Bomb Extortion Threat Triggers TWA Jet Explosion in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas a parked TWA jet was destroyed by a blast at Mc Carran Airport amid an extortion demand of 2 million dollars claiming bombs in four planes nationwide. A prior live plastic bomb was found and defused at JFK by a German Shepherd, with authorities sealing airports during the investigation. No injuries reported.
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Las Vegas
New York
Trans World Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
McCarran Airport
United States
Brandy
William F. Schmitt
Kennedy
Nev
California
Charles Tillinghast
Schmitt
Muskie’s NH Showing Falls Short in Delegates Battle
In New Hampshire Ed Muskie fails to secure a clear majority in the presidential preference vote, garnering 48 percent to McGovern’s 37 percent as McGovern leads for nine of twenty delegates. Partial returns show Muskie ahead in 16 of 20 delegate races but not the sweeping win hoped by his team. The Illinois primary on March 21 looms as the next major test with 170 delegates at stake.
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Muskie
New Hampshire
Florida
George S McGovern
McGovern
Miami Beach
Fla
Illinois
Prisoner in Elyria Jail Carries Bullet in Abdomen
Harold P Jackson 26 of Tampa Fla reportedly has lived six months with a bullet in his abdomen after a disturbance at 617 Massey Ave. Arrested for resisting arrest disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer he was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital. He pleaded no contest and received fines and a 15 day county jail sentence with ten days suspended.
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Elyria City
Harold P Jackson Jackson
Tampa
Fla
Jackson
Massey Ave
Elyria
Elytia Memoria H Hospital
Ohio to make up pay raises in nonretroactive plan
Ohio Personnel Director Paul Corey says state employees will not lose pay as the decision not to make raises retroactive to December 26 1971 stands. The $5 million postponed raises will be redistributed to employees via bonuses fringe benefits or an escrow approach, while unions seek back pay per regulation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Paul Corey
Corey
Public Employes Union
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
General Assembly
Federal Pay Board
Bomb scare triggers extra landings for TWA jets
A Chicago to Boston TWA flight made an unscheduled stop at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport for bomb search after an extortion threat. No bomb found. the jet continued to Boston. Other flights in Columbus and Cincinnati faced delays as passengers and luggage were checked.
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Boston
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Columbus
Cincinnati
John Bentley
Cleveland Hopkins
Greater Cincinnati
Florence
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
N.M
Columbus International
Royal wedding draws bluebloods and celebrities in Madrid
More than 2,000 guests packed the royal palace for the wedding of Maria del Carmen Martinez-Bourdin and Prince Alfonso de Borbon y Dampierre, representing Franco’s favorite grandchild and the senior grandson of Spain’s last king. The ceremony drew diplomats, nobles, and notable figures from Europe and beyond.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Maria del Carmen Martinez-Bourdin
Alfonso de Borbon Y Dampierre
Spain
Sweden
Weather Windy and Cold With Snow Flurries Possible
Variable clouds become windy and colder with a chance of snow flurries. Highs reach the upper 20s to lower 30s, then a cold night with lows 4 to 12. Tomorrow mostly sunny and cold with highs in the 30s. Precip chances 30 percent today, 20 tonight, near zero tomorrow. sunset 6:26 p.m. sunrise 6:52 a.m. Previous low 26 at 7 a.m. and high 58 yesterday at 6 p.m.
Senate probe of ITT suit awaits key witness testimony
Washington ad man says three figures tied to ITT antitrust drop are to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Former Attorney General Mitchell and columnist Jack Anderson expected to appear, while lobbyist Dita Beard remains hospitalized in Denver. The episode centers on Anderson's memo alleging ITT funding influenced the case and Mitchell's discharge from involvement.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atty
John N Mitchell
Jack Anderson
Dita D Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Denver
Mitchell and
Anderson
Judiciary Committee
Richard G Kleindienst
Justice Antitrust
Richard McLaren
Felix Rohatyn
ITT
Kleindienst
Beard
Lowe
Runn
Kentucky
Mitchell
Governor's Mansion
Nunn
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