Plane Pirate Indicted For Air Hijack To Cuba
Justice Department announces indictment of Antulio Ramirez Ortiz 34 a Puerto Rico native and American citizen who seized a National Airlines plane over Florida May 1 holding a knife and gun. He borrowed the pirate El Pirata Cofresi name and said he aimed to spill beans to Castro aiming to reach Havana. FBI investigation links unclear motives and possible Castro ties. Ramirez not yet arrested and extradition prospects uncertain.
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Washington
Justice Department
Florida
Cuba
Miami
Antulio Ramirez Ortiz
Puerto Rico
Airways
Ramirez
Cofresi
Robert F. Kennedy
National Airlines
Key West
Florida Keys
Havana
Rafael Trujillo
Castro
FBI
Supersonic Test Track to Remain Open After Contract
The Hurricane Mesa supersonic test track in Southwest Utah will stay open as Coleman Engineering receives a $300,000 contract from General Dynamics for continued testing of the B58 bomber escape capsule. The Hurricane Mesa site is one of three Air Force test tracks, with the others at Holloman AFB New Mexico and Edwards AFB California. The facility had been slated to close June 30 due to reduced emphasis on manned aircraft.
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Coleman Engineering Co
Air Force
General Dynamics Corp
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Coleman
Jewish scholar named New York president of SBL
The Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis has named Dr Samuel Sandmel as its new president. He is provost of the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion.
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New York
Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis
Interfaith Organization of America
Bible Scholars
Samuel Sandmel
Hebrew Union College
Jewish Institute of Religion
Driver Drops Down In Street Crater Seattle
Salesman Frank J. Watson, 60, drove into a freshly formed street crater in downtown Seattle, dropping about 10 feet. He escaped with a torn rip, pulled from the car by two policemen. a power shovel operator nearby was trapped briefly but freed unhurt as the 100 foot cave in occurred above an area dug for a parking lot.
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Seattle
Wash
Frank J. Watson
Watson
Veterans Forms Now Sell at $5
The New Mexico Veterans Service Commission announces affidavit forms for duplicate veterans eligibility certificates. A new law effective June 9 requires a $5 processing fee. duplicates were previously free. Veterans should write the Veterans Service Commission stating they lost their original certificate.
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Santa FE
Veterans Service Commission
Manuel Armijo
Police Probe Death of Las Cruces Man in New Orleans Bathtub
Homicide detectives investigate the body of Roy E. Greening 45 found fully clothed in a bathtub at a New Orleans hotel. Greening, sought for questioning in a $13,000 embezzlement from H and H Nursery, had been in New Orleans since last Thursday and a warrant for his arrest had been issued June 12.
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New Orleans
Las Cruces, N.M
Roy E. Greening
New Mexico City
Greening
H and H
Camp Planned Before First Man Lands on Moon
RCA chairman David Sarnoff outlines a plan for a moon camp stocked with food water and power ready before the lunar flight. He says the camp could be set up via remote controlled electronics and serve as a pattern for other advance bases developed by RCA scientists.
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Sarnoff
National Press Club
Military Telegraph
Radio Corp. of America Board
RCA
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Orchard MA
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