Passengers recall hijack as Cuba landing ends ordeal
Miami witnesses describe the 28 crew and 27 passengers aboard the Southern DC9 seized by three armed hijackers who forced an emergency landing in Havana after a refueling stop in Orlando. Cuban authorities seized ransom money. four passengers and crew were injured.
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Havana
Cuba
Sky Pirates
Southern Airways
FBI
Southern
Gale Buchanan
Hown
Orlando
Fla
Buchanan
Auburn
Ala
Billy Johnson
Supreme Court rejects defense wiretap appeal in Ellsberg case
The Supreme Court allowed the Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo to proceed without disclosing which defense team member was overheard in a foreign intelligence wiretap. The ruling denying their appeal was seven to two, with Justices Douglas and Brennan dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Ellsberg
Russo
Los Angeles
Elisberg
William C. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Douglas
Mill Valley girl honored at Xmas stamp ceremony
Barbara Lee, 8, great granddaughter of Virginia O'Hanlon, received a souvenir album of the first United States Santa Claus stamp from Postmaster General E T Klassen at the National Gallery of Art in a ceremony marking this year’s Xmas stamps.
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Santa Claus
Barbara Lee
Mill Valley
Calif
Virginia O'Hanlon
United States
E. T. Klassen
National Gallery of Art
UPI
Haig Returns From Saigon Ahead of Paris Talks
Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. arrives in Washington after two days of talks with South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon with Cambodian and Korean stops. Officials say talks were cordial and constructive and Kissinger may renew Paris negotiations soon. Nixon returns to Camp David after brief Washington visit.
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Paris
Washington
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Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
South Vietnam
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Cambodia
South Korea
Thieu
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
U.S
Tin
Composer Rudolf Friml Dies at 92 in Hollywood
Rudolf Friml the Prague born composer of Rose Marie and The Vagabond King died Sunday night in Presbyterian Hospital Hollywood at age 92 after a lengthy illness. He entered the hospital October 5 for treatment and had been hospitalized for internal bleeding last February. Friml was regarded as the last of the three great operettists with Herbert and Romberg and leaves 33 operettas along with numerous other works and piano performances. His best known songs include Indian Love Call and Donkey Serenade.
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Hollywood
Rudolf Friml
Rose Marie
Presbyterian Hospital
Victor Herbert
Sigmund Romberg
Friml
U S Delivers 31 Amphibious Vehicles to South Vietnam
Saigon dispatch reports the United States handed over 31 amphibious troop and cargo carriers from Okinawa as part of a broader equipment buildup ahead of a ceasefire. A Marine engineer team arrived to train Vietnamese marines while B52 raids pressed across Indochina.
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S. Vietnam
Okinawa
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Marine Engineers
Rockefeller's Town Hall Series Opens in Syracuse
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller begins a series of town hall meetings in Syracuse and Horseheads to gather ideas for the 1973 legislature. The event fuels talk of a possible 1974 run for a fifth term, with lawmakers and aides weighing his intentions.
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Rock
Syracuse
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Horseheads
Corning-Elmira
Rockefeller
Nations sign ban on ocean dumping of toxic wastes
Delegates from 79 countries signed an inter national convention prohibiting ocean dumping of oil mercury cadmium and other toxic compounds as well as high radioactivity wastes. The pact also bars dumping arsenic copper fluorides pesticides lead and zinc by ships or aircraft without government permission. It takes effect next year after ratification.
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London
Former NY Assemblyman Loses Bid for Supreme Court Hearing
Washington AP reports Democrat Stephen S. Gottlieb failed to win a U S Supreme Court hearing on overturning a New York Court of Appeals ruling. The court kept the franking mail eligibility question out of the hands of authorities, leaving the veto power dispute unresolved.
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New York State
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Stephen S. Gottlieb
New York Court of Appeals
China Attacks Soviet Plan at UN General Assembly
China opposed a Soviet proposal for a UN declaration banning force and nuclear weapons. Deputy Foreign Minister Chiao Kuanhua led a dozen speakers in the debate as Beijing accused Moscow of aiming to wield unbridled nuclear threat and blackmail.
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United Nations, N. Y
China
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Chiao Kuanhua
Peking
People’s Daily
Two Slutsky Brothers Plead Innocent in Tax Evasion Case
Pen J. Slutsky and Julius Slutsky of Ellenville pleaded innocent in Manhattan federal court to evading taxes on about 1.4 million dollars in undeclared income from Nevelle Country Club in Catskills. Judge Gurfein presided. case assigned to Judge MacMahon. brothers free without bail.
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Catskill
Manhattan
Pen J. Slutsky
Julius Slutsky
Ellenville
Nevelle Country
Murray I. Gurfein
Lloyd F. MacMahon
Three Men Indicted In Rackets Squad Infiltration Bid
An indictment charges Paul Vario Sr. of Island Park and two junkyard associates Clyde Brooks and Norris Rubin of Brooklyn with attempting to infiltrate the Bivorn district attorney's rackets squad. Vario, identified as consiglieri in Carmine Tramunti's underworld family, is tied to organized crime.
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New York
Bivorn District Attorney
Paul Vario Sr
Island Park
N.Y
Clydebrooks
Norris Rubin
Brooklyn
Vario
Carmine Tramunti
Adoption Hearing Denied by Supreme Court in New York Case
The Supreme Court refused a hearing for Olga Scarpetta 32 who came from Columbia to give birth to an out of wedlock child named Leonore. The adoptive parents Nick and Jean De Martino moved to Florida rather than accept the loss of the child as ordered by New York courts. The child was placed in June 1971 with the De Martinos.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
New York
Olga Scarpetta
Columbia
South America
Nixon to Stay At Md Camp Until Thanksgiving Holiday
President Nixon will remain at Camp David in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains for more than a week. Press Secretary Zeigler said he would depart just before Thanksgiving for a trip to Florida or California.
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Washington
Nixon
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Ronald L. Zeigler
Camp David
Florida
California
NYS PTA Opens 75th Convention in Buffalo
The New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers opens its 75th annual convention at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Buffalo. The event runs through Wednesday with theme PTA Opens the Door to Involvement. Keynote speaker will be National PTA President Mrs. John Mallory.
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NYS Congress OF TA
Buffalo
New York
Pentagon plans base closings trigger thousands of civilian job losses
After the election, the Pentagon plans a new round of base closures and civilian staff cuts to meet budget reductions and Nixon orders. The Army may merge First and Third Army headquarters and cut helicopter training dates as forces exit Vietnam. Naval shipyards on both coasts could also close.
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Pentagon
Congress
Defense
Nixon
Civil Service
Melvin R. Laird
David Packard
Army
Navy
Air Force
First Army
Ft. Meade
Third Army
Atlanta
Renching
Vietnam
Byrd Expected to Switch Parties to GOP
Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Sen. Harry F. Byrd plans a Republican switch, with Sen. James O. Eastland possible to follow. A White House sourced quote says the move could occur before January 3 and may involve Sen. John C. Stennis. Byrd spoke in Boca Raton while Eastland and Stennis could not be reached for comment.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Harry F. Byrd
James O. Eastland
Byrd
Eastland
The
Times-Dispatch
White House
Senate
Mississippi
John C. Stennis
Boca Raton
Fla
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Harrisonburg
News-Record
News- Record
European Storm Kills At Least 14 Across Five Nations
A powerful winter storm across Europe leaves at least 14 dead in the Netherlands Britain Germany Ireland and Wales. Dutch reports cite six deaths from falling trees drownings and vehicle accidents while Britain sees three fatalities including a chimneystack collapse. Flooding ruins homes in Talbot Wales and widespread damage prompts forecasters to warn of more storms.
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Netherlands
Britain
Phyllis Davidson
Oshawa
Ont
Portsmouth
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Wales
England
Talbot
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