Government covers most Pan Am 747 loss under war risk policy
The U S government will insure up to 9 763 815 of the 23 990 000 insured value of the Pan American 747 blown up near Cairo by Palestinian guerrillas. The policy issued July 31 under a 1951 law may expand as insurers reprice after the incident. London markets cancel hijacking policies and will set new rates.
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Associated Press
Washington
U. S
Cairo
Egypt
London Markets
Department of Transportation
Hospital News September 6 1970 Admissions and Discharges
The pages list patients admitted on September 6 including Juana Carrasco and Jessie Gober, discharged on September 7 David Nowell, and discharges on September 8 Eloyo Rubio and others. A separate note lists missed admissions for David Nowell Juana Carrasco George Wells and Lilly Hughes and baby. The Kentucky Health Department reports heart disease as the leading cause of death followed by cancer.
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Juana Carrasco
Jessie Gober
David Nowell
George Wells
Lilly Hughes
Baby
Kentucky
State Health Department
Heavy U S Air Raids Hit Fire Base O Reilly (Vietnam War)
Air Force heavy raids continue near Fire Base O Reilly as B52s drop near 300 tons on bunkers and supply depots while fighter bombers press closer to the base. Saigon says Vietnamese and American forces have killed 530 North Vietnamese and captured weapons, with 57 South Vietnamese killed and 92 wounded.
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Saigon
Air Force Today
O'Reilly
Vietnam
O’reilly
Quang Tri City
U. S. Command
South Vietnam
9Th Infantry Division
Hijackers threaten action over hostages in Europe
An official of the Popular Front warned of deeds against Western property if demands are not met by Britain Germany and Switzerland by Saturday. The group said it would blow up three transatlantic airliners and ransom hostages at a rate of 100 commandos per Israeli. A Red Cross spokesman reported improving hostage conditions and a birth aboard a TWA jet. President Nixon planned a comprehensive anti hijacking plan with TSA and FAA marshals to be deployed on Atlantic flights.
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West Germany
Switzerland
Britain
Europe
Popular Front
Amman
the Guardian
Red Cross
Washington
White House
Nixon
Treasury
Federal Aviation Administration
TWA
Pan American
U. S
Middle East
October Draft Call in Texas Shrinks to 674 Inductions
Texas' October draft call totals 674, down 36 from 1951s target roll. Col. Charles Duncan, acting state draft director, says no one with lottery numbers above 195 from the December 1969 drawing or above 160 from the July 1970 drawing will be inducted. About 4,285 Texans will report for pre induction examinations, compared with 7,171 in September. Exemptions include those with bona fide child dependents who qualify for class 3 A.
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Texas
Army
Charles Duncan
Duncan
Pecos River Salt Cedar Contract Awarded in West Texas
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $159 704 contract to Armstrong and Armstrong of Roswell New Mexico for Pecos River salt cedar clearance in the Mentone area spanning Reeves Ward and Loving Counties. This is part of a $500 000 congressional appropriation for Pecos water salvage work this fiscal year in West Texas and New Mexico.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Richard C. White
Pecos
Mentone
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Armstrong and Armstrong
Roswell
N.M
Congress
West Texas
Agnew campaigns for Republicans across states in 1970s rallyes
In Casper Agnew urged support for Senator George Murphy and for John Wold in Wyoming while in Springfield he backed Ralph T. Smith against Adlai Stevenson II. He recounted White House talks with the President about violent radicals, warned of a centrist stampede, and vowed to expose liberal “wolves’ clothing” in politics.
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George Murphy
California
Casper
Agnew
John Wold
Wyoming
Gale W. McGee
Springfield
Ralph T. Smith
Adlair
Stevenson II
White House
United States
Casper Fairgrounds
Lawrence F. O’brien
Bleeding Heart
Maine
Birth announced for baby girl in Pecos
A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Bruce Cates of 1825 Jackeson Pecos on September 6. Mrs Israel Sarabia of 2435 S Eddy Pecos also noted the same birth date September 6.
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Mrs
Bruce Cates
Jackeson
Pecos
Israel Sarabia
S. Eddy
Dallas Bank Robberies Tighten Police Net
A bank robbery spree in Dallas leads to a wide manhunt for a young assailant described in his early twenties with brown hair wearing a pale blue suit. A stolen military origin tomb and a buried bomb threaten a half mile radius. An all points bulletin was issued while a getaway car was found abandoned near the scene. Six men and a girl remain in custody related to the raids, as two major banks had already been robbed in the prior week.
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Irving
Leonard McCarley
All Points
Dallas
Northwest National Bank
White Rock National Bank
Hurricane ready to coordinate civil defense operations coast
The hurricane prepared to serve as the coordinating point for civil defense along the coast and urged local directors to review emergency procedures promptly. Meanwhile heavy showers appeared in extreme South Texas as a cool front approached the Upper Texas Coast. Temperatures dipped to 55 in Dalhart and Lubbock while 78 in Brownsville and Galveston persisted. Top afternoon highs stayed under 100, ranging from 71 in Amarillo to 97 in Del Rio and Laredo.
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Ella
Texas
Dalhart
Lubbock
Panhandle Plains
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Galveston
Amarillo
del Rio
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Eloyo Rubio
Shirley Ann Henderson
Laura Tubbs
H. D. Allison
Gloria Summers
Alice Tinnin
Oran D. Whitten Oil CO
Atlantic Richfield Company Dist
Sinclair Products
Phillip A. Pearce
ARCO
Binh Dinh
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Pegos Exterprise
Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South
Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Tom Lewis
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Pecos River
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