Hippies Hijack Columbia Eagle in Thailand Port Load
The 10,636 ton freighter Columbia Eagle loaded with bombs was seized by two hippie hijackers after crew abandoned ship amid a bomb scare. Rescue ship Rappahannock recovered 24 crew members and learned the hijackers sailed toward Sihanoukville while making antiwar remarks.
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Sattahip
Thailand
CUPD
Columbia Eagle
Rappahannock
Sihanoukville
Richard Joyce
San Francisco
United States
Joyce
James Debay
Lloyd Rives
U.S
Phnom Penh
Pentagon
Military Sea Transport Service
MSTS
Portland
Ore
Irving C. Thayer
Columbia Steam Ship Co
Donald Swann
Thayer
Manila
Wind Shift Near Oil Slick Prompts Cleanup Effort
A week-old oil slick from Chevron's Charlie platform covered an oval area in the Gulf of Mexico, about 30 miles east of Venice, La, with shifting winds expected to push it toward fishing waters. Coast Guard and Chevron crews skimming and containment operations progressed, while weather forecasts predicted a wind shift that could alter the slick’s movement.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Coast Guard
Chevron Oil Co
Venice
Coast Guard
Chevron
U.W. Weather Bureau
Communists Plot Laos Push Alongside Vietnam War
UPI reports Hanoi aims to force U.S. withdrawal from Southeast Asia by pressuring Laos and Vietnam. Pathet Lao peace proposals echo Viet Cong tactics, with Souvanna Phouma leveraged against Prince Souphanouvong as Hanoi seeks to outflank Saigon. Soviets reject international consultations, withholding intervention while U.S. bombing persists.
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Washington
UPD
Laos
Hanoi
Nixon
United States
Southeast Asia
Pathet Lao
U.S
Vietnam
Souvanna Phouma
South Vietnam
Saigon
Viet Cong
Prince Souphanouvong
Gasoline Blast in Georgia Kills Four Injures Three
Four people died and three were injured after an explosion in a cement block egg sorting building in Cohutta Georgia. Victims include Keith Rutherford 12 Sheila Rutherford 14 Tim Sisson 6 and John Holland 72. Injured are Herbert Sisson 39 Bobby Sisson 27 and Robert E Sisson 7 in critical condition. The blast occurred while Bobby Sisson strained gasoline for a jeep using a small butane heater sparked the fatal fumes.
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Cohutta
UPI
Keith Rutherford
Sheila
Tim Sisson
John Holland
Herbert Sisson
Rutherford
Bobby Sisson
Robert E. Sisson
Whitfield County Sheriff’s
Charles Henderson
Sisson
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Hippies
Hijackolumbia Eagle
Voracious Vole
American Forest Institute
Tennessee
Injectors Auto Club
Sandpoint Library
Ora
Bernice) Vernon
Auto Club
Cliff Irish
Leslie Mosher
Dan Smith
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ho Chi Minh Trail
CIA
Green Beret
Pt Nehagee
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Sandpoint Glass Co
Superior Sandpoint
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