Arabs Hijack Planes In Middle East Terror Tale
Pan American 747 hijacked en route to New York lands in Cairo and explodes after passengers flee. 188 aboard. 85 Americans. Four hijacked planes force demands from Jordan to release passengers. Other jets hijacked include TWA 767 and Swissair DC8. a female assailant captured in London after a failed El Al attack.
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Hijacker killed as El Al lands at Kennedy amid jubilation
At Kennedy Airport 130 waiting relatives greet 148 passengers who escaped a hijack over Amsterdam. Passengers praise steward Shlomo Vider wounded in gun battle. stewardesses guided singing Israeli folk songs as crowds celebrate the safe landing and deboarding of the El Al jet.
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England
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Amsterdam
Kennedy
London
Heathrow Airport
May Shark
Israel rejects talks until Egypt pulls back missiles
Israel refuses to resume United Nations peace talks in New York until Egypt withdraws antiaircraft missiles in the Suez Canal cease fire zone. White House and State Department officials express cautious optimism while Cairo blames US confirmation of Egyptian cease fire violations. Jordan's King Hussein vows not to liquidate Palestinian resistance and warns Syria and Iraq to halt inflammatory rhetoric as tensions rise.
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Ronald Ziegle
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Cairo
State Department
Middle East
Jordan
Hussein
Troop strength in Vietnam falls below 400,000 for first time since 1967
Saigon AP reports U S troop levels in Vietnam drop to 399 500 as of last Thursday down 2 800 from the prior week the lowest since January 14 1967. Plans outline further cutbacks including withdrawal of the 7th Air Force List Tactical Fighter Wing from Tuy Hoa Air Base and reassignments to reduce U S forces to under 40 000 by year end 1972. Additional Marine squadrons and all weather jets to be withdrawn and returned to the United States as the air campaign scales back.
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Tuy Hoa
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Marine Division
United States
Disneyland strike drags on as techs stay off work
More than 65 Disneyland technicians remain on strike as supervision fills in for IATSE Local 5H. Federally mediated talks failed, with IATSE seeking a $1 hourly raise over two years while management offered 70 cents plus 40 cents later. AGVA members have largely returned to work.
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Abraham Lincoln
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
Walter H. Blanchard
IATSE
Managment
Holiday Death Toll At 388 Reaches Record
The Labor Day weekend traffic toll rose to 388 on the last day of the 78 hour holiday period ending at midnight tonight. The period began Friday at 6 p.m. Earlier records show 688 deaths in 1968 and 609 fatalities in 1969.
Hunt Ends For Man Wanted In 8 Deaths
A 31-year-old part-time logger was captured by a police dog and arrested in Creston British Columbia ending a manhunt for a gunman who killed eight Canadians including five children. Dale Merle Nelson was jailed on one count and faces a magistrate Tuesday.
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Tacy Wasyk
Raymond John Phipps
Isabelle
Paul
Bryan
Kenneth
Phipps
Cathy
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Tracy Wasyk
RCMP
Cathy Phipps
Weather outlook calls for rain and humid days ahead
Tonight and Tuesday bring more rain and cloudy skies with humidity high. Temperatures will hold in the upper 80s for the day, with yesterday reaching 86 and this morning at 71. Outlook for Wednesday predicts rain and cooler temperatures.
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