Hijacker Apologizes After Forcing Jet to Cuba
A tall slender hijacker who claimed nitroglycerin forced an Eastern Airlines jet with 151 aboard to Havana. He apologized as he exited the plane saying sorry captain. Passengers and crew, including stewardess Uta Risse, recount tense diversion and the man’s concern for his daughter. The jet then returned to Miami by two Electras with passengers mostly holiday travelers. Cuban authorities confiscated goods at customs.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Orris F. Firth
Uta B. Risse
Jennifer
Miss Risse
Varadero
Eastern
Julie Nixon to Wed David Eisenhower in December 1968
New York AP report notes Julie Nixon will wear the traditional bridal ensemble of old new borrowed and blue for her wedding to David Eisenhower at Marble Collegiate Church. Details include a reception at the Plaza with a six tier cake and guests traveling by five chartered buses. illness prevents Mrs. Eisenhower from attending.
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New York
Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
Gerry van ‘der Heuvel
Julie
Malcolm Starr
Tarantino
Nixon
Fifth Avenue
David Eisenhower II
Kidnap Sought in Florida. Barbara Jane Mackle Involved
FBI says no charges yet as three suspects including a Miami University geologist George Deacon are sought in the Barbara Mackle kidnapping case. Robert Mackle paid 500000 for the ransom and released a plea to the kidnapers while police seal Deacon’s trailer and trace the stolen boat used in the ransom bid. Barbara Jane Mackle, 20, Emory University junior, was abducted from an Atlanta motel.
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Miami
Barbara
Jane Mackle
FBI
Robert Mackle
Biscayne Bay
Massachusetts
George G. Deacon
University of Miami
Deacon
Mackle
University of Miami Institute of Marine Sciences
Barbara Jane
Emory University
Atlanta
Virginia Lee Brothers Signers of the Declaration
Two Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence were brothers Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee.
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Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Dinosaur boneyard clues spark debate on dinosaur extinction
Paleontologists clash over the cause of dinosaur deaths at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado. Theories range from volcanic ash to flood or plague, with many dying in a single spot. Separately, in ancient Rome Paris was a small fishing village called Lutetia.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Uta
Colorado
Paris
France
Lutetia
Round the World Honeymoon for Carolyn Jones and Greene
Beverly Hills actress Carolyn Jones and producer Greene wed on a Thursday in a second marriage for Jones. The couple, aged 38 and 47, plan a round the world honeymoon starting in Australia after New Years, following Jones's film and TV successes.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Carolyn Jones
Miss Jones
Morticia
Molly Brown
Australia
Oil Discovery Reported in the Netherlands 1944
The article notes that oil was first discovered in the Netherlands in 1944. It places the find within wartime context and references subsequent developments in Dutch energy resources.
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The
Netherlands
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