Nine Japanese ultraleftists hijack jet and free 103 hostages
Nine young Japanese ultraleftists released 103 persons in Seoul after hijacking a jet over Japan. They took a Japanese government official as a new hostage and flew to North Korea. Those freed included two American residents Herbert Brill and Rev. Daniel S. MacDonald.
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Seoul
Japan
North Korea
Tokyo
Herbert Brill
New York
Daniel S. MacDonald
San Francisco
India refuses to monitor Columbia Eagle release
In Phnom Penh it was reported that India declined to act as neutral observer for the release of the hijacked American munitions ship Columbia Eagle and its 13 crew. Cambodian Premier Lon Nol said observers were desired, while India would not comment and reportedly rejected Cambodian overtures.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
India
Columbia Eagle
U.S. Air Force
Thailand
Lon Nol
Attacks Escalate Across South Vietnam Targeted by Communists
In Saigon the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong pressed a new high point of assault across South Vietnam shelling 60 positions and clashing with South Vietnamese and American forces near the Cambodian border. Officials reported rising casualties with at least 79 Americans, 267 South Vietnamese and 770 enemy killed since Tuesday night.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Welfare crackdown after survey finds states noncompliant
Washington AP reports federal welfare chief John D. Twiname vows action as a government survey shows only 11 states fully meet amendments and court rulings since 1967. Deadlines lag for all states and enforcement steps begin. Also: Senate opposition to Judge Carswell's Supreme Court nomination stands at 46 against moving to committee, 38 for opposition, 16 undeclared, with votes due Monday and confirmation possible Wednesday.
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Washington
John D. Twiname
Supreme Court
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Judiciary Committee
Carswell
Wisconsin TA strike faces injunction as classes resume
Madison AP reports striking teaching assistants at the University of Wisconsin picketed delivery entrances while the attorney general’s office moves to secure a court injunction. Judge William Sachtsen signaled the injunction and state lawyers expected a formal order by weekend. A Sunday TAA membership meeting will decide next steps before classes resume after Easter break.
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TAA
Police seek John Jacobs in bomb factory inquiry
Chicago police investigating a North Side bomb factory said they seek to question John Jacobs, a key Weatherman figure within the SDS. He resembles Gary Witzel, the 22 year old service station attendant arrested in the case, among 12 indicted radicals under a federal antiriot statute.
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Chicago
North Side
John Jacobs
Jacobs
Weatherman
Students For A Democratic Society
Gary Witzel
Green Bay Police Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
Green Bay police officers and the city reached a tentative contract after a six hour closed door negotiating session. Terms await ratification by the Green Bay Policemen's Association and the City Council, with details not immediately disclosed.
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Green Bay
Green Bay Policemen’s Association
Sex education debates cited by Fordham professor
Prof William A Marra of Fordham University criticized sex education in public and parochial schools at a Madison meeting for not achieving its claimed aims. He opposed teaching anatomy from kindergarten onward, saying it erodes modesty and bashfulness about sex.
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Madison
William A. Marra
Fordham University
New York City
Newlywed Couple Faces Drug Charges
Ronald W. Wirth and Kaaren Eve Lane Wirth, both of Madison, were released by Dane County authorities and sent to Janesville to face illegal buying and possessing of codeine drugs charges. They were held on $1,000 bail each in Rock County Jail. The Wirths, once counselors at a Madison juvenile facility named Our Home, were arrested in an unrented Madison apartment.
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Madison
Dane County
Janesville
Dane County Dist. Atty
James Bell
Ronald W. Wirth
Kaaren
Eve Lane Wirth
Rock County
Wirths
Our Home
Boll
Deininger Wins Ag Chest Long Course Scholarship
John Deininger of Monroe Route 2 received a $100 Ag Chest Long Course scholarship at the organization’s monthly meeting. He attends the University of Wisconsin majoring in biochemistry and is a member of Alpha Gamma Rho. He has extensive 4-H, FFA, and youth leadership honors, including state and national land judging achievements and a chapter Star Farmer award.
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John Deininger
Lloyd Deininger
Route 2
Monroe
Green County Ag
Chest
John
Larry Hawthorn
Times
John Wilkinson
Deininger
University of Wisconsin
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Green County
Oklahoma
Badger
Monroe High School
Truck drivers return to work under tentative wage deal
Thousands of striking drivers resume work as a tentative contract raises average pay by over one dollar an hour over three years. The mail vote by about 425,000 workers will decide on the agreement announced by Teamsters acting president Frank Fitzsimmons and Ray Beagle of Trucking Employers Inc. The wage rise targets roughly 325,000 city drivers currently earning about four dollars an hour plus overtime.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Ray F. Beagle
Trucking Employers Inc
Low Bids Set for Highways in Green and Rock Counties
Rein Schultz and Dahl of Madison appear as low bidders with bids totaling 385 966 dollars for road work in Green and Rock Counties. Work includes 5.3 miles of Highway 11 between Brodhead and Orfordville, 7.1 miles of Highway 11 between Janesville and Footville, all in Rock County, and campus roads at the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped in Janesville.
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Rein
Schultz
Dahl
Madison
Green and
Rock
Brodhead
Orfordville
Green and Rock Counties
Janesville
Footville
Rock County
Institution
Wisconsin School For the Visually Handicapped
Nixon urges 10 cent letter rate to fund post office pay raises
President Nixon asked Congress to raise first class mail to 10 cents to cover a 6 percent pay boost for about 5.9 million federal workers. He noted this as part of a pay as you go policy and spoke of broader postal reform and higher parcel post and class two revenues to reduce deficits.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Afl-Cio
Karlen to Give Seconding Speech at State GOP Convention
Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman announced that his nominating speech at the upcoming State GOP Convention in Milwaukee on May 15-16 will be delivered by Buffalo County District Attorney Roger A. Hartman of Alma. He added three seconding speeches will be given by Mark E. Musolf, Rolland E. Karlen, and Roland E. Vieth. State wrap features Proxmire vote on education bill and Nelson not listed.
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Robert C. Zimmerman
Milwaukee
Buffalo County
Roger A. Hartman
Alma
Zimmerman
Mark E. Musolf
Madison
Rolland E. Karlen
Monroe
Roland E. Vieth
Manston
Court Seeks Kopechne Inquest Notes Three Days Before Grand Jury
Edgartown Mass AP The fate of stenographic notes from the Mary Jo Kopechne inquest surfaces as the Dukes County grand jury readies its probe into her death. Notes by Harold McNeil and Sidney Lipman were turned over daily with transcripts and later impounded, then sent to Suffolk Superior Court for safekeeping. Keating says papers were in a sealed box but bore no note of notes.
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Edgartown
Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Dukes County Grand Jury
Sidney R. Lipman
Boston
James A. Boyle
District Court
State Supreme Court
Suffolk Superior Court
Suffolk Court
Edward V. Keating
Controllers Continue Sick-in Amid PATCO Back-to-Work Plea
Air traffic controllers kept calling in sick as PATCO leaders pledged to restore workers. FAA reports show little change in absentee rates across 21 regional centers while some towers like O Hare reported full staffing and others did not disclose counts. The judge bitterly dismissed contempt actions against union leaders. FAA moved to remove three Baton Rouge assigned controllers who did not report.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
New York
Islip
L. I
PATCO
U. S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
F. Lee Bailey
Baton Rouge
Government uses Rap Brown antiriot law against Weathermen
The Justice Department indicts 12 Weather Underground leaders including Kathy Boudin and Mark Rudd for conspiring to incite and participate in riots during the 1969 SDS National Action. Assistant Attorney General Will Wilson says action targets leadership and labels most Weather Underground members as open Marxists. The law, tied to 1968 riots, drew civil libertarians’ ire over free-speech concerns.
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Washington
Rap Brown
Justice Department
Kathy Boudin
Mark Rudd
Students For A Democratic Society
Chicago
Chicago 7
U. S
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
SDS
Club-weilding Weatherman
Chicago Loop
Asst
Will R. Wilson
Weatherman
Wilson
Cambridge
Egg Hunt Set for Saturday at Twining Park
The Chamber of Commerce and Park and Recreation Department sponsor an Egg Hunt Saturday starting at 2 p.m. at Twining Park for children 10 and under. If weather requires postponement, the event moves to Sunday at 2 p.m. Instructions will be at the Bandshell. arrive after 1 30. WEKZ will carry updates.
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Chamber of Commerce and Park and Recreation Department
Twining Park
Eagle Store
WEKZ
Lake project near Yellowstone Lake eyed for 215 acre site
Lafayette County Board hears plans for a man made lake of 215 to 230 acres in Fayette Township near Yellowstone Lake. Boise-Cascade Corp official James Linn says the project includes about 3000 home sites and would be built on different streams. Public hearing to be held. board and Fayette Town Board show in principle approval based on economic potential.
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Darlington
Lafayette
James Linn
Boise-Cascade Corp
Chicago
Fayette Township
Yellowstone Lake
Fayette Town
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
Abraham A. Ribbicoff
D-Conn
Gaylord Nelson
Kopechne
Greater Pittsburgh
John B. Laxman Jr
Washington Regional Center
Leesburg, Va
Kansas City
Minneapolis
O’hare
Aurora Control Center
FAA
Shelby McCurnin
James H. Sparks
James A. Henson
Sparks
McCurnin
el Paso
Tex
Ft. Smith, Ark
Henson
New Orleans
Weathermen
Brown’ Law
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