First U S hijacker Sonny Kuchenmeister Buried in Ohio
The 1954 hijacking of an American Airlines flight ended with 15 year old Raymond Sonny Kuchenmeister shot by a pilot at Hopkins Airport. The incident predates other domestic hijackings and remains largely forgotten. Pilot William Bonnell recalls the event as painful and a child attempting to become a man.
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Parma
West Park
Raymond A
Sonny) Kuchenmeister
American Airlines
Mexico
Sonny
Cleveland
Hopkins
Montana
Sunny
William F. Bonnell
Federal Aviation Administration
Kichenmeister
FAA
Cuba
Kid Care course teaches babysitting responsibility in Bay Village
Bay Village Junior Women's Club offers a Kid Care course to sixth to eighth graders. The program runs five weeks with a second session planned in January and a possible February course. It stresses basic duties, understanding mothers' expectations, handling emergencies, and age appropriate needs for children.
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BAY Village Junior Women's Club
Charles Herrmann
C-T
Bay Village
Women’s Club
Mrs. Herrmann
Canterbury Rd
North Olmsted studies ice rink and pool funding plan
North Olmsted council’s recreation committee evaluates financing for an indoor pool and ice rink. The study considers federal grants and local funding, noting such a facility would be unique in the area and referencing failed private deals past court rulings.
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N. Olmsted
North Olmsted
James Prokasy
Prokasy
Rocky Silver
Bay Village
Ohio Supreme Court
North Olmsted Park
Volkswagen ad promises car floats in air
A Dragon-Sideral Volkswagen, Inc. advertisement on 25600 Lorain Rd. claims 100 per cent pure Volkswagen floats. A spokesman says the floating claim was to prove the car can float, noting the engine was removed and holes plugged for the display.
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen, Inc
Lorain
Young socialist says students still radical
Cleveland AP. YSA Chairman Andy Rose says American students remain radical though quieter. At a four day YSA convention in Cleveland with about 1000 delegates, Rose notes campus confusion and less activism but believes protests will intensify if the war persists.
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Young Socialist
Cleveland
Young Socialist Alliance
YSA
Andy Rose
USA
Sheraton-Cleveland
Rose
Southern University
Louisiana
Cambodia
Nixon
Bay Village Westlake police arrest five in East Side raid
Bay Village and Westlake police assisted by Cleveland Tactical Unit arrested five men and one woman on burglary charges during a raid on a northeast Cleveland house. Three suspects faced charges for a prior Bay Village break in at Bassett Road.
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Bay Village
Westlake
Cleveland Police Department
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
625 Bassett Road
Bay
Thenodis Bankhead
Woodside Ave
Ronald C. Harris
Stabbing Number Ties Cleveland Homicide Record
A 37 year old man is held in the stabbing death of Barbara Mills 50 in Cleveland on Thanksgiving. Police say Mills attacked him with a glass bottle prior to the fatal stabbing as homicide toll reaches 294 for 1972, tying the 1969 record. Mail registration for Cuyahoga Community College winter classes begins Monday across all three campuses with extensive liberal arts and career program offerings.
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Parma
Cuyahoga Community College
Tod Pam
Richard Curtis
Western Campus
Cleveland
Barbara Mills
Office of Admissions and Records
Metropolitan
Warrensville Township
Bay Village official balances calls and city duties
Mrs. Miriam Waljakka, secretary to Bay Village Service Department, handles snow and flood complaints, maps, licenses for surgeons, cottage rentals, payroll, and bid openings for sewer projects and equipment. She notes calls now sometimes go to the city garage or mayor. Her husband Henry works as a Ford inspector. they have three children.
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U.S
Bonnell
Fort Worth
Tex
Cari
CCC
Shoemaker
E. Eric Ave
Red Cross
Cuyahoga
Mentorman
Billy Eugene Queen
Munson
Queen
Richfield Village
Willie Moorer
Hopkins Ave
Celveland House
Bankhead
Carris
Moorer
Prew
George McGovern
Mas
Miriam Waljakka
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