Hijackers kill captive on Kuwaiti jumbo jet in Cyprus
In Larnaca Cyprus the Kuwait Airways Boeing 747 hijacked from Bangkok via Mashhad held 112 aboard. A security guard was killed and six hijackers remain onboard. A PLO official met with hijackers during a stalled negotiation demanding fuel and the release of 17 Kuwaiti terrorists.
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Cyprus
Palestine Liberation Organization
Kuwait Airways
Bangkok
Kuwait
Mashhad
Iran
Tran
Lebanon
Syria
Persian Gulf
Sheik Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah
Thailand
Fadel Abdel-Rassoul Leer
Akis Fantis
PLO
Malaz Abdo
Clever inmates hide contraband in jail stories
Lorain County deputies report frequent smuggling tricks at the jail including a shoe hollowed to conceal marijuana. A 25-year-old Lorain woman left the shoe and remains at large. Police recount various bold concealment methods from feet to hair and drawers, with pat downs standard before jail booking.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Lorain
Kenny Smith
George Grove
Grove
Job fair draws thousands to Grafton corrections openings
About 3,000 people attended a Saturday job fair in Grafton seeking 467 state prison jobs. The event promoted openings at the Grafton Correctional Facility and nearby Lorain facility, with 212 and 255 posts respectively. The Grafton plant aims to open in September.
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Grafton
Route 83
W. C. Mullan
State Department of Corrections
Lorain
Debra Irvin
Westlake boy to get a special pal
Brian Evans, a 12 year old with muscular dystrophy, will gain a fully trained retriever as a personal helper. The trainer will live with the family and work to establish a bond, a process that could take up to two months.
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Westlake
Brian Evans
Brian
Carol Evans
Wre
Linden 25th Anniversary April 3 details
Sunny and pleasant today with a lakeside breeze as highs reach mid 60s near Lake Erie. Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Monday expected around 60. For anniversary details call 324 7056 ext 3.
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Lake Erie
Linden
Nixon says biggest mistake was not bombing North Vietnam earlier
Former President Nixon told NBC's Meet the Press that his major error was not bombing and mining North Vietnam earlier in 1969. He cited 1972 actions as models and argued an earlier strike could have ended the war by 1969, while noting concerns over Paris peace talks and trust in those negotiations.
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Richard M. Nixon
North Vietnam
Nixon
Meet the Press
NBC
Henry Kissinger
Johnson
Paris
Nicaragua
Vietnam
NBC News
Edwin Meese III
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