U S Plane Hijacked to Cuba With 80 Aboard
A khaki clad hijacker directed a National Airlines Boeing 727 to Cuba declaring the Army gave him a raw deal. Stewardess Francine Pal misano 21 said the gunman wore an Army sergeant's uniform and forced the flight over Daytona Beach. The plane carried 73 passengers and seven crew. a woman and child remained in Cuba when the jet landed in Miami.
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National Airlines
Cuba
Francine G. Palmisano
Daytona Beach
Puerto Rico
Anchorage
Army
Walter F. Kuehner
Newark
N.J
Senate approves broader food stamp plan championed by McGovern
The Senate voted 54 40 to expand food stamp access and funding, backing McGovern’s plan to make stamps available to all poor families. It would authorize 1.25 billion this year 2 billion next year and 2.5 billion by 1972 with stamps up to 125 dollars monthly for eligible households. The measure now moves to the House Agriculture Committee where opposition to rapid expansion is expected.
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Senate
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Agriculture Committee
South Dakota Democrat
House
House Agriculture Committee
W. R.poage
D-Tex
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Hunger Committee
Education costs in New York may drop next year
Albany reports the State Education Department could face about 14 million dollars less in 1970-71 than the current 2.2 billion. The figure reflects enacted cuts, not new programs or potential dual enrollment for parochial pupils, with further committee meetings planned as reapportionment and welfare issues loom.
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Albany
N.Y
Education Committee of the Assembly
State Education Department
State Board of Regents
Constance Cook
R-Ithaca
New York
Assembly
Erry B. Duryea
R-Montauk
New York City
Stanley Steingut
Gov. Rockefeller
Brooklyn Democrat
Education Department
Czechs Close Borders as Reds Decide Dubcek Fate
Prague moves to tighten security as the 181 member Central Committee gathers to purge reformers and remove Alexander Dubcek from the Presidium. Border visas halted, police checks increased, and party officials reinforce security around Prague Castle and party HQ.
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Prague
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Prague Radio
Vienna
Prague Castle
Presidium
Central Committee
U S and S Viet combat toll dips to six week low
Saigon reports American and South Vietnamese field deaths for the week fell to the lowest level in six weeks while enemy casualties rose more than twofold from the prior week. U S Command tallies show 135 American and allied fatalities amid ongoing combat in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Soviet Rebalancing U.S. China Ties Weighs On Tensions
U.S. officials say Moscow may rebalance its ties with Red China and the United States to ease tensions with Beijing. A Kosygin Chou En Lai meeting in Peking is eyed as a possible step toward reducing border clashes, affecting Moscow’s stance toward Washington amid stalled disarmament talks.
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U. S
China
Peking
Washington
Soviet Union
Red China
United States
U.S
Russia
Kremlin
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Gromyko
Alexei Kosygin
Chou En-Lai
Moscow
Scott Wins GOP Senate Leadership Fight in Behind-the-Scenes Contest
In a private intra-senate battle, Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania edged out Howard Baker Jr. for the Senate Republican leadership, with Robert Griffin named whip. Baker, who ran a 12 day campaign after Everett Dirksen’s death, finished behind Scott and Griffin in key votes.
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Senate
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Scott
Griffin
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Baker
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Sylvania
Oswego High School visit rule changes spark reader debate
A reader asks why Oswego High School graduates can no longer visit former teachers who helped them during high school. The letter notes this policy shift replaces a previous allowance and seeks clarification from school authorities.
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Oswego High School
Steelworkers Chief Urges Four Day Week Campaign
I W Abel, president of the steelworkers union, urged an all-out drive for a four day work week arguing automation will threaten millions of jobs. He said industry can replace assembly line work with computers and predicts a downturn could wipe out many positions. He called for a four year path to higher productivity with no pay cut through bargaining and lobbying. Abel also criticized the Nixon administration for delaying school desegregation while pressuring unions on racial quotas.
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CAP
I.W. Abel
Abel
Vention
Aflcio
Ress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
South
Meany
Nixon vows vested interests needed for Middle East peace
President Nixon said real peace will come only if both sides have a stake in keeping it. He spoke during formal ceremonies welcoming Israel Prime Minister Golda Meir to the White House for two days of talks. He cautioned that Middle East problems are terribly complex and not solvable in a single meeting.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Rael
Golda Meir
White House
AMC Sets Lowest Price Hike Among Big Four Auto Makers
American Motors Corp. announced price increases averaging 81 dollars, the smallest rise among GM Ford and Chrysler. GM posted 125, Ford 108, and Chrysler 107, as AMC brought its new cars to market at modest shifts.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
U.S
AMC
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Goodell Proposes Overseas Troop Pullout by 1979 Deadline
Senator Charles Goodell proposes a congressional decree to end all U S military involvement in Vietnam by December 1 1979 He argues the war has dragged on despite presidential efforts and would remove Congress from deferring decisions in the war effort.
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Washington
Charles Goodell
R-N Y
U.S
Congress
Goodell
Lodge Hanoi commitment frail as talks stall
Paris AP dispatch reports U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge saying Hanoi failed to respond to peace moves and appeared more rigid than in many months, signaling a setback in Vietnam discussions.
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Paris
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hanoi
Spond
New Jersey Man Wins New York State Supperprize
Lucky 773 of Fair Lawn New Jersey was selected today as the winner of the 250000 New York State super prize.
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New York
Lucky 773
Fair Lawn, N.J
Longshoremen Strike in Vancouver After Mediation Breaks
British Columbia's 3200 longshoremen began a strike at 8 a.m. after federal mediation talks collapsed. Andy Kotowich, head of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, said 96 percent backed the strike and pledged to load wheat if needed despite the stoppage.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Andy Kotowich
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Rail unions plan walkout blocked by mediation board
Washington AP Four rail craft unions sought a selective walkout on October 4 but the National Mediation Board rejected the plan saying it would not create a national emergency. The move postpones any strike by 60 days while a three member mediation panel appointed by President Nixon works to settle the wage dispute.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
NMA
Nixon
Father Kills Wife and Three Children Then Takes Own Life
In Malvern near Paoli, Arthur O. Manger Jr., 48, reportedly used a foreign-made pistol to shoot his wife and three children while they slept, critically wounding two other children before fatally shooting himself, authorities said. Dist Atty Thomas Pine of Chester County noted the evidence.
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Paoli
Philadelphia
Dist
Atty
Thomas Pine
Chester County
Arthur O. Manger Jr
Malvern
Street Riots In Chicago As Trials Go On
Jury selection continues in the trial of eight men charged with conspiring to foment violence during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In Chicago, 19 demonstrators were arrested and two injured in melees with police, while nine officers and two city prosecutors were also hurt near the U.S. Courthouse. Mayor Daley accused supporters of the defendants of provoking a showdown with authorities.
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Chicago
U.S
Richard J. Daley
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