in Vietnam. Sgt. Billy J. Greavy of East Canton and Spec. 4 Richard L. Still of Mount Vernon are named in the Defense Department release. Details give parent addresses for Greavy and Still.
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Washington (Ap
Ohio
Billy J. Greavy
East Canton
Spec
Richard L. Still
Mount Vernon
Vietnam
Defense Department
Greavy
John Greavy
Lincoln St
Still
Lucille M. Still
Seventh Ave
Police Briefs Report Stereo Thefts At University Home
Mrs Pat Pettit of 832 University Blvd reported a stereo set and speakers valued at 400 dollars stolen from the basement of her home.
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Pat Pettit
University Blvd
Theft of 45rpm records from Lafayette Center juke box
Miss Cecela Snow secretary reports fifty 45rpm records stolen from the Community Center juke box on Lafayette Avenue. Police say a suspect may have hidden in the building before it was locked.
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Lafayette Avenue
Cecela Snow
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