U.S. Warplanes Step Up Strikes Over Vietnam
U S war planes intensified raids over North Vietnam with more than 200 tactical strikes in 24 hours, destroying trucks warehouses and fuel depots. Three Navy A7 pilots were lost or missing, two rescued at sea. overall 122 aircraft have been lost since April 6, with 130 airmen killed or captured.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Nixon
Laos
Cambodia
Dmz
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Thanh Hoa
Hijackers Seize Southern Airways Jet From Alabama to Toronto
Three gun toting hijackers demand 10 million dollars and parachutes aboard a DC9 with 26 passengers and four crew. After detours to Detroit and Cleveland they reroute toward Toronto where they threaten to bomb Oak Ridge unless demands are met.
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Toronto
Southern Airways
Alabama
Canada
Knoxville
Tenn
Oak Ridge
Detroit
Cleveland
William Sparr
Snarr
Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
FAA
Jackson
Miss
FBI
Hopkins
Ohio Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Marijuana Laws
Ohio Supreme Court hears challenges to marijuana penalties. Akron defendant Collingwood argues possession for sale penalties are cruel and unusual. Canton attorney Steiner links penalties to conflicts between 1 5 year and 10 20 year ranges and expands claim to related cases.
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Columbus, Ohio
Cohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Wallace Collingwood
Akron
Canton
Don C. Steiner
American Bar Association
United States
Steiner
Collingwood
Stark County
Grand Jury
High Court
Bryant Lee Mayo
Battle Creek
Mich
Mayo
Ohio
Look-Alike Free After Arrest in Queens Case
Lawrence Berson of Queens is freed by State Supreme Court Justice Frank O Connor amid a rape probe involving five women dating back to Sept 1 The indictment targets Berson and Richard Carbone of the Bronx who resembles him and faces multiple rape and burglary charges Police note the attacker followed victims into buildings at knife point and robbed them Carbone was jailed and later hospitalized while Berson maintains innocence and the grand jury may drop charges O Connor once freed a wrongly identified suspect in a notable 1953 case that inspired the film The Wrong Man.
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Lawrence Berson
Queens
Queens Dist. Atty
Thomas Mackell
Berson
State Supreme Court
Frank O'Connor
Richard Carbone
Bronx
Carbone
James E. Mulvaney
O'Connor
Weather Outlook for Midletown Includes Cool Night Lows
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures tonight with lows in the low 30s. Tomorrow will be fair with warmer highs, then extend through the weekend with a chance of showers in the Midletown area on Tuesday.
Haig Presses Thieu On Vietnam Cease Fire Talks
Haig and Thieu meet at Independence Palace as Kissinger mediated draft cease-fire prompts dispute. Saigon demands withdrawal of all Vietnamese forces under international supervision and a noncoalition settlement while U S stance seeks Saigon as a separate state with non intervention from North Vietnam.
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Saigon
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Washington
U.S
Haig
Ellsworth Bunker
Independence Palace
Thieu
United States
South Vietnam
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
Xuan Thuy
Agence France Presse
Paris
Repre
Viet Cong
Thuy
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
South
North Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
NVA
Laos
Cambodia
94 Year-Old Heir Named to $435 000 Estate
George S. Shiller of Sandusky, age 94 and former chef, is named sole heir to $435,000 from Otto M. Hoffmeister who died May 19, 1969, without a will. Shiller filed after learning Hoffmeister had no immediate relatives. 15 other claims were filed. Lawyers built a genealogy tracing Hoffmeister and Schiller lines to early German migrants John and Barbar Bigler.
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Cincinnati
George S. Shiller
Sandusky
Otto M. Hoffmeister
Shiller
Hoffmeister
Germany
Schiller
John
Barbar. Bigler
Women Deliver Mice to California State Senate
Five Los Angeles women gifted live wrapped mice to 2% of California state senators who backed a resolution ratifying the ERA. The all male Senate approved 28 to 9 and awaits Assembly action. Police released the women after about 30 minutes. they sang and waved flags, while the mice were taken to the Capitol offices.
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Sacramento
Calif
Senate
State
Assembly
Los Angles
Capitol
Gloria Macklin
Los Angeles
America
California
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