Jet hijack turns into marathon
A Southern Airways DC9 with three hijackers and 30 hostages landed at McCoy Air Force Base after a 25 hour airborne drama. The hijackers demanded fuel navigational charts and a 10 million dollar ransom, with stops in Cuba and Havana before returning toward Oak Ridge and Tennessee.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Miss
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Ohio
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Long Binh U S Gives Up Last Big Base in Vietnam
The United States signs over its Long Binh base to the South Vietnamese army in a simple ceremony. About 100 American officers and GIs join an equal number of South Vietnamese troops on the hilltop HQ once the largest foreign U S base in Vietnam. Three-fourths of the base is now Vietnamese controlled with plans to raze a road strip for an industrial park.
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Saigon Highway
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Hijacked DC9 Flight Heads for Orlando With Armed Suspects
The same crew aboard during Friday’s hijack remained on the DC9 as it neared Orlando. FBI and police identified three Detroit and Tennessee suspects, two wanted for assault with attempt to commit rape, one an escapee from a Tennessee prison. The plane had bomb weapons, bullet proof vests, food and helmets aboard, and demanded a financial document possibly signed by President Nixon.
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Henry Jackson
Lewis Moore
Melvin Cale
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Moore
Cale
Letter Bomb Menace Grows Across Britain and India
Scotland Yard opens a worldwide probe into a rising letter bomb menace amid attacks on Jewish homes and offices. Two main bombs in London and one in Glasgow were diffused. four more were mailed from India. Arab group Black September blamed. police fear another wave during the Christmas rush.
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India
Black September Organization
Switzerland
Israel
Spoiled Kid Punished by Taking Grandmother Away
A father vents that his son is so spoiled that his only effective punishment is removing the grandmother from the household, a remark highlighting parental frustration with difficult behavior.
Family linked to 11 slayings under police inquiry
Officials say the McCrarys and Taylor family members are being questioned about 11 murders with up to 22 unsolved killings across six Western states. The elders Sherman McCrary and Carl Raymond Taylor are in prison for a supermarket robbery. others serve time for harboring fugitives. Extraditions and charges span Utah, Colorado, Texas, and Dallas.
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Carolyn
Danny
Ginger McCrary Taylor
Carl Raymond Taylor
McCrary
Folgom
Taylor
San Quentin
Santa Barbara
Athens
Tex
Dallas
Denver
Utah
Salt Lake City
Navy to weed out racially insensitive officers
Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., chief of naval operations, said officers who are insensitive or lax on race issues will be weeded out through stricter evaluation. He noted inspectors general will spot check equal opportunity efforts and emphasized the Navy must overcome a century of white dominance.
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Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
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Water Quality Inspected by Constant City Tests
Journal report details ongoing testing of drinking water by city and state officials to ensure purity in homeowners’ pipes. The piece notes page 47 coverage by Jack Thornton on tests and results and mentions Middletown school levy and precinct vote table by David Driver. A courtyard speech from 30 years ago recalls calls for Franco-American unity against Germany.
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Germany
Napalm Girl Kim Phuc Faces War's Toll Again
In Trang Bang Vietnam Kim Phuc and her family endure renewed fighting after North Vietnamese troops occupy the town. Her home is destroyed and she returns from Saigon burn clinic with scars from napalm injuries. She grins at a Brooklyn charity present as her schooling resumes next week.
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Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Kim Phuc
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Sai
Gon
Thy
Kim Phue
Brooklyn
N.Y
Cloudy Day With Mild Temperatures Forecast
Weather outlook notes considerable cloudiness with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Tonight's low near 40 and Monday remains cloudy with a chance of showers.
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