Hijacked Airliner Lands in Cuba With 148 Aboard
A Fast ern Airlines DC8-61 carrying 148 people was hijacked from New York to Miami and landed in Havana at 1 05 a m EST. FBI named Thomas George Washington of Gary Indiana as the hijacker and charged him with air piracy after the incident.
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Fastern Airlines
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New York
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America
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Miami International Airport
Dennis Vanhuss
Federal Aviation Administration
Jacksonville
Fla
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Harold Jensen
Vanhuss
J.R. Cooper
T.F. Walby
Phia
FBI
Thomas George Washington
Gary
Ind
Washington
Jennifer Robin
Philadelphia
Burial Today for Killer and Three of Four Victims
Ralph MacLachlan will be buried today along with three of his four victims after a mass shooting at a house in Westernville New York. Police continue to piece together events as Anita MacLachlan and relatives are mourned and the couple’s children are protected. The suspect died by suicide hours later after creating a deadly scene that also involved Anita’s sister Barbara Ringrose and Ringrose's daughter and a boy from a nearby home.
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Westernville
N.Y
Ralph MacLachlan
Rome
Adirondack Foothills
MacLachlan
Anita MacLachlan
Steven MacLachlan
James
Anita
Jane Turke Ringrose
Ringrose
Barbara Jane
M. James Pepper Jr
Ringroses
Turkes
Two Families Left Homeless in Schroon Lake Fire
A wind driven blaze destroyed two two story buildings in Schroon Lake New York injuring none evacuations were ordered as the fire swept for nearly three hours. The fire started in a drugstore basement and the drugstore plus an electrical supply store and a vacant shop were consumed. A souvenir store suffered fire and water damage.
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Schroon Lake
N.Y
Adirondack
Kennedy wins Senate leadership post as Long departs
Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts won the Democratic caucus vote to become the Senate's assistant Democratic leader in the opening of the 91st Congress. He defeated Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana by 31 to 26 as Republicans named Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania as assistant minority leader over Roman L. Hruska. The House and Senate prepare to review presidential returns and consider pay raises while debates over the nuclear treaty and filibuster reform loom.
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Pennsylvania
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Nebraska
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Albert Gore
Tennessee
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Daniel K. Inouye
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
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Senate Finance Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
Republican Policy Committee
Colorado
Gordon al
Johnson
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
James O'Hara
D-Mich
Congress
North Carolina
Nixon in Full Health to Lead New Administration Appointments
President elect Nixon, in full health, prepares to announce key appointments including Elliot L. Richardson as undersecretary of state and U S ambassador to Japan U Alexis Johnson as undersecretary for political affairs. The moves start a wave of sub cabinet picks ahead of the January 20 inauguration.
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Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
Massachusetts
U. Alexis Johnson
U.S
Japan
Washington
William P. Rogers
State Department
Robert H. Finch
Murder of Marina Habe Stuns Hollywood Family
Sheriff reports few clues in the killing of 17 year old Marina Elizabeth Habe daughter of writer Hans Habe. The girl was stabbed multiple times and found in a Hollywood hills ravine after leaving home on a date. Autopsy notes knife wounds and head injuries with non forcible rape. Investigators suggest possible multiple assailants.
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Marina Elizabeth Habe
Hans Habe
Hollywood Hills
Mulholland Drive
Russell C. Henry
Henry
Norman Hamilton
Miss Habe
University of Hawaii
Eloise Hardt
West Hollywood
World attention stirs as Israel clashes over Lebanon
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv the response to Lebanon and Beirut raid fallout heightens. Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim denounces Pope Paul VI for comments on the Beirut strike and Israeli anger at U N Security Council action grows as Abba Eban criticizes the veto and calls out inaction over Arab aggression.
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Explosions Hit Oil Storage Area Near Boston Harbor
Four people were injured as a series of blasts ripped through an oil storage area near Boston Harbor in Chelsea Massachusetts. Flames shot hundreds of feet into the air as emergency crews responded.
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Storag
Boston Harbor
Mohawk Woman Plans Solo Protest At Bridge
A Mohawk Indian, among 48 detained in a protest against Canadian customs duties, announced she will continue the action solo next Sunday at the bridge seen as the center of the international dispute.
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Toms
First Negro Presiding Justice Named in New York
Justice Harold A. Stevens of Manhattan was designated by Gov. Rockefeller to be the presiding justice of the Appellate Division First Department becoming the first Black person to hold the post.
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Albany, N. Y
Harold A. Stevens
Manhattan
Tice
State Supreme Court
Rockefeller
First Department
Gold price tops $42 an ounce in London fixing
Gold climbed above 42 dollars an ounce in London today, reaching 42.05 at the afternoon fixing session. Dealers said the rise did not spur alarm, noting the metal had hovered just under 42 for about a month.
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London
Ship Stranded in Ice Near St. Clair River
A. H. Ferbert, a Great Lakes freighter owned by United States Steel Corp, became stranded early today in floe ice in Lake Huron about a half mile from the St. Clair River.
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A. H. Ferbert
United
States Steel Corp
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St. Clair River
President Johnson May Deliver Final State of the Union In Person
The report notes President Johnson is considering delivering his final state of the Union address in person, a break from the tradition of outgoing presidents sending the message to Congress to be read.
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San Antonio, Tex
Johnson
Union
Congress
Gilbert Miller Dead Theater Producer of Five Decades
Gilbert Miller, 84, famed New York theater producer whose shows shone from London to Broadway for five decades, died Thursday in his Park Avenue apartment. Business associate George Banyai said Miller had been enfeebled for some time.
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Gilbert Miller
London
Broadway
Park Avenue
George Banyai
Miller
Lebanon Signals Wary Welcome to Soviet Warships
Beir ut newspapers report that Lebanon’s government virtually invites Soviet warships and orders the U S Sixth Fleet to stay away. Officials say no confirmation of a policy switch from pro Western stance.
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Lebanon
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Rut
Snow Flurries Grip Upstate New York And Midwest Cold
Snow flurries swept across most of upstate New York with near blizzard winds in midweek. The Thruway reopened along its length as Arctic cold spread from the plains to the Midwest with warnings and road closures persisting in western New York and areas east of Lake Ontario. temperatures ranged from minus to the low 20s.
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Syracuse
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Lake Ontario
Albany
Pennsylvania
Osweep County
Syracuse- Watertown
Central Plains
Navy loses fuel inspection duties in Southeast Asia
Defense officials relieved the Navy of all further responsibility for quantity and quality of fuel destined for U.S. Army and Air Force units in Southeast Asia after a GAO report found massive thefts in 1967. The Army will take over fuel inspection duties. Navy sources say the shift was planned and unrelated to the thefts.
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S. E. Asia
Washington
U.S
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Sen
William = Proxmire
D-Wis
GAO
Bangkok
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
Heaviest B52 Raids in Three Weeks Reported
AP reports US command notes the heaviest B52 bombing yet in three weeks over South Vietnam with near 1000 tons northwest of Saigon and about 500 tons on U Minh Forest. Ground action remains light though allied sweeps press Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces near Da Nang and in the DMZ, with enemy activity up in the A Shau Valley and other old battle areas.
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South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
da Nang
A Shau
Hue
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Coral Sea
Constellation
North Vietnam
Dmz
Taylor Common
U.S
Castro Speech Signals Closer Ties With Soviet Union
Fidel Castro in Havana marked the 10th anniversary of the revolution with a rally praising the socialist camp and especially the Soviet Union. He noted Soviet aid had been decisive and indicated narrowing differences after months of strain over Cuba exports and alleged embassy interference.
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