Hijackers Shot Dead as PSA Jet Is Seized in San Francisco
In San Francisco a PSA Boeing 737 was hijacked by Dimitr Alexiev and Michael Armanoff demanding 800000 for Liberia. FBI agents killed the two hijackers after three passengers were wounded and one passenger killed.
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San Francisco
FBI
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Liberia
Dimitr Alexiev
Hayward
Calif
Michael Armanoff
Robert Gebhardt
Gebhardt
Sacramento
PSA
Siberia
Canada
Alaska
Gary Kissel
Court Dismisses Windber XRated Movie Fee Injunction
A preliminary injunction blocking Windber Borough from enforcing a $25 per day fee for showing X rated films at Cinema 56 was dissolved by Judge Norman A. Shanks. The decision notes the fee covers added police costs and does not censor content, with a 20 day window for exceptions and possible appeals to higher courts.
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Windber
Norman A. Shanks
Cinema 56
University Park Cinemas Inc
Richard Losh
Losh
Myron J. Markovitz
Johnstown
Shaulis
Markovitz
Somerset County
State
U. S. Supreme Court
Somerset rider treks coast to coast on horseback
Dan Rogers 25 of Somerset Mass begins a nine month journey to Apple Valley California on horseback with Cinnie Lup. They ride nightly with farm hosts and face challenges from bridges to floods. They aim to reach California in about eight to nine months, visiting towns like Dun Canyon Bedford Everett Fort Wayne and Wheeling along the way.
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Dan Rogers
Somerset
Mass
Apple Valley
Calif
Cinnie Lup
Narragansett
R.I
Bowers
Connecticut Turnpike
Poelice
Lupi
U. S. 30
Everett
Bedford
Pennsylvania
Rogers
Donald Miller
Somerset RD
Cinnie
Revers
Wheeling
W. Va
Grand Ole Oprey
Nashville
Tenn
Fort Hoot
Tex
California
US Planes Hit Depots In Hanoi Amid North Vietnam Raids
US forces reported the heaviest air raids in weeks targeting three major depots near Hanoi as Quang Tri Province sees fighting on its eastern flank. Other reports say a Hue military hospital was struck and a U S Navy release claimed barges carrying war supplies were sunk or damaged.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Ngo Quang Truong
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Hue
U.S. Command
Air Force Phantoms
Radio
Norh Vietnam
United States
Kanoil
Haiphig
US. Navy
Stoy Graduates Fire Fighting Certificate From Hospital Bed
Somerset volunteer fireman of 8 years Walter Stoy earned a 15 week 45 hour certificate in fundamentals of firefighting from Walter Heist in hospital room at Somerset Community Hospital Heist Cottage Shaffer Run Bakersville graduation included 30 men and dinner Heist family provided the meal Stoy missed three fire calls during hospitalization and plans to continue service with the fire company
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Turnpike
Somerset
Walter Heist
Stoy
Somerset Community
Heist
Shaffer Run
Bakersville
Pentagon orders may divert military travelers from taxed airports
A MTMTS directive to avoid airports levying passenger taxes threatens thousands of air travelers, notably at Philadelphia International. The $2 charge on departing and arriving passengers hits the busiest military traffic gateway, while other airports levy $1. Several states and cities weigh similar taxes as many passengers refuse to pay, risking civil action.
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Washington
Pentagon
Philadelphia
Military Traffic Management Terminal Service
MTMTS
Richmond
Huntsville
Ala
Sarasota- Bradenton
Fla
Saginaw
Mich
Fire In Truck Extinguished At Berlin Farm
A late model Dodge welding truck owned by Ralph Sredy of RD 4 Berlin caught fire after ignition. About 75 men with five pieces of equipment from Somerset and Berlin battled the blaze for three minutes. Damage is undetermined and Sredy escaped injury.
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Ralph Sredy
RD 4
Berlin
Sredy
Somerset
Pompidou Names Messmer to Form New Government in Gaullist Shakeup
President Pompidou dismissed Premier Chaban Delmas amid Gaullist scandals and named Pierre Messmer, veteran Gaullist and de Gaulle ally, to form a new government. Messmer, longtime defense minister, is expected to include outgoing figures and announce the cabinet soon.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Gaullist Party
Pompidou
Messmer
Overseas Territories
Chaban- Delmas
Charles de Gaulle
Chaban Delmas
de Gaulle
Free France
Namic
Pompilou
Weather Summary for Western Pennsylvania Thursday
Thursday cloudy with a chance of rain highs in the upper 50s to around 60s and lows in the upper 40s. Friday mostly sunny and warmer with winds northwest 5 to 15 mph. Probability of precipitation Thursday 40 percent and 10 percent Thursday night.
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Pennsylvania
Jerome Zoning Rules Discussed by Somerset Commissioners
Somerset County commissioners reviewed zoning rules for Jerome interchange and a renewable permit plan. They outlined paving and access proposals, a $24 608 county share for a B and O railroad crossing project, and a proposed county animal shelter costing about 115 000 with maintenance questions.
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Somerset County
Jerome
Bland Creek Coal Co
Avcess
B& O
Draketown
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Somerset, Mass
Old Dobbin
New York
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Thor
Lupl
Ford London
Highway 1
West Garrett St
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset Borough
the Somerset
Bay Power
Penn's Woods Council, Inc
Boy Scouts of America
Boypower
Roaring Run
Emmett T. Lang
Penn's Wood Council
Fire Engineering
Magazine
Chaban-Delmas
Gaullist
Asso
Ciates
Chahan-Delmas
Company Oferals
William Stader
James R. Welsh
Civil Defense
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