Eddie Rickenbacker Dies in Zurich at 82
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, famed World War I ace and former Eastern Airlines head, died in Neumaenster Hospital Zurich at age 82. Cause listed as heart failure. remains to be cremated in Zurich and ashes sent to Columbus, Ohio. Funeral plans announced by Eastern spokesman.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Eddie Rickenbacker
America
Eastern Airlines
Neumaenster
Eastern
Miami
Rickenbacker
Rickenbackers
United States
Grim Reaper
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Mitty
Daytona Beach
John J. Pershing
Hijackers Hold JAL Jumbo as Dubai Talks Continue
Four hijackers control a Japan Airlines jumbo with 143 aboard in Dubai, renaming themselves the Mt Carmel Martyrs. They demand refueling, the body of a dead accomplice, and the return of a wounded purser while negotiations with authorities unfold.
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Dubai
Japan Air Lines
Mt. Carmel
West Germany
Air Pirates
Peralta
Yoshihisa Miyashira
JAL
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Karachi
Federal Republic of Germany
Mideast
Shizuo Assada
Sudan
Amsterdam
Israel
Kozo Okamoto
Tel Aviv
Okamoto
Tokyo
Bunsei Sato
Strachan alleges Haldeman ordered Liddy to target McGovern
Former White House aide Gordon Strachan testified to the Senate Watergate committee that H R Haldeman instructed Liddy in spring 1972 to transfer his gathering capability from Muskie to McGovern and to learn McGovern's ties to Kennedy. Strachan cited a memo approving the plan and noted Liddy's 300000 campaign intel scheme.
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Washington
White House
H. R. Haldeman
G. Gordon Liddy
George McGovern
Gordon Strachan
Senate Watergate Committee
Liddy
Strachan
Haldeman
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McGovern
Muskie
Sen. Kennedy
Levi-Strauss Breaks Ground on Roswell Plant Expansion
Groundbreaking held for a permanent Levi Strauss facility near S E Main St and Brasher Rd in Roswell. The $2 million project will cover 90 000 to 95 000 square feet and employ over 600 people, marking a major economic boost for the city.
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Development and Commerce
Joe Key
Levi
Main Street
Brasher Road
Levi-Strauss
S.E. Main St
Roger Cormier
Levi Chain
Roswell
Cormier
William F. Brainerd
Levi Employes
Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce
Brainerd
RCDC
Mutiny Charges Eyed By Army Prisoner
Maj. Edward W. Leonard Jr a former POW accuses the Army of failing to probe dismissed misconduct charges against five Army and three Marine enlisted men once under Col Theodore Guy in a North Vietnamese prison. He says he will press new mutiny charges and blames the Army for the decision.
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Washington
Air Force
Army
Edward W. Leonard Jr
Col
Theodore) Guy
Guy
Leonard
Navy
Navy Department
Nixon Rejects Access To Tapes In Sole Personal Control Claim
President Nixon refused a request to view presidential conversations, asserting tapes remain under his sole personal control. The report notes POW treatment comments, an Army probe into Guy's charges, and lists discharged and in service personnel linked to the case including Chenoweth Rayford Branch Young Daly Riate Elbert Kavanaugh. Leonard, shot down over Laos in 1968, spent five years in prison.
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94Th
Rickenbacker
France
America
Propeller
Flying Circus
Manfred von Richthofen
Ace of Aces
Rickenbacker Motor Co
EAL
General Motors
Washington
Nixon
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Leonard
Army
Guy
Pentagon
Robert P. Chenoweth
Portland
Ore
King D. Rayford
Chicago
Spe
Michael P. Branch
Highland Heights
John A. Young
Grayslake
Ill
James A. Daly, Jr
Brooklyn
N.Y
Alfonso Riate
Santa Rosa
Calif
Frederick L. Elbert Jr
Brentwood
Abel L. Kavanaugh
Denver
Laos
Pan American jet sinks off Tahiti after takeoff
A Pan American Boeing 707 with 69 passengers and 10 crew crashed into the sea near Papeete 90 seconds after takeoff from Papeete en route to Los Angeles. One Canadian survivor and 12 bodies found as rescue efforts continue amid kerosene smell and deep ocean depth.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Los Angeles
Papeete Military Hospital
Teva
Auckland
New Zealand
Pan American
Pierre Angeli
French Polynesia
Aymar Achille Fould
Defense Ministry
Woman Dies in Accident Near Vaughn New Mexico
A Odessa Texas couple dies in a head on crash 15 miles south of Vaughn on U S 285. The husband is in critical condition at St Marys Hospital. A grandson is injured but in good condition. Names withheld pending kin notification. Ground fog reduced visibility.
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Odessa
Tex
St. Mary's Hospital
Vaughn
U.S
New Mexico
Guadalupe County
Joe Chaves
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Adelaide Frost Durant
New York
David E
William F
Key Biscayne
Capt
Eddie
New ‘Levi
Edward S. Kennedy
John N. Mitchell
Papeete Harbor
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