Hijackers Force Landing. Plane Tire Shots Halt Escape
Two hijackers demanding 600000 ransom commandeered a National Airlines Boeing 727 from Philadelphia to New York. Police shot out the escape jet tires at Lake Jackson Texas after the flight landed in heavy rain. crewmen wounded. Passengers were released after nine hours aboard the Philadelphia hijack.
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Lake
Jackson, Tex
Federal Aviation Administration
National Airlines
Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia
New York City
Bill Smith
Brazosport Community Hospital
Norman W. Reagan
Gerald Beaver
Reagan
Beaver
Lake Jackson
FAA
National
Miami
New York
Philadelphia International
FBI
Tom Herring
St. Louis
Elliott Adams
Virginians Rally Behind McGovern After Nominating Vote
Virginia supporters celebrate McGovern's overwhelming first ballot victory at the Democratic national convention claiming 37 votes to place him on the November ballot against Nixon. Delegates express praise and caution, noting a potential tough race in November.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Virginia
George McGovern
McGovern
Richard Nixon
Tommy Rosenthal
Richmond
Rosemary Storey
Arlington
Reform Party
National Party
George C. Rawlings Jr
Fredericksburg
Democratic National
Dark Horse
Clifton A. “Chip” Woodrum Hl
Roanoke
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
McGovern weighs running mate list after Kennedy declines
Senator George McGovern widens his vice presidential candidate list after Edward Kennedy rejects the No 2 slot. Illinois votes push McGovern past the 1509 delegate threshold as he meets with Kennedy by phone to discuss the offer. McGovern also faces opposition from labor leaders and some delegates amid the Democratic National Convention.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
Illinois
McGovern
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Nixon
Kenedy
Richard Dougherty
Florida
Reubin Askew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Gaylord,Nelson
Wisconsin
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Patrick Lucey
Leonard Woodcock
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Fighter Bombers Hit Hanoi Haiphong Area
American fighter bombers conducted the heaviest raids in over a week on Hanoi and Haiphong targets. The U S command said 340 strikes were flown, fuel depots and port facilities were set ablaze, and the nearest approach to Haiphong was within a mile. North Vietnam claimed many waves hit Haiphong area and accused U S planes of causing deaths and destruction.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S. Command
Haiphong
Hanoi
U.S
Navy
Robinson
Hamner
Dong Hoi
Hon la
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
Hue
Ear-Splitting Hubbub At Hour of Victory
At the 1972 Democratic convention in Miami Beach a crowd of over 10 000 jammed a hall to nominate candidates including George McGovern Shirley Chisholm Henry Jackson George Wallace and Terry Sanford The event reflected new rules limiting speeches to fifteen minutes and a focus on a diverse, youthful coalition rather than past party icons.
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Woodrum
McGovern
Nixon
Virginia
Illinois
Sanford
Shirley Chisholm
Henry Jackson
Giner Patton
Clincheo
Alabama
George Wallace
South Dakota
Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Terry Sanford
Wallace
Bob Wilson
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New Democratic Party
Rep
New York
Violence erupts as Belfast parade day turns deadly
Security forces kept Protestants and Catholics apart as eight people die amid clashes around the Glorious Twelfth. IRA leader Seamus Twomey signals possible cease fire renewal if British guarantees end harassment and raids. Gun battles in Portadown and Belfast leave civilians and two soldiers dead.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Seamus Twomey
Irish Republican Army
Battle of the Boyne
Portadown
Tropical low mood brings heavy rain across Virginia
The remains of a tropical low mood moved through Virginia dumping heavy rain. The National Weather Service issued and then canceled flash flood warnings for multiple counties including Augusta Rockingham Shenandoah Page Frederick Warren Clarke Nelson Rockbridge Amherst Albemarle and western Greene Madison and Rappahannock. Officials said the system formed off the South Carolina coast on Tuesday and dropped up to three inches of rain in parts of the state.
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Richmond
Virginia
National Weather Service
Augusta
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Page
Frederick
Warren
Clarke
Nelson
Rockbridge
Amherst
Albemarle
Greene
Madison
Rappahannock
Weather Service
South Carolina
Frederick County Board Approves Redistricting and Electrical Code
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved a redistricting ordinance shifting Gore Kernstown boundaries and polling places affecting 83 families. A second ordinance adopts the National Electrical Code and creates an Electrical Inspector post.
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Frederick County
Lamps
Greenwood
Gore
Kernstown
Back Creek
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Miles
SBA
Small Business Administration
Winchester
William Sims
Sims
Reuss City Hall
Manassas
Parkside Elementary School
Eleanor McGovern
Democratic
D-S.d
Sen
Martin’s Drug Store
Bell
Albert Spaid
Oates Lumber Yard
Dean Havron
Little North Mountain
Gore and
Kernstygon
Va. Rts
Mary Conner
William Fraula
Electoral Board
Schenck Foods
Echo Village
Opequon
Stephens City
Stonewall
Neffstown
Frederick Block Company
I. Fred Stine
Roger Alderman
Dennis T. Cole
Donald R. Hodgson
Hodgson
J. Robert Russell
Jim DeHaven
Electrical Inspection Service
Middle Department Association of Fire Underwriters
Front Royal
Clarke County
DeHaven
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