Hijacker passes security test before fatal Delta style hijack
Richard A. Obergfell, 27, a former airline mechanic from Clifton New Jersey, triggered a jet hijack at LaGuardia with a P38 pistol after boarding a TWA flight to Chicago. He held stewardess Idie Maria Concepcion 21 and a driver hostage during a nine mile truck shuttle to Kennedy, where FBI agents shot him dead. The incident left Concepcion unhurt and marked the first fatal airline hijack in U.S. history.
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Italy
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FBI
Kenneth Levin
Richard A. Obergfell
Clifton
Newark
United
Obergfell
United States
Idie Maria Concepcion
John F. Malone
Miss Concepcion
Albert R. Hawes
Hawes
Kennedy
Muscatine City Directory Goes Off Press For Use
The Muscatine city directory, distributed by R L Polk and Company, lists personal and business names including rural residents with detailed data. It highlights tenant and owner statuses, street by street phone listings, zip codes, and a broad yellow pages range from abstractors to motels, naming prominent families and firms.
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R. L. Polk & Company
Banks
Amusereérit
A-1 Answering Service
Ralph J. Zybarth
Abel
Barber
Crop
Dale
English
Fear
Garrett
Hall
Ivey
Jasper
Knitt
Lodge
May
Nabor
Ory
Proffitt
Race
Stack
Thorne
Utter
Valleti
Wright
Young
Picnic to honor German visitors ending Muscatine stay
German students and teachers in Muscatine under the People to People program will be honored at a 6 p.m. picnic at Weed Park tennis court shelter hosted by local families. Families of local student ambassadors will also attend as the group departs Tuesday by bus to Davenport, Starved Rock, and O'Hare for a nonstop flight home.
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Weed Park
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Plaza Shopping Center
Davenport
Starved Rock State Park
O'Hare Field
Chicago
Germany
Delivery Help and Journal Contact Details
Miss Your Paper We hope not but if your carrier fails to deliver call the Muscatine Journal orientation department at 28 2331 during specified hours. Office hours are daily and include Saturdays with morning to noon service. The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Lae Enterprises Inc. Entered as second class matter in Muscatine Iowa after March 1873. The Associated Press exclusive for local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lae Enterprises
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Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
AP News
Subscription rates for Muscatine daily service
Rates for subscribers delivered daily by carrier in Muscatine or nearby areas vary by method and distance. In Muscatine city, $2.25 monthly in advance. outside city, $2.00 monthly in advance. Mail subscriptions range from $18.08 for nine months to $27 yearly, with regional adjustments.
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Chamber meetings set for Muscatine committees
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce schedules meetings for two committees. The executive committee meets at noon Tuesday at Hotel Muscatine with President Morgan to discuss the retail committee. The Great River Days Committee gathers Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the civic center led by D R Wright. The building committee meets Wednesday at 8 30 a m at the Civic Center with chairman E O Freers.
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Muscatine
Public invited to view Muscatine weight program training
Muscatine High School opens supervised training on the Marei weight machine in Jefferson gym. The $2675 device was funded by $1000 from the Lettermen's Club and the Muscatine Quarterback Club covering the rest. Public sessions run Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m., with a Wednesday meeting for Quarterback Club members at 8 p.m. at Jefferson.
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Lettermen’s Club
Muscatine
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Thieu Names Huong Running Mate In Re election Bid
SAIGON AP President Nguyen Van Thieu announced plans to seek a second four year term. He named Tran Van Huong as his running mate, a move seen as balancing geography and religion. Thieu has been ill with flu for three days and faces potential opposition from Ky and Minh in the Oct. 3 election amid ongoing war actions in Cambodia.
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Nguyen van Thein
Tran van Huong
Thien
Huong
Hoang Due Nha
Nguyen Cao Ky
Duong van
Minh
Munh
South
Thieu
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Highway 1
Mekong
Woman harmed in three accidents linked to two charges
One woman was injured and two drivers were charged after three traffic accidents overnight in Muscatine. At 6:50 p.m. a two car crash on W Second Street left Minnie Lalrigia King injured. Wayne Schubert was charged with failure to control. A hit and run on Clinton Street involved Juan Cedrillo Saldana who was charged with leaving the scene and control violation. At 12:50 p.m. on Isett Avenue Marvin Leroy Franklin was rear ended by Thomas Rodney Hunter in the Heinz lot.
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W. 2Nd St
Iowa Ave
Minnie Lalrigia King
Lincoln Blvd
Wayne Schubert
Spencer, Jr
King
Palice
Schubert
Clinton St
Angle St
Donald Dean Wetzel
Wisconsin St
Juan Cedrillo Saldana
Saldana
Isett Ave
Bidwell Rd
Marvin Leroy Franklin
Ath St
H. J. Heinz
Thomas Rodney Hunter
Lake Park Blvd
Two Injured in Rural Muscatine County Crash
Friday at 11 55 a m a rear end collision east of highway 61 and 38 injured Junior Hart 55 Rock Island in a 1964 Ford and Elizabeth Heirigs 32 route 2 in a 1966 Chevrolet. Hart car $150 damage. Heirigs occupants treated and released at Muscatine General Hospital. James Heirigs 12 route 2 treated for nose head cuts and released.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Four researchers forecast cancer control in a decade
Four researchers told a Melbourne medical conference that leukemia and some cancers could be controlled or cured within the next ten years. They outlined advances in treatment and early detection, signaling optimism for improved patient outcomes.
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Melbourne
Australia
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