Reno hijack case nets most ransom. money recovered
Authorities recover $160,000 of the $200,000 ransom from the United Airlines hijacking near Reno and search for the remaining notes. Robb D. Heady, 22, a Vietnam veteran and Western Nevada Community College student, is jailed on air piracy charges as the investigation unfolds.
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Washoe County
Verr F. Loetterle
Las Vegas
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United Air Lines
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Western Nevada Community College
Vietnam
Ernest Carroll
U.S. District Court
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Algeria Bound Man and Accomplice Had Friendly Flight
The hijacker William Holder and his companion Mary Kerkow traveled by air from Los Angeles to Seattle and on to Algiers. On the flight, Holder spoke of Vietnam and a wife who left him while the crew reported he smoked marijuana several times and claimed a ransom would fund a big cause.
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Algeria
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Algiers
William Hahneman
Florida
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Eastern Air Lines
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Central America
Alexandria
Nevada
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Vietnam
William E. Newell
San Francisco
William Holder
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Seattle- Tacoma
Miss Davis
Western Airlines
New York
Donald Thompson
Holder
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