Bandits seize three in Laguna Hills ransom bid fails
Gunmen invaded a home at 25241 Orellano Way Laguna Hills abducting six year old Monique Vries daughter of Leslie Dries Jr a real estate salesman. The father escaped with his younger son as police closed in and negotiations continued until bandits fled. Lucky Markets agreed to post 20000 with 5000 from each local store but the money never arrived.
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Orellano Way
Laguna Hills
Leslie Dries Jr
Monique Vries
Lucky Markets
Long Beach
Fantori
Virginia plan blocks Petersburg college shift
A court ruling blocks converting a two year Petersburg college into a four year institution amid integration aims. In San Diego a challenge to local sex show ordinances fails. A Disneyland petition drive is partially expanded. A Washington drive in faces obscenity questions. A dramatic hostage robbery in San Diego ends with a chase across the city and freeway diversions.
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Virginia
Petersburg
San Diego
Disneyland
Anaheim
Calif
Washington State
Hijacked jumbo jet lands in Cuba with 236 aboard
A Pan American Boeing 747 carrying 236 passengers including three sky marshals and an off duty FBI agent was diverted to Cuba by a gunman. Ground crews and authorities have not disclosed any progress or actions by sky marshals or the FBI agent. The flight originated in Dallas with stops in New York, landing at Jose Marti Airport in Havana at 9 58 p m. The Swiss Embassy said the passengers were moved to a hotel. This marks the second 747 hijack to Cuba, the first occurring in August with Fidel Castro meeting the pilot.
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Sky
FBI
Cuba
FAA
Havana
Kennedy
Washington
FBL
American
Dallas
New York
Jose Marti
State Department
Fidel Castro
Pan American World Airways
U S senators urge UN funding rethink after Taiwan ouster
Senate leaders Mansfield and Scott criticized the United Nations for seating Communist China and expelling Taiwan. Goldwater called for halting U S contributions and moving UN HQ, while Buckley and others floated substantial funding reductions tied to Taiwan's status.
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Buckley
United States
Renssens
United Nations
Taiwan
Robbers Hold 13 After Lucky Market Cash Grab
Fantori a 29 year old Torrance employee describes how two masked bandits held 13 workers at the Lucky Market on Fourth Street and Orizaba Avenue in a fatal harm threat. The men forced workers to open a safe at 1 a m and then released three captives after grabbing money while police closed in.
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Joe Pantori
Ener
Fourth Street
Redondo Avenue
Seventh Street
Fantori
Torrance
Orizaba Avenue
Yantori
U N votes to seat Peking over Chiang Kai-shek
The United Nations approved seating Communist China in place of Nationalist China by a 76 to 35 vote with 17 abstentions. Thant welcomed the move while Rogers warned of U.N. damage. Taipei called the session a circus and staged a walkout as Peking celebrated the North Korea victory anniversary.
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Scott
United Nations
State Department
Peking
M'l'l
Foreign Office
Geneva
U.N
Thant
Washington
China
William P. Rogers
Taipei
Choy Shu-Kai
North Korea
United Nations Command
U.S
Europe
Tass
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Salim ‘Ahmed Salim
George Bish
United States
Bush
Omainland
Itsy
Netherlands
Laos
Turkey
Huang Hua
Ottawa
Canada
General Assembly
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang's past spurs response to normalize with Peking
Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda praised Japan for keeping faith with Nationalist China while supporting a U S resolution to preserve the Nationalist Chinese seat in the UN Security Council. In the Philippines, President Marcos urged Red China to join the UN with a cooperative stance and pledged friendly ties to Nationalist China. Deputy Thai minister Sanga Kitlikechorn said Bangkok hopes Beijing will respect the UN charter and will continue recognizing Nationalist China.
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Peking
Takeo Fukuda
China
Japan
U.S
Red China
Security Council
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
United Nations
Sanga Kitlikechorn
Thailand
Bangkok
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