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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1970
Page
16
More than 1,000 cars were checked at John F. Kennedy Airport since Friday as Customs officials sought explosives weapons radical literature and other items. A spokesman said searches began after the Weatherman group warned of a fall offensive against the enemy.
Turkish officials said asylum may shield father and son Brazinskas Koroyevo and Algedas from extradition demand by the Soviet Union after they hijacked a Soviet An-24 with 48 aboard landing at Trabzon. One stewardess was killed and several crew injured. passengers were moved to a hotel as authorities detained the hijackers.
Virginia Commonwealth University unveiled a 10 year master expansion plan to double the campus size with new buildings on the Fan District academic campus and the MCV health sciences division downtown. The plan calls for moving families and adding blocks while seeking $5.2 million state funding for two academic buildings and bonds for health facilities parking. Construction could start within a year after approvals, with final cost depending on General Assembly appropriations.
President Nixon signs a mass transit bill pledging 3.1 billion in federal aid to cities over 12 years to build subways and buses. The measure aims for 10 billion in total funding, with 80 million this year and 1.86 billion in five years, federal grants or loans covering up to two thirds.
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