Prisoner Foiled Hijack Attempt Aboard TWA Flight
John Morris, a 48 year old prisoner en route from Leavenworth to San Francisco for a bank robbery appeal, slipped from guards during a layover to threaten hijacking. Deputies subdued him, the plane diverted briefly, then continued to San Francisco with Morris under guard. Federal authorities planned a grand jury appearance on possible hijacking charges.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Trans World Airlines
John Hamilton Morris
Hermosillo
Mexico
Morris
Clark County
San Francisco
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leavenworth
Kan
TWA
Eisenhower Nixon heirs visit Virginia to drum up support
David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon visit Hillsville and Richmond Virginia amid Fourth of July events. They back Nixon in November and attend rallies for Weldon Tuck, predicting enthusiastic youth support and a Nixon victory. The couple then depart for Miami.
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Richmond
David Eisenhower
Julie Nixon
White House
Virginia
Nixon
Hillsville
Carroll County
Weldon Tuck
David
Amherst College
America
Youth For Nixon
Julie
Miami
Eighteenth Annual Shenandoah Hamfest Set Aug 3 4
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio club announces its 18th annual Hamfest to be held August 3 and 4 in Winchester Virginia. The opening banquet and dance occur August 3 at Lee Jackson Restaurant and the all day program on August 4 at Winchester National Guard Armory. Co chairmen are George B Ritter W4UGX Apple Pie Ridge and Richard E Rush W4HXB Berryville with David Maul WA4LTQ as prizes chair. Sunday schedule includes a MARS meeting swap session gabfest and prize drawing with top prize a Swan 500 sideband transceiver. A snack bar and picnic lunch areas are planned and admission is free.
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Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club
Lee. Jackson
Winchester National Guard Armory
George B. Ritter
Apple Pie Ridge
Richard E. Rush
Berryville
David Maul
Wa4ltq
Lambden Ave
Maul
Armory
New Left Denounced By Hall At Communist Convention
Gus Hall general secretary of the American Communist party denounces the new left as petty bourgeois radicalism. He told about 300 delegates that a grass roots revolt swept Johnson from the race and that Communists are active on campuses amid student protests and antidraft actions.
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New York
Gus Hall
American Communist Party
New Left
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Hall
Johnson
Michael Zagarell
Zagarell
Columbia University
Rickover Says Sub Development Blocked by Study-Happy Officials
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover testifies before the Senate preparedness subcommittee accusing Pentagon civilians and surface ship advocates of blocking U S submarine progress. He cites repeated studies delaying a proposed new superquiet sub to track Russian missiles. Dr John Foster supports noise reduction but urges caution on costly one of a kind vessels.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Russia
Adm
Hyman G
Rickover
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Navy
John S. Foster
Defense Research and Engineering
Secretary of Defense
Foster
Satchmo Honored On 68th Birthday
Louis Armstrong celebrated his 68th birthday at a London luncheon hosted by Beaverbrook newspapers. He led his all stars in a medley including Hello Dolly Wonderful World and Sleepy Time Down South and declared I am rejoicing today as he thanked the crowd.
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Los Angeles
Co, P. Barron
Morris
U.S
Barron
Nevada
McCarran
London
Louis Armstrong
Satchmo
Britain
Beaverbrook
Dolly
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Midway Hospital
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Warren Fogle
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Loudoun Street
Stuartm. Perry, Inc
Winchester Rt
Henry Ville
Hagerstown
Elwood Shaney
Mary A. Brown
Cross Road Grocery
Duncan Phyfe
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Revere
E. C. Brown
Charles R. Duvall
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Mosby Construction Co
Paper Mill Road
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George Gain
Floyd E. Jacques
Joseph Lawrik
Beverly A. Lawrik
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Frederick County
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Gainesboro
Ritter Mountain
Braithwaite
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Burt Hoover
Hoover
J. Frederick Larrick
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Ray C
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