Pilot forgives teen hijacker and vows ongoing support
Pilot Harry Davis plans to stand by Michael Peparo after the youth, who pressed a knife to his back and hijacked a National Airlines jet, was sentenced to indeterminate prison for interfering with the crew. Peparo and his girlfriend were found guilty but air piracy charges were dropped.
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SMINE PYYGERALD
Miami
Wia
Michael Peparo
Harry Davis
Cuba
National Airlines
Michael A. Peparo
Cold Spring
W.Y
Tasmine Fitzgerald
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Vietnam
National
Davis
Peparo
City College of New York Reopens Under Police Guard
City College of New York reopens with police stationed on campus after a bloody clash between white and Negro students. Howard University faculty vote to close the school indefinitely as dozens occupy six buildings demanding more faculty hiring control. A registrar’s office briefly occupied at UC San Diego while Duke protesters target ROTC and Pratt Institute faculty strike.
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City College of New York
Howard University
Washington
University of California at San Diego
Duke University
Pratt Institute
DURITAM
Duke
Navy
Air Force
Avon Lake woman dies from injuries in Bluefield crash
A 49 year old Avon Lake woman, Mrs Elizabeth Dunn of 252 Avon Belden Rd, died at Bluefield Sanitarium Hospital from head injuries after a two car collision near Warr West Virginia on Saturday. She was visiting relatives in Welch when the accident occurred on a bridge. Her widower Charley Dunn is assistant treasurer of the Perry May Co in Elyria. The crash investigation continues.
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BLUEFIELD
W.Va
Avon Lake
Bluefield Sanitarium Hospital
Warr
Elizabeth Dunn
Avon-Belden Rd
Welch
W. Va
McDowell County sheriff's deputies
Viet Cong peace plan calls for coalition government in Vietnam
Than Buu Kiem of the National Liberation Front presents a 10 point plan at the Paris peace talks proposing a provisional coalition government, a constituent assembly via elections, and total withdrawal of U S forces and non Vietnamese allies. The plan aims to let Vietnamese decide their fate without foreign interference amid signals of Hanoi momentum.
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Viet Cong
Vietnam
Than Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
United States
Kiem
Washington
North Vietnam
Hanoi
State Department
Xuan Thuy
poliical
constituent assembly
Nixon
Viet Cong Terror Campaign Targets Saigon Attacks
Viet Cong launched multiple attacks in Saigon with five incidents reported between 6 p.m. yesterday and noon today. Five Vietnamese were killed and 49 wounded, including 43 Vietnamese and six Americans. A double blast at Saigon central post office killed a Vietnamese army captain and three civilians and wounded 21. Police seized documents predicting a campaign from May 7 to May 19. Hue was shelled, causing additional casualties and damage. A 24 hour Buddha birthday cease-fire was announced by the government.
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SAIGON
Saison
Dien Bien Phu
Ho Chi Minh
Hue
Nguyen Van Thieu
U.S
Three Clearview High students questioned in fire probe
Lorain County detectives interrogated three Clearview High School students as arson investigators from the state fire marshal’s office searched the burned high school. Authorities ruled out faulty wiring, and 561 students were evacuated Tuesday as five old classrooms were destroyed.
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Clearview High School
Lorain County Sheriff's
Sgis
Henry Zieba
Charles Bulger
Arson ruled out in Elyria Wurst Block fire
Investigators ruled out arson in the Monday night blaze at 337 Broad St the Wurst Block housing the Lake Theater and nine apartments. Careless smoking or matches were blamed with $90,000 damage. no injuries. Demolition began as the building was deemed more than 50 percent destroyed.
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Wurst
Broad St
Bari A Schaefer
Elyria Fire Department
William Leghy
Lake Theater
Schaefer
Si Buchs and Son of
Oberlin
city building inspection department
One-Day layoff at Elyria GM plant due to UAW strikes
A one-day layoff is planned for about 8X employees at the Fisher Body Division plant in Elyria because of strikes at seven GM plants nationwide. A similar layoff occurred last Friday. over 57,000 workers are idled, with about 28,000 on strike across several facilities including Atlanta Baltimore Kansas City Janesville Los Angeles North Tarrytown and St. Louis.
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Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Elyria
United Auto Workers
Fisher Body Division
Atlanta
Baltimore
Kansas City
Janesville
Wis
Los Angeles
North Tarrytown
N.Y
St. Louis
Dictionary Definition: Hippie Refined as Coffee Break Rebel
A new dictionary defines a hippie as a person who dropped the job but kept the coffee break, framing the label as a casual cultural sketch rather than a pejorative term. The note highlights the paradox of rejecting work while preserving routine comforts.
Pentagon to ship nerve gas by rail nationwide
The Pentagon plans a cross country rail shipment of large quantities of nerve gas starting next week to move obsolete gas from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Edgewood Arsenal toward disposal at sea. About 27 000 tons would be moved through 20 trains of 45 to 60 cars each over several months amid spill concerns and public alarm.
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UPT
Pentagon
Richard McCarthy
D-N.Y
McCarthy
Eale
N.J
MAI
Wedell Coats
Army chief of information
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
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