Stewardess Foils Delta Hijack Attempt In Miami
A Delta Flight 297 passenger threatened to flee to Cuba with a shotgun but stewardess Lynn Sargent vaulted into the cockpit and locked the door. Pilot Harold Rowley landed safely as Miami police arrested Kenneth McPeek of Orchard Lake, Michigan, with a sawed-off shotgun in a duffel bag. McPeek, accompanied by his 3 year old son, faces armed assault charges with bond set at 100000. The incident follows two prior Cuba-diverting hijackings and another United Airlines flight disturbance by a man calling himself El Rojo. Police found no shells on McPeek. The pilot remained committed to completing the landing despite the threat.
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Cuba
Delta Air Lines
Detroit
Harold Rowley
Delta
Kenneth McPeek
Orchard Lake, Mich
Rowley
Lynn Sargent
Atlanta
Sandusky Restores Gas Heat After Weekend Outage
Sandusky and surrounding areas slowly return to normal after a natural gas outage caused by a Perkins Township substation explosion. About 325 repair workers restored service to hospitals and schools first, Castalia’s homes next, with 45 000 affected. Red Cross and Salvation Army provided shelter, hot meals, and space heaters.
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Perkins Township
Columbia Gas
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Castalia
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Red Cross
Bay View
Illinois
Bucher’s attorney seeks delay in Pueblo inquiry
The civilian attorney Miles Harvey asks the Navy to postpone the Pueblo court of inquiry until next week to allow more time to confer with Lloyd M. Bucher and prepare the case. The inquiry may make recommendations on discipline but is not a trial.
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Pueblo
Lloyd M. Bucher
Navy
Miles Harvey
Pentagon
North Korea
Bucher
Nixon selects Marcus Carpenter for Paris peace talks negotiator
A quiz question claims President-elect Richard M. Nixon named U.S. Ambassador Marcus Carpenter as chief negotiator at the Paris peace talks. The item asks readers to verify if the claim is true or false.
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Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Marcus Carpenter
Paris
Paris talks stall as Viet Cong status blocks progress
U.S. diplomat Cyrus Vance failed to move the Paris Vietnam talks with North Vietnam. Hanoi clung to a four-party setup granting Viet Cong equal footing, while Washington urged two-sided talks with Viet Cong on the Hanoi side. A decision on table shape and speaking order remained tied to broader status questions.
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UPI
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Vietnam
Cyrus Vance
U.S
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Hanoi
Ha van Lau
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Vance
Col. Lat
Saigon
South Vietnam
Inauguration of Nixon to be costliest in U.S. history
Nixon becomes 37th president on January 20 after three day inaugural events blending ceremony and pageantry. The official cost tops 2.5 million dollars with 400 thousand from Congress and 2.1 million from private sources. invites reach 200 thousand with tickets for major events ranging from free to 100 dollars.
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UPI
Richard Milhous Nixon
United States
Nixon
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Capitol
The
J. Willard
Marriott
Housing Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Capitol Plaza
Crash takes former Avon resident in Cleveland collision
George B. Shaffer, 22, of the California Apartments Brookpark Road Cleveland, died at Lakewood Hospital after a two car crash on Berea Road in Cleveland at about 2:30 a.m. He veered after rear ending a car and struck a utility pole. He lived with his sister Mrs. Joanne Workman in Avon and worked for Household Finance Co in Cleveland. The obituary appears page 18.
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George B. Shaffer
Avon
Lakewood Hospital
Berea Road
Cleveland
Shaffer
California
Apts
Brookpark Road
Joanne Workman
Miriam
The
Household Finance Co
Weather outlook with snow flurries and warming trend
Snow flurries in the forecast with a cold night giving teens. Tonight lows around teens, tomorrow highs in the mid twenties. Warmer and more cloudy Wednesday with light westerly winds. Sunset 5 12, sunrise 7 50. High 23 at 12 25 yesterday, low 13 at 12 30 today.
Inflammatory quip on youth culture mirrors past voice
A sardonic aside notes that modern youth are more sophisticated. The speaker imagines if Booth Tarkington wrote Seventeen today he would title it Twelve, implying shifting norms and enduring literary conceits.
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Booth Tarkington
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