Hijacked Airliner Returns to Athens After Cairo Transit
Arab hijackers release 47 passengers and 1 crew member on Olympic Airways flight from Beirut to Athens. Greece frees two Arabs tied to bombing of Israeli airline office in Athens and five others serving terms for Israeli airliner attacks. The seven to be handed to the International Red Cross after trial of the two suspects begins Friday.
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Cairo
Greece
International Red Cross
Olympic Airways
Beirut
Rome
Aristotle Onassis
Onassis
Egypt
Red Cross
Cai
Bruce Heads Saigon for Peace Negotiator Role
Ambassador David K E Bruce traveled to Saigon to meet South Vietnamese leaders before succeeding as chief U S peace negotiator in Paris. He and Ellsworth Bunker left Washington after talks with Nixon on new proposals aimed at sharing postwar political power with Communist elements, a point of contention with Saigon. Nixon favors elections and opposes an imposed coalition but left room for settlements if parties in South Vietnam negotiate.
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Washington
David K.E. Bruce
Saigon
U.S
Paris
Bruce
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Philip C. Habib
Habib
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Warrenton Fire Destroys Easton's Men’s Shop
A Warrenton clothing store and nearby businesses suffered heavy damage in a late closing fire. Officials estimate damage at 150000 dollars as fire crews from Warrenton Marshall and the Warrenton Training Center fought the blaze for hours and stopped it from spreading. The interior and winter shipment were destroyed and the fire’s origin remains undetermined.
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Warrenton
H.B. Jones
Easton
Marshall
Jones
Cab Driver Is Charged With Murders In Miami
A 37 year old cab driver Milton Niport was arrested at Miami International Airport after a $2000 robbery ended in two hostages dead and a third wounded. The victims Delores Palacino and Judy Lamb were shot in a Coral Gables area field. A fourth man Bruce Reitz survived after being shot twice. Investigators linked a .22 caliber gun found in Niport's apartment to the shootings.
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International Airport
Milton Niport
Los Angeles
Delores Palacino
Judy Lamb
Western Union
Coral Gables
Bruce Reitz
Reitz
Ralph Page
Dade County Public Safety Department
Census forms not picked up prompt city call
Winchester residents with unreturned census forms were urged to contact the city manager at 667-1815. The city manager said 44 forms remain uncollected. City Council voiced concern over census accuracy at the July 14 meeting and urged those with forms to call.
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Winchester
Flash Flood Watch Continues Across Virginia
Southwest Virginia and parts of western Virginia remain under a flash flood watch as what was tropical storm Becky moves northward. Rain totals up to 0.65 inch at Roanoke airport and light showers reported statewide with a continued risk of heavy rainfall. residents in low areas urged to seek safety if conditions worsen.
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Virginia
Becky
Weather Bureau
Shenandoah Valley
James River
Allegheny Highlands
Bureau
Woodrum
Roanoke
Wytheville
Gulf of Mexico
Tallahassee
Fla
Draft calls to average below 10000 for rest of 1970
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird forecast rest of 1970 draft calls would average under 10 000 per month returning to pre Vietnam levels. He spoke amid notes on budget shifts and move toward an all volunteer force with a 284 000 troop target by spring.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Congress
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Cambodia
Shenandoah Apple Blossom dates unchanged after appeal
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Executive Committee heard a Royal Merchants Association appeal to move the 1971 festival dates. Next year’s festival will be Friday and Saturday May 7 8 and the Grand Feature Parade shifts from Friday to Saturday. No action was taken on reconsidering the 1971 dates.
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Shenandoah
Retail Merchants’ Association
Bill Shendon
RMA
Ben Dutton
Main Street
Injunction Blocks Virginia Conflict of Interest Law for Couples
A Richmond judge granted a temporary injunction stopping enforcement of the new conflict of interest law as it affects husbands and wives in the same school system. The order also exempts related teachers living in the same household and not in supervisory posts, with the case pending until after potential 1971 amendments. The VEA cited a survey showing about 1,800 teachers could be affected.
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Richmond
Richmond Grouit
Virginia Education Association
Atty
Andrew P Miller
Miller
John Wingo Knowles
VEA
General Assembly
U S Abandons Fire Base Ripcord Amid Heavy Casualties
In the northwestern sector of South Vietnam 61 Americans were killed and 345 wounded in three weeks of heavy North Vietnamese fire leading to the evacuation of Fire Base Ripcord near the Laos border. The action followed a deadly mortar and ground attack that killed 12 and wounded 51.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Ripcord
A Shau
Saigon
United States
Laos
101St Airborne Division
North Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Kim Rom
By-Pass Route Segment Opens Soon Near Winchester
The Rt. 37 by-pass segment from Rt. 50 west to Rt. 11 north near Welltown Pike will open in early September. Engineer R C King said the new road will divert northbound traffic from Rt. 50 west to Rt. 522 and to I 81, easing truck traffic on Braddock and Cameron Streets.
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Welltown Pike
R.C. King
Highway Department
Winchester
Rt. 11
I-81
Virginia Trough Dims Becky Remnant Moves West
Partial clearing expected by week end as Beckys remnants weaken to a trough and bypass Virginia to the west. The note mentions vacation closures at Swanson's Barber Shop and a stray call number.
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Richmond
Virginia
Becky
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