Hijacker Uses Parachute as $500,000 Ransom Stirs Search
A calm, bespectacled hijacker bailed from a United Air Lines jet with a bugged parachute and a $500,000 ransom. A mystery helicopter reportedly hovered nearby as authorities traced a radio beacon to mud flats west of Provo. A C130 followed the jet over Nevada and Utah, complicating the hunt for the hijacker known as T. Johnson.
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Nixon to Sign Clean-Up Pact For Great Lakes
Washington officials estimate the U S share of a Great Lakes clean-up accord could reach 12 billion dollars, well above earlier 2 billion projections. The plan focuses on sewage treatment plants with Canadian costs kept undisclosed, and could be signed by Nixon and Trudeau during a Ottawa visit.
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Muskie May Quit Indiana Primary
Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie, the Democratic front-runner, may skip Indiana on May 2 as final decision looms. A spokesman said supporters were told not to spend more, amid earlier pay pauses for workers during Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Hubert Humphrey
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Ohio
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Alabama
George Wallace
George McGovern
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Wallace
Baltimore
U S Planes Attack North Vietnamese Offensive Near Saigon
U S fighter bombers and B52s bombarded Communist forces north of Saigon as the offensive swept toward the capital. Mortar shells hit the Black Virgin Mountain relay station, four Americans wounded, and Highway 1 between Phnom Penh and Saigon said cut. Four strategic areas report heavy fighting, while air strikes contend with storms and SAM sites.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
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Mekong
Central Highlands
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Johnson’s heart attack diagnosis and recovery outlook
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was diagnosed with a heart attack after chest pains in Charlottesville. Dr. John Willis Hurst reported a myocardial infarction with lung congestion but said Johnson had a very good chance of recovery and remained comfortable under oxygen, with rapid UVA emergency care credited for his condition.
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Atlanta
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American Heart Association
University of Virginia
Charles Robb
Lady Bird
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Tex
Tragic accident kills wife and son in Philadelphia home
In Philadelphia a 25 year old contractor killed his wife Sheilah 25 and son William Jr 7 and family dog when he idled a car in a closed garage. Fumes spread via heating system. Father’s death ruled suicide. Victims were found in a northeast row house. Neighbors reported gas fumes preceding discovery.
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William Camerledge
Sheilah
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Camerlengo
France Pressed to Intervene in Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris sources report North Vietnam asked France to pressure Washington to halt bombing. The four delegations at the suspended Paris talks ignored Waldheim's offer to mediate. Hanoi's envoy Nguyen Tuan Lieu pressed Herve Alphand to use Paris influence, placing France in a delicate neutrality role amid renewed combat in South Vietnam. Secretary Laird condemned Hanoi’s actions, saying no talks while North Vietnamese forces advance.
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France
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U.N
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
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Nguyen Tuan Lieu
Herve Alphand
Foreign Ministry
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Washington
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South Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Southeast Asia
Judge Hints Wisconsin Prison Reforms From Waupun Case
Federal Judge James E. Doyle signaled potential court directed reforms in Wisconsin prisons in a mail censorship dispute at Waupun State Prison. He warned that many prison rules violate prisoners 14th Amendment rights and urged protecting individual rights while balancing prison administration.
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James E. Doyle
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