FAA antihijacking system slows hijackers and gains use
FAA concedes it has not yet caught a hijacker but notes a slowdown in hijackings since mid-September as Eastern Airlines and TWA deploy the behavioral screening device. Fifty or so passengers have been screened with only about a dozen fitting the profile, and no arrests have been made.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
Cuba
Eastern Airlines
Trans World Airlines
FAA
David H. Brown
Brown
Agnew to bolster Asian allies hopes
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew traveled to Asia and said President Nixon would seek a $54.8 million jet purchase for Formosa if Congress includes it in foreign aid. He told reporters that Senate rejection of unbudgeted planes does not weaken treaty commitments and noted White House support from Laird while Rogers remained cautious.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
Asia
Nixon
Formosa
Congress
House
Melvin R. Laird
William Rogers
South Korea
Gler
Rogers
Ziegler
Nixon team probes funding ways for tax cuts
President Nixon said he will sign the tax reform bill but faces a budget problem from an estimated 2.5 billion revenue loss. He plans a California trip but remains in Washington to finalize the budget with Defense Secretary Melvin Laird noting defense outlays will shrink as a share of the federal budget. The State of the Union address is scheduled for January 22, with fiscal 1971 budget for Congress the following week.
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Washington
Nixon
California
e-House
Ronald L. Ziegler
State of the Union
Congress
Ziegler
Burglars Hit Buttrey’s Store Complex Again
Sheriff’s office investigates the second burglary in 11 days at Buttrey’s Suburban located at 3100 Harrison. Entry was through a skylight late Thursday or early Friday. Loss includes at least $1,000 in clothing mainly from the men’s department and a substantial amount of liquor from the Pub. Inventory will take two to three days.
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Buttrey’s
Harrison
Sheriff's Office
Buttrey
Jack
Norman Snell
Byron C Kerr 97 Dies After Long Montana Life
Byron C Kerr age 97 died Friday in a local hospital born March 7 1872 in Bonaparte Iowa moved to Walkerville then Butte where he worked as bookkeeper accountant and cashier for Montana Hardware Co starting 1902 retiring 1939 He married Ora Kellogg in 1903. He was active in Summit Valley Lodge 123 AF and AM Masonry church elder and treasurer. Funeral Monday 10 30 at Sayatovic Whites with burial Mount Moriah Cemetery.
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Byron C. Kerr
Bonaparte
Iowa
Walkerville
Butte Business College
Montana Street
Carrier
Butte
Spaville
Kerr
Montana Hardware Co
Kellogg
Ora
Summit Valley Lodge
Masonic Order of
Vralning
Ammunition ship explodes en route to Vietnam
The SS Badger State carrying rockets and bombs to Da Nang broke up in heavy seas 580 miles north of Midway after crew of 39 abandoned ship 70 minutes before detonation. Fourteen rescued by Greek freighter Khian Star. 25 remain missing with life rafts spotted. No casualties yet reported.
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Honolulu
Vietnam
U.S. Navy
mid-Pacific
Midway Island
Navy
Air Force
Charles Wilson
S the Navy
Ter
Military Sea Transit Sea Transport Service
Tday
Bangor Ammunition Depot
Seattle
Wash
da Nang
South Vietnam
North Viet Nam delays Perot gifts for American prisoners
North Vietnam refused permission for H Ross Perot to deliver two plane loads of gifts to U S prisoners of war. Perot met Vu Tien and said Hanoi advised mailing parcels via Moscow. He warned that alternative plans would be found if food for orphans is blocked.
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Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
H. Ross Perot
Perot
Vu Tien
Hanoi
Moscow
South Vietnam
Tien
Pathet Lao
U.S
Area ranch hand knifed in throat and abdomen
Lloyd Rogers a 41 year old ranch hand from west of Butte was found with severe knife wounds to the throat and abdomen at the James Dick Ranch near German Gulch. He was in critical to fair condition at St James Community Hospital and police pursued an ongoing investigation with no suspect identified.
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Butte
Lloyd Rogers
Silver Bow
James Dick Ranch
German Gulch
St. James Community Hospital
Rogers
Suspect Pulls Gun On Butte Sheriff In Uptown Encounter
An all points search and roadblocks on major highways were set Friday evening after Silver Bow County Sheriff Ken Cunningham was pistol‑pointed at in uptown Butte. The armed suspect, about 40 with Alaska plated pickup, fled after being confronted. Roadblocks targeted routes to Anaconda Dillon Whitehall Boulder and Helena as authorities coordinated between the sheriff s office deputies and city police.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Ken Cunningham
Alaska
Anu Lee
Dalek Wen
Anaconda
Dillon
Whitehall
Boulder
Helena
Sheriff's Office
Cunningham
Egg
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