Passenger shoots hijacker on Trans World Airlines flight
A male passenger demanding to go to North Korea tried to hijack a TWA jet today. He was shot by a private guard for Brinks Inc after about an hour of control. the hijacker, a young white man, was hospitalized in serious condition after surgery.
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San Francisco
North Korea
Trans World Airlines
Sherriff
Robert E. de Nisco
Brinks, Inc
Peninsula Hospital
Mark Winzenried Honored On Monroe Day Tribute
More than 400 supporters gathered at Monroe Junior High Auditorium to honor track star Mark Winzenried as Monroe proclaims September 14 1970 Mark Winzenried Day. Mayor Reasa presented a key to the city, and Kieth Seward read a Chamber proclamation praising Winzenried as a nationally notable athlete and community figure.
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Mark
Mark Winzenried
Monroe Junior High School
Carl Brennecke
Brennecke
Judy Winzenried
William Winzenried
Mary Jo Winzenried
Joseph Winzenried
Dan Winzenried
Times
Monroe
Monroe City
Alan Barnard
Clifford Reasa
Kieth Seward
Wisconsin Power and Light
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Seward
Jack Fennan
Bob Brennan
Bill Derrin
William
Elaine
Dan
Judy
Mary Jo
U.W
Fred Lands
Elkhart
Ind
Bill Shaffer
Warren
Dean Martell
Somerset
Wis
Bill Bahnfleth
Palatine
Ill
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cheese Days Parade Dazzles With State and Local Beauties
Beautiful contestants from Wisconsin and nearby states will ride in the Cheese Days Parade in Monroe on Sunday September 20. Local queens include Darleen Rufener and Carol Newman, with dozens more from towns such as Juda Monroe Argyle Blanchardville Monticello and Brodhead. Notables include Miss Wisconsin Linda Jane Johnson Alice In Dairyland Susan Masterson Wisconsin Honey Queen Florence Popek and more visiting princesses and dairy figures.
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Fairgrounds
Green County Ag Chest
Ag Chest
Darleen
Green County
Carol
Lynn Roth
Lou Ann Widmer
Argyle
Diane Zweifel
Blanchardville
Barbara Marty
Monticello
Marilyn Grunner
Brooklyn
Vonda Baumgartner
Brodhead
Louise Gordeen
Browntown
Diane Stoehr
Albany
Rita Alme
Belleville
Susan Jo Mayer
Kenneth Mayer
27Th Ave
Monroe High School
Miss Monroe
North Central Public Service
Wisconsin
Alvin C
Mandy) Rabehl
Linda Jane Johnson
Charles Johnson
Milwaukee
Atlantic City
Alice
University of Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Florence Popek
Red Granite
Wis
Paula Pricklis
Wausau
Carolyn Fortney
Viroqua
Sunbeam
Hill Billy
Nancee Parkinson
Minnesota
Stephenson County
Palestinians Demand Prisoner Exchange Over Hijack Crisis
Guerrillas laid out a four part demand for prisoner releases in exchange for 54 hostages including Americans and Israelis. The Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine named 13 prisoners plus unspecified Palestinians, and called for Britain to free Leila Khaled and for West Germany and Switzerland to release three Arab prisoners each. The statement ties hostage fate to Israel's release of jailed guerrillas as the crisis persists with multiple nationalities aboard the hijacked planes.
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Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine
Haifa
Popular Front
Ghassan Kanafani
Britain
Miss Leila Khaled
West Germany
Switzerland
Miss Khaled
Patrick Joseph Anguello
Amsterdam
London
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
New York
Trans World Airlines
Overseas Airways Corp
VC10
Tel Aviv
The
Front
Washington
White House
Wazi Qamhawi
Zurich
Munich
Former Monroe police motorcyclist Emil Boesch celebrates 85th birthday
Emil Boesch, longtime Monroe Police Department motor officer born in Switzerland on September 14 1885, marked his 85th birthday on September 14. He now lives with Mrs Hulda Mueller in Monroe after stints as a builder and handyman in Harrison Arkansas and a prior absence from the area.
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Emil Boesch
8Th Ave
Monroe
Boesch
Harrison
Ark
Hulda Mueller
Switzerland
United States
Lena Zurfluh
America
P. A
UAW Walkout Shuts GM Plants Across U S and Canada
The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors idled hundreds of thousands of workers as pickets appeared at 31 states and two Canadian provinces after failed talks for a new pattern-setting contract. Officials warned the strike could last seven to eight weeks with a $120 million fund, potentially affecting GM's 1971 model rollout.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
United States
Canada
UAW
Court Fails to Halt Strikers Amid Railroads Shutdown
Federal court issued a last minute restraining order but AFL-CIO unions picketed and halted service on three railroads. The Baltimore & Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio and Southern Pacific faced potential industry wide repercussions as unions staged midnight protests at multiple facilities including Houston El Paso San Antonio San Francisco Los Angeles Santa Barbara Sacramento Roseville and Yuma. A hearing on the wage dispute was set for September 22 involving about 500000 workers.
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Baltimore
Washington
Southern Pacific
Houston
el Paso
San Antonio
Tex
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Sacramento
Roseville
Yuma
Ariz
Corcoran
Brodhead Hosts Demo Candidates for State Seats
Fred Duperrault of Platteville and Ken Nyland of New Glarus will join a Brodhead High School panel tonight at 8 p.m. to discuss the district's state senate and assembly seats. Public questions invited. The event features a strong quote from Rep. Joseph G. Minish criticizing Arab actions.
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Fred Duperrault
Platteville
Ken Nyland
New Glarus
Brodhead High School
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Lillian) Bonit
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