Stewardess Foils Delta Hijack Attempt on Flight 297
Delta Flight 297 bound for Miami from Detroit diverted to land after a shotgun wielding passenger demanded Cuba. Stewardess Lynn Sargent vaulted into the cockpit and locked the door, allowing Captain Harold Rowley to complete the approach. the suspect Kenneth McPeek, 31, of Orchard Lake Michigan, was arrested with his son present and charged with armed assault.
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Brandeis Chief Seeks Talks With Occupying Students
Brandeis University president Morris B Abram requests a private audience with about 65 Negro students occupying Ford Mall to press for control of their academic lives. A court order and suspensions remain in effect as threats of arson and police action loom over the campus standoff.
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Five Die in Minneapolis House Fire Killing Three Boys
A fire on Minneapolis south side killed three boys, Michael Gates 14 Patrick Gates 1 and Scott Hill 8, and resident Al beryl Ross 59. Betty Hill, mother of the youths, was injured and hospitalized with cuts. she is separated from her husband.
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Aoman
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Patrick Gates
Scott Hill
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Betty Hill
Hennepin County General Hospital
Oil Strike Accord Reached Amid Industry Tensions
A settlement ending a strike at Union Oil includes a 23 cent first year wage hike and 18.5 cent second year raise plus higher night differentials, extra for skilled trades, greater hospital insurance contributions, and company absorption of pension plan costs. Union president Grospiron cautioned the settlement is not industrywide and hopes other firms match terms. The walkout disrupted fuel distribution with shortages in some areas but refining operations remained largely unchanged.
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CBS Names Frank Shakespeare U S Information Agency Head
President-elect Nixon selected Frank Shakespeare, 44, CBS television executive and adviser, to head the U S Information Agency. Shakespeare led CBS TV service division and helped craft Nixon’s campaign TV format with citizen panel questions, succeeding Leonard Marks.
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Richard M. Nixon
Frank Shakespeare
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Leonard Marks
Dirksen backs stepped up war pace if peace talks stall
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen said he would support escalating the Vietnam conflict including renewed bombing if Paris talks do not resume soon. He blamed Hanoi for the stalemate, urged ending the table talk, and said final military decisions would rest with General Abrams. He dismissed a 20 thousand troop withdrawal as token and predicted Nixon would work well with Congress.
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High Court Grants Powell Hearing On Ouster Appeal
The Supreme Court decides on a full hearing for Adam Claylan Powell's ouster from the House, moving from a summary calendar to a later argument with at least an hour per side. Powell seeks back pay and seniority restoration, and faces related appeals including a $25,000 fine for alleged public funds misuse.
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Claylan
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House of Representatives
House Labor Committee
Firebomber Traps 150 at Crowded Detroit Dance
Police seek arsonist after a masked man drenched a second floor Soul Expressions hall in gasoline then set a blaze. About 60 injured as flames and smoke caused panic, with 15 minutes elapsing before the attacker returned with accomplices. A girl leaped 20 feet to the sidewalk as a man burned on the floor and others rushed to smother flames.
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James Meare
Soul Expressions Hall
Johnson to Ask Tax Extension
Johnson plans to ask for a tax extension while aiming to show a budget surplus in the final fiscal plan to Congress. He favors removing the surtax soon but deems timing not yet right. The message references the Kappel salary study and possible Congress member pay rises. Princess Benedikte of Denmark and her newborn are reported as doing well in Frankfurt.
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Germany
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Denmark
Woman Murdered in Huntington Beach Street Stab Wounding
Detectives linked a stabbing death of Mrs. Hester Markee near 17th Street to an abandoned bloodstained car found in an oil field at Olive Avenue. Police arrested Norman Coatney, 41, and Marguerite Dinger, 35, on suspicion of murder after tracing the vehicle to Dinger’s residence and noting the victim in her running car.
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Foster Road
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Lou Breese 67 Bandleader Dies in Chicago
Requiem mass set for Tuesday for Lou Breese an orchestra leader who collapsed and died on the bandstand at the Conrad Hilton Hotel grand ballroom his 1940s tune I'm Just Breezin Along With The Breeze was known to radio fans his orchestra played at national events including the Democratic Convention last August in Chicago.
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UPI
Lou Breese
Conrad Hilton Hotel
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Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital
Cong Raid Destroys Copters
U S Army helicopter gunships and a Dragon ship carried out retaliation fire killing four Viet Cong. Dong Tam faced mortar rounds with six helicopters damaged including the division commander Maj. Gen. Julian Ewell’s chopper. Overnight shelling hit two district towns and a provincial capital. two civilians and one policeman killed, 19 wounded. 35 enemy soldiers claimed killed 57 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. A B 52 strike southwest of Saigon killed 20 Viet Cong, destroyed 162 fortifications and 18 sampans.
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Dong Yam
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