Plane Crash Near Ibiza Leaves No Survivors
A Spanish Caravelle jet with 104 aboard crashed in dense fog near San Jose southwest of Ibiza while en route from Madrid and Valencia. Authorities recovered wreckage and reported no survivors among the 98 passengers and 6 crew, including nine children, as fog hampered rescue efforts and delayed initial searches.
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Ibiza
Balearic Islands
Madrid
Valencia
San Jose
Mediterranean
Unemployment Rises as Powell and Rehnquist Enter Court
The December unemployment rate climbs to 6.1 percent, with 5.9 percent yearly average for 1971, while nonwhite unemployment surges to 10.3 percent and white jobless falls to 5.4 percent. In Washington, Lewis Powell Jr. and William Rehnquist are sworn in to the Supreme Court in a rare double ceremony.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Handprinted letters threaten bombs in nine banks
Bombs were found and later defused in safe-deposit boxes at three New York banks and another in Chicago after anonymous letters warned of planted devices in nine banks. Aimed at freeing political prisoners, the message described kidnappings for ransom and outlined a tactic of timing explosives.
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New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Lower Manhattan
Marine Midland Trust Co
Hanover Trust Co
First National City Bank
First National Bank
Kenneth O’neill
Marine Midland
Broadway
Robert Daly
Continental Ilinois National Bank of
Charles Christopher Mohr
Amerika
FBI
Washington
Davis Elected AP Chairman in Virginia Meeting
Richmond Virginia Jack F. Davis executive editor and general manager of the Winchester Evening Star was elected state chairman of the Virginia AP Association at the John Marshall Hotel He had been serving as vice chairman Davis a Huntington W V native attended Marshall University two years then joined the U S Navy in 1940 He rose to Lieutenant Commander after World War II and later held AP posts in Baltimore New York and Charleston He is a former Chester County Chamber leader and civic worker with four daughters and a Winchester address.
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Washington
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Powell
Virginia
Rehnquist
Goldwater
Warren E. Burger
Burger
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
E. Robert Seaver
Richmond
Jack F. Davis
Winchester Evening Star
Virginia AP Association
Virginia AP
John Marshall
Davis
Huntington
W. Va
Marshall University
U.S. Navy
Huntington Herald - Dispatch
Associated Press
Baltimore
New York
West Virginia
Charleston
The
Star
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Council On Health and Medical Care
Massive Ammo Dump Explosions Reported in Dinajpur
AP reports via United News of India that about 200 people are believed killed after a series of blasts at a Pakistan army ammunition dump in Dinajpur district Bangladesh. News says 52 bodies recovered 300 injured with seven dying in Dinajpur hospitals and surrounding homes damaged.
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New Delhi
Seven-Eleven on East Cork Street Open 24 Hours
A Seven-Eleven store on East Cork Street advertises 24 hour operation and offers a contact line at 667-0145 for concerns.
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E. Cork St
Hijackers Demand Africa Flight After PSA Seizure
A shotgun wielding man and a woman with a baby hijacked a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet from Los Angeles to Tampa. They demanded a larger plane to fly to Africa, prompting airport evacuation and FBI scrutiny as passengers were allowed to disembark and authorities searched for identities.
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Tampa
Fla
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Los Angeles
Africa
FBI
West Coast
PSA
San Francisco
Florida
Paul MacAllister
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
Macalister
Miami
U.S. Eastern Seaboard
India Will Have Embassy In Hanoi
New Delhi announced full diplomatic relations with North Vietnam, ending separate treatment of Hanoi and Saigon. India will maintain an embassy in Hanoi and keep only a consulate general in Saigon, led by a lower ranking official. South Vietnam protested, with Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam calling the move harmful to neutrality and ICC chairmanship and planning a protest.
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New Delhi
India
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
ICC
Nixon to Ask New Debt Ceiling Increase Soon
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration will likely request another near record debt limit raise within weeks as the current 430 billion ceiling threatens to be exceeded by March 1. Deficit for 1972 is estimated at 28 billion, the largest since World War II, with budget officials saying 1973 projections will drive the size of the ask.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
Richmond Sunny Weather Ahead Of Cold Front
A westerly flow brings mostly sunny conditions in Virginia ahead of a southeast moving cold front from the Great Lakes. The notice also lists local ads including tax returns and shop clearance events such as boots and shoes reductions at Wilkins' Shoe Center and Modern Age Shoppe.
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Richmond
Great Lakes
Virginia
Wilkins’ Shoe Center
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Black
Harlan
American Bar Association
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
G. Harrold Carswell
Byron R. White
John de Boice
First National Bank of Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Marine Midland Trust Company
Richard S. Smith
Richmond, Va
Jack F.davis
Winchester
Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce
Cancer Fund
Stonewall Ruritan Club
Winchester Rotary Club
Winchester Jaycees
Jayne
Davises
Punkin Ridge
Wender's, Inc
McDonald Farm
Clarke Chrysier
Plymouth
International Control Commission
Vietnam
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Lynn Poole
Ward
Margaret L. Hodgson
Worth’‘s
Loudoun St
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