Perspiring hijacker fuels jet at Key West en route to Havana
A 33 year old Havana native Eddie Canteras seized a National Airlines jet en route to Miami. The aircraft stopped in Key West for fuel where the hijacker, armed with a handgun and a grenade, talked of leaving the United States for Cuba. Passengers were later ferried toward Varadero with Cuban authorities restricting the final transfer.
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Fla
Havana
United States
Key West
Irene Guntin
National Airlines
Cuba
Miss Guntin
Eddie Canteras
James W. Sims
Cuban
Sims
Navy Air Station
Israeli Warplanes Hit Iraqi Artillery in Jordan Raid
Israeli planes attacked Iraqi artillery positions east and west of Irbid Jordan during a 90 minute raid. One French made Super Mystere fighter bomber did not return. the pilot parachuted to safety with evacuation arranged by Israel. The operation also targeted Al Mafraq Taibeh and Samalia.
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Jordan
Irbid
Radio
Amman
al Mafraq
Taibeh
Samalia
Israel
Beisan
Nixon Hints at UN Post Rejection and Vietnam Talks Plans
President-elect Nixon meets W Averell Harriman as a possible replacement for Harriman as chief U S negotiator at the Paris Vietnam talks. Hubert Humphrey declines a U N post and Dr Paul W McCracken is named to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. Nixon discusses tax policy with Wilbur Mills and McCracken, noting inflation and global monetary issues as key challenges.
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Richard M. Nixon
W. Averell Harriman
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Harriman
Vietnam
Paris
Ronald Ziegler
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
United Nations
Paul W. McCracken
University of Michigan
Council of Economic Advisers
Hotel
Pierre
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Congress
Ziegler
Humphrey
Minnesota
McCracken
Council of Economic Advisors
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Economist
Council
Graduate School of Business Administration
Federal Reserve Bank of Min
Gold price fluctuates in London and Paris markets
In London the free market price for gold rose to 40.775 dollars an ounce, up 50 cents, then slipped to 40.50 in afternoon trade. Paris held a steady rise as the franc strengthened amid France’s post strike turmoil. Gold had earlier touched 42.60 in May, well above current levels.
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London
Paris
France
U S Forces Suffer Heavy Loss in Ambush North of Saigon
About 400 North Vietnamese troops ambushed 150 US Air Cavalry near the Cambodian border north of Saigon. More than half of the Americans were killed or wounded, including 25 dead and 52 wounded from the 1st Air Cavalry Division. Air Cav units launched heavy artillery and air strikes, with at least two bodies badly burned. Elsewhere, the battleship New Jersey shelled the DMZ area for the first time since Johnson halted North Vietnam bombings on November 1.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Air Cav
Air Cavalry
South Vietnam
New Jersey
State Board approves 1969 71 operating budgets for higher ed
The State Board of Higher Education approved 939,232,351 in operating funds for 1969 71, with total operating needs near 994 million and capital requests around 453 million. Combined budgets would reach about 1.4 billion, driven by enrollment growth inflation and retirement system increases, with detailed operating figures for Illinois institutions and junior colleges.
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Thomas Gregory Lindsay - Schaub
Chicago
State Board of Higher Education
Lyman A. Glenny
Higher Board
South VietnameseDelegation to Paris Peace Talks Arrives Saturday
President Nguyen Van Thieu said the South Vietnamese delegation will travel to Paris on Saturday for the Paris peace talks. He noted meetings next week will tackle procedural questions before full talks begin and warned cease-fire prospects are unclear. Government sources said the delegation aims to deescalate the war and accompanying terrorism.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Thieu
San Francisco State classes resume after turmoil
San Francisco State College reopened with classes resuming normally as no police or pickets were visible. Acting President S. I. Hayakawa described the prior day's events as a reign of terror by the student strikers who clashed with police.
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San Francisco
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
Sicilian girl defies ancient code by wedding suitor
Franca Viola, 20, wed Giuseppe Russi at dawn in Alcamo to avoid mob crowds after resisting the medieval kidnap and rape custom. Witnesses included Sen. Corrado. gifts came from President Saragat and Premier Leone. Franca, who refused a forced marriage two years earlier, is seen as a symbol of change in Sicily.
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Alcamo
Sicily
Franca Viola
Ludovico Corrao
Giuseppe Saragat
Giovanni Leone
Franca
Italy
Filippo Melodia
Melodia
Giuseppe Russi
Fair See Pleasant Warmth With Tonight's Low in 30s
A forecast notes a fair and warmer trend with partly cloudy skies tonight and readings in the 30s. Thursday mirrors mild conditions with highs in the 50s and continued partial cloud cover.
Junior college equalization plan delayed
The Illinois Board of Higher Education postponed action on a staff proposal to equalize junior college funding. President Frank Fowle urged more study of implications, with no decision on how the $93,771,520 budget for 1969-71 would be apportioned. Executive secretary Gerald W. Smith eyed January for a possible vote.
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Lindsay - Schaub News Service
Chicago
Ilinois
Board of Higher Education
Frank Fowle
Fowle
Gerald W. Smith
Junior College Board
Budget fuels University of Illinois funds clash at board
The State Board of Higher Education approved a 1969 1971 operating budget exceeding 373 million for the University of Illinois and 566 million for other state schools. President David D Henry objected to nine cuts while the panel reinstated 386 thousand for crippled children services and 163 thousand for university extension. Several agriculturally related projects were rejected including 308 thousand for Veterinary Medicine 144 thousand for experiments 390 thousand for extension and 200 thousand for soybean research.
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Thomas Gregory Lindsay - Schaub
Chicago
University of Illinois
State Board of Higher Education
U of I
David D. Henry
Illinois
Henry
U of I’s
College of Veterinary Medicine
Enry
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