Gunwoman holdup at Hopkins ends after hostage drama
A chaotic hostage crisis at Cleveland Hopkins saw Cynthia Mays of Dayton attempt hijack on a Pan Am flight from Cincinnati to New York. FBI and Cleveland police negotiated as hostages were freed. several injured, Mays faced multiple federal counts including attempted aggravated murder and air piracy. The 8 month old and mother were treated and released. others also released.
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Bolton
Jeanette Rivera
Bay Shore
N.Y
U.S. Air
Pan Am
Hopkins
Ms. Rivera
Southwest General Hospital
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Kennedy Airport
New York
Griffin
Ms. Mays
John Keaveny
FBI
John Dunn
Mays
Lorain bids farewell to Mayor Zahorec at funeral
Lorain honors former mayor Joseph Zahorec who led the city for two terms with a funeral service at St. Peter Catholic Church. The homily linked Zahorec to Christ, praised his principled politics, and noted his wife Helen attended in a wheelchair after a car crash. Also present were U.S. Rep. Donald Pease and state officials.
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Lorain
Joseph J. Zahorec
St. Peter Catholic Church
Liam Kitt
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
Jesus Christ
Joseph Zahorec
Zahorec
St Peter Catholic Church
Kitt
Christ
Zahoree
Joe
God
Mary
Helen
Zaborec
Bitt
Joseph Zahoree
Helen Zahorec
John
Woman hijacks Pan Am 558 in staged assault
Chronology shows a woman with a small caliber pistol breaches security and shoots a boarding agent on Pan Am 558. Passengers, including a child, escape while others remain aboard as Life Flight responds and police negotiate before FBI and police storm the aircraft. the hijacker is wounded and hostages are freed without serious injuries.
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Pan American Flight 558
Life Flight
Mtande
FBI
Escape on plane hostage incident during Cincinnati visit
William Graham hid in a restroom with his five month old daughter Jennifer Anne as two gunmen held a crowded plane. His wife Patricia and mother in law Cecilie Todd escaped through the rear door while a stewardess urged all to exit. Hostages, including Miss Beck, were released unharmed later that evening as Graham planned to fly to New York and then Germany.
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William Graham
England
Cincinnati
Jennifer Anne
Patricia
Cecilie Todd
Muellar
Graham
Miss Beck
Soviet report ties missile loss to mechanical fault in Barents Sea
Tass says a Soviet target drone may have briefly crossed Norway and Finland airspace after a malfunction. Finland and Norway received apologies from Soviet diplomats, and authorities continued a search in Arctic areas. The incident, described as an old Soviet cruise missile, strained East West ties and involved no explosives.
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TASS
Norway
Finland
Arctic
Oslo
Svein Stray
Moscow Apologizes to Finland and Norway Over Misplaced Missile
The Soviet Union expressed regrets after a supposed old cruise missile mis fired from a Barents Sea ship strayed over Norway and Finland. Norway protested, Finland noted the apology, and both governments sought clarity on whether airspace was violated amid conduct of firing exercises.
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Stray
Dmitri Polyanski
Helsinki
Finland
Soviet Union
Norway
Moscow
Norwegian
Arctic
Oslo
Svenn Stray
Barents Sea
V.M. Sobolev
Sobolev
Europe
Finnish Foreign Ministry
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Cynthia Shisler
Huber Heights
Laura
Wouldbe
Therr
Rio de Janeiro
Desmartl
Rene Deocced
Oc Art
Joe Klinec
Scott Stephens
Steve Novak
Linn Grossman
Roger Denneryl
Hopkins Airport
Bernie Noble
Adrienne Lyons
Mimi
Ing
South America
Sheraton Airport
Germany
Alcoholics Anonymous
Elyria
BSBA
Ashland College
Lorain County Vocational Center
Kremlin
Unio
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ee Byr Memorial Hospital
East River Street
Ohio
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