FBI Charges Suspect With Jet Hijacking
A 28 year old man from Wyandotte was arrested at home and charged with air piracy in a hijacking on an American Airlines Boeing 727. He reportedly received 502000 dollars in ransom and parachuted over Indiana after taking 94 passengers from St Louis to Tulsa.
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Indiana
FBI
Martin J. McNally
Wyandotte
Neil J. Welsh
Michigan
McNally
St. Louis
American Airlines
Tulsa
Okla
Toronto
Peru
Ind
Missouri
Illinois
D.B. Cooper
Seattle
Reno
Nev
Texarkana Officer Wounded In Police Station Shootout
In Texarkana Arkansas a man released from jail 90 minutes earlier returned to the police station demanding to see officers who had arrested him. He fired at officers and was shot by them. Patrolman Mike Rachel was wounded. James E Twitty died after being struck nine times. Coroner ruled justifiable homicide.
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Texarkana
Ark
James E. Twitty
Twitty
Robert Brush
Brush
Mike Rachel
Rachel
Twittty
Louisiana prison officials react to death penalty ruling
ANGOLA La AP top corrections chief Elayn Hunt the first woman director says she opposed the death penalty. Warden Murray Henderson notes death penalty not applied equally and irreversible. Governor Edwards favored life imprisonment instead.
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Angola
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
Elayn Hunt
Department of Corrections
Murray Henderson
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angolia
Edwin Edwards
Mrs. Hunt
Capitol
Supreme Court
Edwards
South Viet pushes major offensive in Quang Tri drive
A 21,000-strong South Vietnamese task force with 1,000 reinforcements crossed toward Quang Tri Province as Operation Lam Son 72 intensified. U S ships and a large air campaign battered Communist positions, with an estimated 1,370 tons dropped in 24 hours and 274 Communists killed while government casualties ran around nine daily. The spearhead advanced 20 miles from the My Chanh River line toward Quang Tri City, nearing the province’s capital.
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Saigon
UPS
Quang Tri
Hue
Thua Thien
U.S
Black Panther
My Chanh River
Quang Tri City
Fourth of July Fish Fry At Oua chita Valley Institute
Twin Cities families and staff at Oua chita Valley Technical Institute are invited to a Friday fish fry in celebration of Independence Day. The school closes Monday and Tuesday for the holiday by order of the Louisiana State Board of Education. classes resume Wednesday.
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Ouachita Valley Technical Institute
John S. Clark
Louisiana State Board of Education
Clark
Monroe City Council Swearing-In Friday Ceremony
Mayor elect Ralph Troy invites the public to the swearing in of Monroe City Council members Friday at 3:50 p.m. in the Monroe Civic Center Conference Hall. Dale Thorn will MC the event. A reception follows in the same hall with officials invited. others may attend via media invitation.
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Ralph Troy
Monroe
Monroe Civic Center
Dale Thorn
Edwin Edwards
Troy
Finance
H. W. McSherry
Autobiography Doubts Sparked by Hughes Remark
A jibe questions Howard Hughes as an author noting his long hotel stay and mocking him for needing only a new Gideon Bible, not a fresh autobiography. The line hints at humor over self narrating life.
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Howard Hughes
River Stage Readings and Flood Status Update
Report shows Camden at 26 feet and Monroe at 40 feet with 18.1 feet stationary. notes current stage changes and flood conditions based on present gauges.
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Camden
Monroe
Louisiana House Debates Ratifying Equal Rights Amendment
Louisiana moves to become the 21st state to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment. Debate centers on economic and employment discrimination, with Rep. Forrest Dunn and Rep. Kevin Reilly pushing for modernization and equality. Rep. Alphonse Jackson calls for equal job opportunities, arguing against sex-based discrimination. The Senate passed the measure 25-13.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
U.S
House of Representatives
Senate
Massachusetts
J. D. Deblieux
Forrest Dunn
Shreveport
Dunn
Kevin Reilly
Jackson
Two Americans Killed In Vietnam Action Past Week
The week showed 2 Americans killed in action, 10 dead from nonhostile causes, 21 missing, and 22 wounded, with a sharp drop in dead and wounded versus the prior week but a near doubling of missing. South Vietnamese losses rose to 886 killed and 3,003 wounded with 280 missing. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses totaled 3,260 killed.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Continued Hot Weather In Area
Monroe and West Monroe residents face a hot Fourth of July weekend with a 20 percent rain chance through Saturday. Temperatures stay in the 90s with 70s at night as a Gulf ridge limits storms to afternoon or evening showers. FAA reports a Wednesday high of 92 and an early low of 77 with no measurable rainfall.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Gulf of Mexico
South Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Reagan and aides visit site near Minarets Summit
President Reagan and party rode horseback to a site south of the Minarets Summit in the Central Sierra amid opposition from conservation groups and the Reagan administration. An AP Wire photo captured the moment as the group pressed forward on the controversial project.
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Reagan
Minarets
Sierra
California Delegation Stripped From McGovern by Credentials Panel
The Democratic Credentials Committee cut 151 of California's 271 convention delegates from McGovern, 73 to 65, citing winner take all rules. Humphrey supporters hailed the decision while McGovern backers called it political hijacking amid questions of democratic fairness and possible court action.
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California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Ted Barrett
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Hodding Carter
Challenge
Arthur Toll
Los Angeles
Toll
Edwin Weiss
Nixon Extends Price Controls To Fresh Food
Nixon signs order bringing fresh vegetables eggs fruits and raw seafood under price controls for margins at wholesale and retail levels. Meat remains under controls. the White House cites about 12 billion dollars in affected food transactions and 11 percent of the food CPI. Donald Rumsfeld warns the move may not lower prices without increased supply or reduced demand.
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Washington (Ap
Nixon
Freshito Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
The
Cost. of Living Council
Viewsmen
Rumsfeld
White House
Price Commission
Most of State Black Delegates Back McGovern
Fifteen of Louisiana's nineteen black delegates to the Democratic National convention have committed to Senator George McGovern. With this, at least twenty four of the state's forty four convention seats will be McGovern aligned. Louisiana State Rep. Dorothy Taylor disclosed the decision after a seven hour meeting held behind closed doors in New Orleans.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
George McGovern
Dorothy Taylor
New Orleans
McGovern
Civic Center Miss Louisiana Pageant Opens Judging Tonight
The 1972 Miss Louisiana pageant begins at 8 p.m. at Monroe Civic Center with 32 contestants rehearsing in talent and production numbers. Phyllis George hosts as six visiting queens join 16 evening dress and swim suit finalists, while 10 finalists are named Saturday.
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Monroe Civic Center
Monroe
Phyllis George
Louisiana
Basin Street
Supreme Court splits over death penalty ruling
The court ruled 5 to 4 that the death penalty as applied in the United States violates the Constitution, removing sentences from about 600 inmates while leaving room for legislatures to act in future. Justices Douglas Brennan Marshall formed the majority with reservations, while Nixon appointees dissented.
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Supreme Court
United States
Stewart
Byron R. White
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
Nixon Administration
Warren I. Burger
Harry A.blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Georgia
Texas
Maryland
Daniel Brewster
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Douglas
Brennan
Marshall
White
Burger
Blackmun
Powell
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