Hijackers on JAL Flight Earn Unlikely Praise from Passenger
Herbert Brill, Pepsi executive and one of two Americans aboard a hijacked Japan Airlines Boeing 727, recalls the nine hijackers as orderly and courteous. He notes they cleaned ashtrays, served meals, and even apologized for the disruption during the 79 hour ordeal before authorities landed them in North Korea.
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Plan to hijack plane bound for North Korea revealed
The report describes a hijack plot where attackers planned to take a plane to North Korea. Armed with swords knives and lead pipes with nitroglycerine vials they threatened to blow the aircraft if force was used. After landing at Kimpo suspicions about misdirection arose.
Hijackers Use Ground Crew to Pump Air During Incident
Survivor recounts fear as air pumped through emergency exits during hijacking. He recalls mixed emotions in the days after, noting the hijackers appeared friendly at times then cold and calculating. They spoke of aiming for North Korea and Cuba to learn new revolution tactics.
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Cuba
City to seek emergency boiler repair funds and health board rep
City Council to consider a $97 025 emergency appropriation to pay four contractors for boiler repairs at the power plant including the new unit installed last May and the stoker boiler, with work to continue on auxiliary equipment. Mayor nominates Bud Friedley to fill the Health Board of Health term.
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William V. Mount
Donald Davis
Davis
Merrit S
Bud) Friedley
Newton Terrace
Huron County Board of Health
Harold E. Finch
Friedley
John Wise
Ohio State rejects segregation demands in student dispute
Ohio State University refused black students requests for segregated classes and ordered two students to appear before the discipline committee over a March 13 disturbance. Vice President John T. Mount stated the policy is non segregation. The demands included black studies programs following a February march to the president's office.
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Fostoria Voters Boost Downtown Renewal Funds
Fostoria Ohio business and property owners raised a total of 16000 for a downtown renewal project. The Fostoria Community Development Project approved 6000 more, joining 10000 carried last year. The plan aims to facelift storefronts, cover alleys, remove parking on Main Street, and improve traffic control, seeking city and state aid with an $800000 target by 1976.
Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths in Norwalk
Partly cloudy and cool today with highs in the 40s and a 20 percent chance of rain or snow tonight and Sunday. Westerly winds 10 to 15 mph today, lighter tonight. Norwalk high 50 low 29 trace precipitation. Births: Mr and Mrs Joe Garcia Norwalk a son. Mr and Mrs Robert Harvey Norwalk a son. Mr and Mrs John Stoll Norwalk a daughter. Deaths: Leonard Bolen 57 Willard.
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Robert Harvey
John Glenn Visits Norwalk on Campaign Swing
Ohio senator and U.S. Senate candidate John Glenn stopped in Norwalk for about two hours during a campaign tour that included Sandusky Fremont and Bowling Green. He greeted fans, signed autographs, and noted Steve Young’s hometown plaque while recalling past outreach to Young’s Washington office.
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Jack Brown
John Glenn
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U.S. Senate
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Sandusky
Fremont
Bowling Green
Annie
Cleveland
Steve Young
New Concord
Young
Washington
Glenn Autograph Push Before Ohio Primary
John Glenn stopped in Norwalk for breakfast after leaving Cleveland late. He discussed Vietnam and student protests, recalled Kennedy guiding his run in 1963, and spoke of campaign finances aiming for 600000 dollars though budgeting to 250000. He praised youth and critiqued establishment politics.
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Stan Wyman
Howard Metzenbaum
John
Metzenbaum
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John Kennedy
Congress
Annie Glenn
Lynn
California
Dave
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
James Rhodes
Robert Taft
Reds To Release Japanese Official
North Korea said it will free Japan's vice transport minister Shinjuro Yamamura and three airline crewmen held after hijackers forced their plane to Pyongyang. The nine hijackers remain in North Korea as the jet heads toward Japan or Moscow for engine charging or other arrangements.
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Takashi Kobayashi
Red Star Dispatch
Mother Dead Three Years Daughter In Custody
In New Orleans Effie Sarranuttes was arrested on disturbing the peace after police found her living with her dead mother’s skeleton for about three years. Coroner's investigator Peterschuster described a squalid scene with a dazed Effie eating raw biscuits as the body lay in the bedroom. Officials forced entry, found an open fire and no utilities, and planned a mental health examination.
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New Orleans
UPI
Effie Sarranuttes
Peterschuster
Schuster
Effie
Robin
Beret Post Under Siege as Troops Hit Outpost
In Saigon North Vietnamese forces besieged a Green Beret outpost on the Laotian border, shooting down two helicopters and killing 14 defenders. Military communiques report 16 Americans dead and 58 wounded across two battles near the Cambodian border and the DMZ.
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