Extortionist's bluff forces Denver landing of Tokyo flight
An extortionist threatened to detonate a bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 7 with 125 people aboard and diverted the plane to Stapleton Airport in Denver. After a two hour search, FBI bomb experts declared the jet safe and passengers were housed in city hotels. The flight originated in New York and was bound for Tokyo via Seattle when the diversion occurred.
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UPI
Tokyo
Portland
Ore
Northwest Airlines
Mexico City
Stapleton International Airport
FBI
Northwest
New York
United States
Seattle
Washington City
Anchorage
Alaska
John Denman
Two reach summit of Dhaulagiri-1
Two members of an American expedition summited Dhaulagiri-1 at 1 p.m. May 12 with Sherpa guide Nawa Samden. Louis Reichardt of Palo Alto and John Roskelly of Spokane joined trek leader James D Morrissey to avenge 1969 disaster. first climbed by a Swiss team in 1960 via the northeast route.
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Katmandu
Nepal
UPI
Dhaulagiri-1
Louis Reichardt
John Roskelly
Nawa Samden
James D. Morrissey
Stockton, Calif
Reichardt
Palo Alto
Calif
Roskelly
Spokane, Wash
Gold price steadies as dollar rally resumes
In London, gold prices edged lower after two days of volatile trading while the dollar firmed on European money markets. The London bullion market cooled, contrasting with the prior frenzy that sent gold to record highs as wealthy Middle East investors moved back to dollars.
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London
UPI
Middle East
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Wall Street outlook held steady amid regulatory delays
In the wake of Watergate business leaders favor stable policy amid vacancies and hesitancy in agencies. Projections foresee 1974 growth around 4 to 4.5 percent with inflation retreating and profits rising about 10 percent next year. Gold and currency markets showed record settings and volatility across London Paris and Zurich as the dollar strengthened.
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New York
UPI
Research Institute
Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co
Market Report and Stocks See Small Dow Gain at Noon
New York stocks edged higher with the Dow up 1.51 to 918.95 before noon. Turnover moderate. Kaufman & Broad active down 27.4 to 1815 on 77,000 shares amid questions on accounting. General Motors rose 44 to 685 on 55,900. General Mills at 58-4 on 48,600. Tropicana Products 14 lower.
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New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Kaufman & Broad
General Motors
General Mills
Offen
Tropicana Products
Nicholas W King rites Friday in Laytonville
Funeral services for Nicholas W. King will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Anker Lucier Mortuary. A Laytonville resident, he died Monday from an apparent heart attack at 58. Survived by two daughters, Linda Eliott and Leanette Hoagland, and two sons, Carl and Ray King, along with siblings.
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Lester
Ray King
Santa Cruz
Lola Waltrip
Hazel Powell
Concord
Arthur Avery
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Chapel of the Chines
Santa Roas
Reagan backs renewed offshore oil drilling plan
Governor Ronald Reagan voiced support for resuming offshore oil drilling including in the Santa Barbara channel after a 1969 spill. He stressed exploring every energy source while protecting environment and aesthetics and cited advances in underwater drilling with minimal surface disturbance.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Santa Barbara Channel
Reagan
Houston
Flournoy
State Lands Commission
Santa Barbara
Fire agencies meet to map preseason wildland strategy
Deputy State Forester George Grogan and Forest Supervisor Blaine Cornell announce a preseason interagency meeting at Konocti Harbor Inn on Clear Lake. California DF, Mendocino and Lake Napa units, and USFS units from Mendocino and Six Rivers discuss staffing, equipment, training, air support, and mutual dispatch plans ahead of this year’s fire season. Last year California agencies fought 10,638 wildland fires.
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California Division of Forestry
Blaine Cornell
U.S. Forest Service
Konocti Harbor Inn
Clear Lake
Mendocino
Lake-Napa
Mendocino National Forest
State Forestry
North Coast District
Six Rivers National Forests
California
Buckaroo Queen Contest Opens in Boonville Rodeo
Boonville invites unmarried girls aged 15 to 19 from Mendocino County or Cloverdale district to enter the Buckaroo Days rodeo queen contest. Sponsored by the Anderson Valley Chamber of Commerce entrants are judged on appearance personality and horsemanship with horses provided. Judging takes place June 16 at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds arena and crowning occurs at the Western dance that evening. Applications close June 14.
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Boonville
Mendocino County
Cloverdale
Sonoma County
Anderson Valley Chamber of Commerce
Bobbie Hiatt
Ukiah High School Safecracking Attempt Under Investigation
Ukiah police continue probing an early morning burglary at Ukiah High School. Suspects broke a window to enter the machine shop, hauled tools, tried to pry a safe door, then searched the library and Student Activities office. Only stamps and records were found in the safe, with two ice cream cones left at the scene.
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Ukiah
Ukiah High School
Barrett promoted to Traffic Lt in California Highway Patrol
Captain Hays Hickey of the Ukiah Area announces the promotion of Sgt. Theodore R. Barrett to state traffic lieutenant. Lt. Barrett will move to the West Los Angeles Area on June 1 and has served with the CHP since 1950. He and his wife Joann have been active in Ukiah community affairs and he holds multiple fraternal memberships.
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Hays Hickey
Ukiah
California Highway Patrol
Theodore R. Barrett
Barrett
Los Angeles
Ted Barrett
Joann
Order of the Knights of Columbus
St. Mary’s Parish
The
Elks Lodge
Sons of Italy
Cable debate stalls Ukiah TelePrompTer license action
The St Hill board debated tying relicensing to county service obligations. Supervisor Banker pressed for an area-based condition while Steen warned of potential anti trust or equal protection issues. TelePrompTer's Ukiah license was extended 120 days and ordinance action postponed 90 days.
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St. Hill
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Ernie Banker
Stoen
Steen
TelePrompTer
Raymond Tolls
Gene Biggum
Little River-Albion
Ukiaha
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Geo. Hunter B.A. Cober
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Wall Street Charter
Abraham & Co
U.S
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Todays Market Report
First California Company
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Denny’s
Georgia Pacific
Hughes Too
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Masonite Corp
Occidental Pete
Pacific Gas & Elec
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Sears
Ltd. Oil of Calif
TransAmerica
Winnebago
Advance Memory
Bank of America
Diagnostic Data, Inc
Equitable SL
Franzia Bros. Winery
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Shaklee Corp
Er Ety
Nicholas King
Buckaroo
Ye Tay
Ukiah Motor Sales
Ukiahi Safe
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Sharon McKinley
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Kenny
Laila
S. State
Cloverdale Ram Sale
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