Unemployed man charged in airline hijacking case
FBI says Martin J. McNally 28 of Wyandotte is charged with air piracy for the American Airlines 727 hijack last Friday. He allegedly received 502000 dollars and two parachutes after the plane landed in St Louis and later bailed out over north central Indiana. FBI teams across Missouri Indiana Illinois and Michigan led to the arrest at his home in Wyandotte.
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Detroit
Indiana
FBI
Martin J. McNally
Wyandotte
Neil J. Welsh
Michigan
McNally
St. Louis
American Airlines
Tulsa
Okla
Toronto
Missouri
Illinois
Wayne County
Donations Still Being Accepted For Slothower Fund
The Mark Slothower Fund committee met at the 1st National Bank and voted to pay part of outstanding hospital bills. Directors include John Wartick John Trower Charles Cornelson Russell Day Dick Waln Harlan Thomas Stu Luder treasurer. Funds total about $5300. donations continue at the bank or with Treasurer Luder.
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Mark Slothower
1St National Bank
John Wartick
John Trower
Charles Cornelson
Russell Day
Dick Waln
Harlan Thomas
Stu. Luder
Kinhard Slothower
Mark
Luder
24 Arrested in Lawrence Drug Raid
Law rence law enforcement and state investigators arrested 24 people in an early morning drug raid the largest here since last February. About 60 to 70 raiders from state and local agencies sought 20 or more outstanding warrants while 18 adults and six youths were taken into custody on charges of sale or possession of drugs from marijuana to heroin with four of the arrestees identified as University of Kansas students.
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Lawrence
Kan
Vern Miller
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Douglas County
Miller
Fred Howard
KBI
University of Kansas
Elwell
Vigoda
V'goda
Marjuana
Nixon to face live news conference from Camp David
President Nixon, at Camp David after outlining troop withdrawal steps, will host his first live television news conference in 13 months. He announced 10 000 more U.S. troops to be pulled from Vietnam by Sept 1, appointed Gen Weyand to command U.S. Vietnam operations, with Gen Vogt as deputy.
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Associated Press
Thurmont
Vietnam
Nixon
Camp
David
Catoctin Mountain
U.S
White House
South Vietnam
Frederick C. Weyand
Creighton Abrams
Army
Weyand
Abrams
Air Force
John W. Vogt
7Th Air Force
Indochina
Vogt
John Lavelle
Camp David
East Room
Oval Office
McGovern First-Ballot Hopes Hinge On Credentials Committee
Washington AP George McGovern faces a pivotal vote by the Democratic Credentials Committee as it weighs the California challenge to his 271 delegates. Expect a noon decision amid lobbying from Humphrey backers and disputes from Hawaii Missouri and Tennessee. Hawaii is targeted for a McGovern push to boost female representation at the convention.
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Washington
George McGovern
Democratic Credentials Committee
California
McGovern
Hubert
H. Humphrey
Hawaii
Missouri
Tennessee
Trucker Dies in Turnpike Overpass Crash Near Wellington
Milo D. Tharp a 30 year old Augusta Kansas man was killed when his tractor trailer careened off an overpass on the Kansas Turnpike mile 209 1 ten miles north of Wellington The other driver Hunter Meserole 28 Euless Texas was uninjured The wreck occurred about 1145 p m with authorities and local services responding Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Augusta
Kan
Milo D. Tharp
Kansas Turnpike
Wellington
Mile Post No. 209
Belle Plaine
Tharp
Hunter P. Meserole
Euless
Tex
David McGlasson
Turnpike Patrol
Pike
Yost
Dunsford
Job Corps Program Opens Path for Local Youths
Mel Peters of the Wellington Job Opportunity Center outlines the national Job Corps program. It offers 16 to 21 year old women education, training, health care, and living stipends to develop employable skills, citizenship, and homemaking abilities. Linda and Laura Viramontes, local participants in Excelsior Springs, pursue Laboratory and Dental Assistant tracks.
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Mel Peters
Wellington
Peters
United States
Center
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Linda
Laura Viramontes
Laura
New Drug Law Adopted on Grass and Hard Stuff
Massachusetts enacts a recodified drug law adopting a lenient stance on marijuana while tightening controls on hard drugs. Assistant Attorney General David Vigoda says the changes correct irrational past laws and align penalties with common judicial practice.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Asst
David Vigoda
Marines, South Vietnamese Push Into Quang Tri Front
U S helicopters dropped over 1 000 South Vietnamese Marines on the coast east of Quang Tri City as government troops push north into Quang Tri Province. Casualties include 165 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese killed with 34 wounded.
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Richard Blystone
Saigon
U.S
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Quang Tri Province
Hue
An Loc
Death Row Prisoners Await Near Decision
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that the death penalty as applied in the United States violates the Constitution. The decision halted executions tied to Furman, Jackson, and Branch, with justices differing on possible state actions and future use.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Douglas
Brennan
Marshall
Stewart
White
Willian H. Furman
Georgia
William J. Micke Jr
Savanna
Micke
Lucifus Jackson Jr
Chatham County
Elmer Branch
Vernon
Tex
June Weather and Local Community Notices in Wellington
Wellington endured a 93 degree high with a 67 degree low as June closed and the half year ended. The month reached a 97 degree high on two days and a 56 degree low with 1.58 inches rainfall. 4H club members Reef Allen, Paradise Valley and others headed to Elgin Illinois for the National Hereford Field Day, July 1. The American Legion Auxiliary meeting moved to July 6. A bloodmobile visit to the First United Methodist Church aims to collect 140 pints, with donor slots and a Bank of Wellington savings bond prize. Sumner County relief funds stood at 510.50 from 82 donors as Red Cross seeks 10 million nationally.
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Wellington
Reef Allen
Paradise Valley
Belle Plaine
Martin Rusk
Cloverleaf
Northern Pump Farm
Elgin
Ill
Kansas Junior
Ican Legion Auxiliary
United Methodist Church
Dorothy Brandt
Red Cross
1St National Bank
Sumner County
Wallace to press platform shift at convention
Governor George Wallace will campaign on a platform echoing his views at the party convention and may consider a third party bid after the convention if conditions allow.
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Washington
George Wallace
Alabama
Charles Snider
Wallace
Wallace Likely to Stay Democratic Nominee Despite Backlash
The Democratic Party appears set to reject Wallace as its nominee while Sen. George McGovern contends with a credentials challenge at the Miami Beach convention that could threaten about 150 delegate votes. Snider spoke with reporters after meeting Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland.
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Snider
Wallace
Miami Beach
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring
Dentials
California
Mother's faith fuels hope for George Wallace walking again
Mozelle Wallace, 74, says her son George C Wallace will walk again after his May 15 shooting left him paralyzed below the waist. She recounts learning to walk again after her brain surgery and cites prayers and determination as helping factors for his recovery and a probable Convention performance.
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Gov. Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Mozelle Wallace
Laurel
Alton
Alton Dauphin Jr
George
Silver Spring
Wallace
State Health Department
New Kansas Motor Vehicle Law Adds Mileage Certification
The Kansas Motor Vehicle Department explains a July 1 effective rule requiring a mileage certification or abstract of mileage with each motor vehicle sale. Owners with older titles must obtain a mileage certification. forms are available from dealers or county treasurers.
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Elton D. Lobban
Docking
Lobban
Kansas
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Elmer L. Kendall
Judge McDaniel
Daily News
Ken Adams
Mig
Highway 1
Michael Putzel
Harold Cooksey
Highway
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Kep
Hanoi
U. S
Onskany
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da Nang
William H. Furman
Savannah
Lucious Jackson Jr
Wilbarger
County
Eddie J. Shaw
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