Eastern Airlines jet hijacked to Cuba from Raleigh
An Eastern Airlines DC9 with 82 aboard bound from Richmond to Dallas was hijacked after taking off from Raleigh North Carolina. Captain Thomas W. Mayberry landed in Jacksonville for refueling then continued to Havana. Crew included First Officer James King and stewardesses Bonnie Culp and Diane E. Tiedge. No word on number or identities of hijackers.
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Miami
UPN
Eastern Airlines
Richmond
Dallas
Tex
Cuba
Raleigh
N.C
Thomas W. Mayberry
Jacksonville
Fla
Havana
Jose Marti
Mayberry
Atlanta
Atlan
James King
Bonnie §. Culp
Diane E. Tiedge
Airlines
Law Change Sought to Broaden Abortion Rules
Boise UPI The 1970 Legislature will get a proposal from the Legislative Council on Criminal Code Revision to broaden abortion laws to include rape and incest victims. A three doctor hospital board would decide, with penalties up to five years imprisonment and a $5000 fine for illegal abortions.
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Boise
UPI
Legislative Council
William Crookham
R Caldwell
Nixon Returns To Washington After Paris Visit
President Nixon returned to Washington from a 36 hour Paris trip that included a brief cordial meeting with Soviet leader Nikolai Podgorny and a 41 minute talk with French President Georges Pompidou. He planned a private lunch at the White House with President elect Luis Echeverria and discussed trade relations with Mexico.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Paris
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Mexico
Podgorny
Paris’ Elysee Palace
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Middle East
United States
Luis Echeverria
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Elysee Salon
Ukraine
New York
Ziegler
Moscow
Soviet Union
Indira Gandhi
Robbers Take $6 Million in Uruguayan Vault Heist
In Montevideo, Tupamaro terrorists robbed the Savings and Discount Bank of $6 million in jewels and cash in a four hour operation aided by a bank employee. Five men and four women carried out the theft and seized three bank officials to pass guards. Police reported stolen cars were used and the group bound the watchmen and executives during the raid.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
UPI
Savings and Discount Bank
Interior Ministry
Daniel Camilo Guinevart
Mothers sue to halt violent TV show The Wild Wild West
Three Maryland mothers sue in U.S. District Court to block Washington station WTOP and others from airings of The Wild Wild West arguing violent content harms children under 48. Judge Sirica offered no hearing before full reply. station defends the program as tongue in cheek.
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Washington
UPI
Maryland
U.S. District Court
WTOP
John J. Sirica
Greeks Dicker With Onassis Over Greek Deal
Athens reports the Greek government warns Aristotle Onassis to pay 5 million dollars toward promised Greece investments or the contract will be canceled. Onassis seeks to tear up the Sept 11 agreement for a new deal citing unequal treatment and rising oil costs.
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Athens
UPT
Aristotle Onassis
Greece
Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Council of State
Isso-Pappas
Paris renames Arch of Triumph area to Place Charles de Gaulle
Paris City Council voted unanimously to rename the Arch of Triumph area the Place Charles de Gaulle. The note at the end references an unrelated drug offer and a city tax line.
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Kamloops Klub
Mary Elizabeth McGuire
Genevieve P. Connell
Chevy Chase
Margaret M. ‘Graham
Potomac
R. (Art
Medford
Oregon
Baja
California
Sierra Depot Mountains
Panida
Dicker
Clark Fork, Idaho
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