Two passengers foil attempt to hijack flight to Cuba
Two travelers restrained Rudolpho Bueno Cruz, a 42 year old Tampa man and ex political prisoner, who tried to hijack Northwest Orient Flight 714 from Winnipeg to Miami. He demanded to go to Cuba as passengers Dewey Parker and Blake Bell tackled him when he lunged with a knife. The event came amid eight hijackings to Cuba since May 1 and prompts expanded security screenings at airports.
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Northwest Orient
Miami
FBI
Rudolpho Bueno Cruz
Tampa
Chris Mazella
Cuba
Tampa International
Federal Aviation Administration
Jack Barker
Miami International
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dewey Parker
Blake Bell
Parker
Bell
Florida
Rudolpho Bueno
U.S
Eastern Airlines
New York
Cuban refugees seek asylum after hijacked lobster boat
Twenty three Cubans aboard the Unidad 32, hijacked at sea near the Florida Keys, apply for political asylum. Crew report two armed men forced vessel toward Florida. a .38 revolver found on board. Refugees remain at Krome Avenue detention camp awaiting decision.
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Islamorada
Fla
UPI
Florida Keys
Florida
Unidad 32
Caibarien
Cuba
Las Villas
United States
Krome Avenue
Miami
House Subcommittee Sets Tuesday Deadline for Reagan Papers
Washington UPI report says Rep. Donald Albosta seeks full access to Ronald Reagan campaign files from 1980, pressing the White House to expand access beyond California library copies. DOJ talks and possible subpoenas loom as calls grow for a special prosecutor to examine Carter materials reach.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ronald Reagan
White House
Carter White House
Reagan
Donald Albosta
D-Mich
California
Carter
Albosta
Post Office and Civil Service Panel
Justice Department
Eagan
FBI
Hoover Institution
James Hamilton
Peter Meyers
Subcommittee
Hamilton
Samuel Cash
Senate
Watergate Committee
House Judiciary Committee
William Ford
Larry Speakes
Titanic search fails for fourth day under rough Atlantic conditions
Columbia University researchers aboard the Robert D. Conrad failed to sight any Titanic targets for a fourth day as 34 knot winds and heavy seas hinder vessel speed and a side scan sonar outage complicated the hunt in the Atlantic southeast of Newfoundland.
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New York
Columbia University
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Michael Jahn
Robert D. Conrad
John
North Atlantic
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