Four Aircraft Involved in Skyjack Plots
The International Red Cross was tasked to negotiate with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for the release of 180 hostages aboard two planes. Britain and others weighed the ultimatum by the PEIP demanding freedom for Leila Khaled and six other prisoners, with Swissair DC8 and TWA 707 at risk.
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Red Cross
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Israel
United States
Switzerland
West Germany
Britain
Jordan
London
Alec Douglas- Home
PEIP
Leila Khaled
Trans World Airlines
Douglas-Home
Egypt
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Bonn
Middle East
Pan American World Airways
Cairo
New York
Miss Khaled
el al Airlines
Amsterdam
Scotland Yard
Heathrow Airport
Munich
Zurich
Geneva
International Red Cross
Amman
Israali
Popular Front
Dawson Field
Zerqa
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Beirut
Freedom For
Cardinal Cushing Retires as Boston Archbishop
Vatican confirms Pope Paul VI accepted the resignation of Richard Cardinal Cushing for age and health reasons. Humberto Medeiros, 64, of Brownsville, replaces him as Boston archbishop. Cushing, 75, long allied with the Kennedy family, has faced asthma bronchial illness and emphysema.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Vatican
Humberto S. Medeiros
Brownsville
Tex
Cardinal Cushing
Cushing
South America
John XXIII
Medeiros
Azores
United States
Boston College
Washington
Fall River
Mass
FAA charges deter hijackings with new metal-sense system
The FAA reports U S hijackings have fallen since airports and airlines adopted a deterrent system. A metal sensing device at ticket counters and boarding gates plus a hijacker profile help staff spot suspicious passengers and deter incidents.
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Washington
United States
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
U.S
Swiss Swiss Alpine Festival Draws Crowds Amid Rain
Rain could not curb New Glarus weekend crowds for the Alpine Festival and Wilhelm Tell events. Swiss visitors from Glarus and other towns filled the Chalet of the Golden Fleece, Swiss Church services, and the Tell Art Show, with art sales totaling over eleven thousand dollars and grants totaling six hundred fifty.
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Glarus
Switzerland
New Glarus
Madison
Detroit
Mich
United States
Dale Granstrom
Beaver Dam
Jim McConnell
Elgin
Ill
Ava Fernecke
Mineral Point
Alan Schaubel
Kenosha
Don Nekobeck
Milwaukee
David Baker
University of Wisconsin
Tell
Wausau
Egypt plays down US ceasefire claims amid regional tensions
Egyptian leaders reject U S allegations of cease-fire violations calling them a cover for Israeli action. Israel accuses Cairo of violations while Moscow Tass criticizes Tel Aviv's boycott of peace talks. Egypt reports rapid missile movements toward the canal zone and new missile sites built since the truce began.
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Egypt
U.S
Cairo
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
United States
Tel Aviv
New York
Canal
Tass
Council
Jordan
Irael
Canal Zone
Bombing Probe at UW Center Continues
State and federal agencies pursue the University of Wisconsin bombing investigation that killed a researcher last month at the primate research laboratory. Police alerted after an anonymous call reporting a bomb in the lab. Four people on the FBI most wanted list linked to the Aug 24 attack at the Army Mathematics Research Center, charged with sabotage. Karleton and Dwight Armstrong of Madison, David Fine and Leo Burt from the East. Three were UW students.
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Army Mathematics Resrach Center
Madison
Wis
FBI
David Sylvan Fine
Leo Frederick Burt
Dwight Alan Armstrong
Karleton Lewis Armstrong
University of Wisconsin
City and University
Canada
Army Mathematics Research Center
Karleton
Dwight Armstrong
David Fine
Leo Burt
East
National Safety Council
Wisconsin
Vietnamese commandos strike Da Nang area kill 34
More than 200 North Vietnamese commandos attacked a south vietnamese district HQ and a ranger camp near Da Nang, killing at least 34 government soldiers and wounding 42. It is the worst setback for government forces since last June.
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Saigon
da Nang
A Shau
Wisconsin primary voters stay home amid light turnout
Voters largely stayed away in Wisconsin primaries as polls opened with many cities reporting turnout far below 1968 levels. By noon turnout ranged from 5 to 6 percent in Monroe and Racine, with Milwaukee and Fond du Lac also reporting light participation. The Lucey Peterson runoff drew limited interest while Olson faced a mild challenge.
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Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Donald O. Peterson
New Democratic Coalition
Lucey
Peterson
Jack B. Olson
Olson
Roman R. Blenski
Racine
Appleton
Marshfield
Fond du Lac
Superior
Douglas
Milwaukee
Monroe
Freda Bray
Ward
William Proxmire
John
Cheese Days Adds Children’s Parade at Monroe in 1920
Cheese Days organizers announce a new Children’s Parade in Monroe for Saturday. The Swiss themed event starts with check in at noon and a 1 p.m. start from Junior High School, circling Courthouse Square. Co chairs Martha Bernet and Gottlieb Brandli oversee activities. Ron Barribeau handles the parade. The main two hour Sunday parade begins at 1 30 p.m. on Sept 20 along an extended city route.
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Monroe
Martha Bernet
Gottlieb Brandli
Courthouse
Ron Barribeau
Abolish Electoral College As 40 Percent Rule Proposed
Bayh proposes ending the archaic electoral college in favor of a rule where the presidential winner is the candidate with 40 percent or more of the popular vote. In Philadelphia the Revolutionary Peoples Constitutional Convention adjourned for two months with plans to draft a new US constitution. Police say the gathering was peaceful under enforcement readiness. In Detroit, auto talks stall as the United Auto Workers awaits a second offer from General Motors and Chrysler before contract expiry.
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Washington
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Senate
House
Bayh
Philadelphia
Revolutionary Peoples Constitutional Convention
The
Black Panthers
Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
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Spencer Rotzel
Mineral Point Dish Hardware
Terry Spear
Strickler Markets
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Bill Christiansen
Waukesha
W. A. Christians
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Tom Dineen
Wauwatosa
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