30 Counts in N Y Bus Hijacking and Airport Standoff
A gunman hijacked a Vermont Transit Co bus near Kennedy Airport after fatally wounding driver Norman Bozick and mortally wounding Nettie Blassberg. Passenger Bruce Deboer, 17, drove the bus under orders amid gunfire and a police ramming. several others were injured or killed as flights were delayed. In Del Mar, a record 648,929 attended the Southern California Exposition ending with fireworks.
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Kennedy Airport
Bruce Deboer
East Hartford
Conn
Deboer
Norman Bozick
Vermont Transit Co
Bozick
Nettie Blassberg
Greenfield
Mass
Sunjay Toteau
Hong Kong
Jimmy Lo
Robinson
Bronx
Gunfire in Los Angeles follows fireworks wounds four
From Paget Lance as Mila Christensen Pat Armor Michael Kunst John Kil roy James Berson Timothy Nicholson Paul Bohnlein Ed Cavanaugh Dennis Allen and Thomas Morgan. Lance said victims Kinzer and Glover knew the brothers but not their address. Craig Wright led officers to the others. Beach shooting witnesses helped search after police helicopter notified paramedics. Two guns recovered, one on the beach, one on Fifth Place. The brothers and the girls were booked for investigation of attempted murder.
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Lance
Mila Christensen
Pat Armor
Michael Kunst
John Kilroy
James Berson
Timothy Nicholson
Paul Bohnlein
Ed Cavanaugh
Dennis Allen
Thomas Morgan
Kinzer
Glover
Long Beach
Fifth Place
Canada backs Foothills Yukon gas line project
The National Exergy Board of Canada urged approval of an $8.6 billion Alaska Highway gas pipeline by Foothills Yukon Ltd. The plan, supported by Calgary's Foothills Yukon and a Canadian American consortium, would ship Alaska gas to the lower 48 states and sides with a rival Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd. proposal. Arctic backers include Pacific Lighting and Pacific Gas & Electric.
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National Exergy Board of Canada
Foothills Yukon Ltd
Calgary
Alaska
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd
California
Prudhoe Bay
Mackenzie Delta
Pacific Lighting Corp
Southern California Gas Co
Long Beach
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Pacific Gas Transmission Co
Pg&e
Arctic
Foothills
NEB
Dan Gibson
Mistaken Call Ties Firemen to Million-Parcel Marijuana Bust
Longboat Key Florida police linked five men to a large marijuana seizure after a wrong caller identified a fellow as Harry. A dawn arrest followed a boat chase and home searches uncovering about 6000 pounds of pot worth 2.4 million dollars. Suspects include firefighters from Lauderdale Lakes Dade Hollywood and Heisheah and Harry Foster of Siesta Key.
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Sarasota
McCammon
Chans
Harry
Marty
John Spreitzer
Lauderdale Lakes
Harold Hesselrode
Dade County
Leslie Ridter
Hollywood
William Cashman
Hisleah
Harry Foster
Siesta Key
Bhutto rises to Pakistan prime minister after 1973 reforms
From the 1971 war and East Pakistan's secession to 1973 constitutional changes, Bhutto emerges as Pakistan's leading civilian figure. His People's Party wins a 1970 election showing strength but faces violent opposition, martial law, and four fatal incidents before negotiations push toward fall elections.
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East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Mohammed Yahya Khan
Bhutto
National Assembly
People's Party
Pakistan National Alliance
Alliance
Central Council
England
University of California
Berkeley
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
West Pakistan
Sheik Mujib
Awami League
People’s Party
Fourth of July crowds reflect waning dissent and lasting patriotism
Across beaches and parks thousands celebrated with fireworks and community events. In New York Manhattan hosted a harbor festival while Philadelphia counted about 10 000 at Independence Hall and Washington drew 250000 for Mall fireworks amid a lighter, picnic style mood. Some observers noted lingering patriotic enthusiasm and a sense that Watergate era tensions have eased.
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Vietnam
Lower Manhattan
George II
Richard Nixon
South Dakota
Mt. Rushmore
Alan E. Norris
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Capitol Hill
Ure Lincoln Memorial
White House
George Berklaey
National Park Service
Washington
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del Mar Exposition
L. A
Paget
Craig Wright
Canada
Scuttles
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Star Weller
Longboat Key
Fla
Thomas Coons
South Florida
Wayne McCammon
Army
Élly
Philadlphia
Frank Sinatra
Pittsburgh
Lincoln Memorial
Berklaey
Larry Peace
West Potomac Park
Californ
Mooney
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FTA
Ios
Downey
Lolewood Blvd
Lakewood
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