Nixon orders armed guards on international flights
Congress leaders announce presidential plan to post sky marshals on overseas and some domestic U S air routes starting Saturday. Treasury and FAA marshals will ride with Trans World Airlines and Pan American World Airways crews on transatlantic flights amid hijack crisis. Pilots oppose armed guards citing safety concerns while experts warn of rapid decompression risks but deem them minor compared to potential outcomes.
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Nixon
U.S
White House
House
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Dmass
Mansfield
Susie
Ma Nig
Mideast
Jordanian
McCormack
Treasury
Federal Aviation Administration
Trans World Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Hurricane Ella Threatens Brownsville Texas Coast
Hurricane Ella with 85 mph winds heads toward the Texas Mexico coast threatening Brownsville area with six inches of rain and 5 to 8 foot tides. Evacuations start in low-lying zones as residents stock up, gas up, and seek shelter in disaster centers established across Cameron County.
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Ella
Texas-Mexico
Weather Bureau
Mexican
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Port Isabel
Cameron County
South Padre Island
Celia
Corpus Christi
Texas
Beulah
Port Aransas
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Red Cross Bloodmobile visit planned in Winchester
Frederick County Raritans six clubs sponsor Red Cross Bloodmobile at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House in Winchester on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The drive aims to collect 175 pints including 18 pints of O positive for a Waynesboro heart surgery patient. Advance appointments available by calling 662 5412. funds for Hurricane Celia victims total 565, with 347 still needed. Winchester Christian Youth Association aids the drive, checks payable to Winchester-Frederick County Red Cross at 24 S Braddock St.
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Red Cross
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Waynesboro
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Winchester Christian Youth Association
Winchester - Frederick County
S. Braddock St
Weekend Auto Sale and Local Harley Display Ad
Classic 1966 Olds Cutlass F 5 4dr S S priced at 1095 call 662-0609. Weekend special carrot cake from Ward's Pastry Shop. Also see the new 1971 Harley Davidson on display at Winchester Harley Davidson.
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Ward's
Harley-Davidson
Winchester
State and feds to inspect Middletown lagoon odor source
The State Department of Health and the U S Interior Department will send engineers to inspect Middletown's new community sewer lagoon to locate the odor cause. Inspectors will also push for opening Lagoon No 2 promptly. Mayor Archie Manuel announced at the council meeting. Additional grant and loan applications have been filed with the State Water Control Board and USDA for Lagoon 2 funds.
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State Department of Health
U.S. Department of Interior
Archie Manuel
John S. McNair & Associates
State Water Control Board
Farmers ,Home Administration
USDA
Nixon accuses Democrats of stalling vital legislation
President Nixon released a list of 59 proposed bills he says Congress has not acted on, accusing the Democratic-led body of delaying measures on family assistance Social Security changes urban renewal education and crime. A Jakarta report notes cholera deaths in Indonesia rising to at least 133 between July and August.
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Nixon
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Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Jakarta
Indonesia
Ministry of Health
Jake Yost Jr Dies Suddenly in Woodstock
Jacob H. Yost Jr., 46, executive secretary of the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association, died of a coronary in Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital while attending a meeting in Woodstock. Born January 28, 1924 in Winchester, he is survived by his wife Nancy Schlack Yost and three children, his father, a sister, and several local civic affiliations.
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Jake Yost, Jr
Woodstock
Jacob H
Jake) Yost, Jr
Mosby St
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Fruit Growers Association
MR. Yost
Winchester
Jacob H. Yost
Katherine McFadden Yost
Nancy Schlack
First Presbyterian Church
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Loyal Order of Moose
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Conrad Hogger
American Legion
Winchester Rotary Club
Jacob H. Yost, III
Mary Kennedy Yost
Edwin Barton Yost
Alex Thompson
Manassas
Byrd Opens Campaign Before Overflow Crowd
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. launched his independent bid for re election before about 800 supporters in Chesterfield County Virginia. He attacked welfare expansion and forced busing while praising work incentives and Virginia voters who back his record. He planned stops in southern and eastern Virginia before opening campaign HQ in Norfolk.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
Supreme Court
Byrd
Chesterfield County
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Virginia
Norfolk
Hostage Crisis Shifts as Hijackers Hold in Jordan Desert
Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian officials negotiate amid a dust storm as more than 280 hostages on three airliners remain in place in the Jordanian desert. Western governments and Israel rejected a trade and urged freedom for all captives while regional powers call for humanitarian release. The U S 6th Fleet shifts into position near Jordan to assist if needed.
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Iraq
Syria
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Palestine Liberation Organization
Amman
Andre Rochat
International Red Cross
Geneva
Marcel Naville
International Red Cross Committee
Popular Front
Beirut
Desert
Red Cross
Washington
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Jordan
Baghdad Radio
al- Raya
Baath Socialist Party
Golda Meir
Jerusalem
Grand Opening at Hodgson Shop Promises Restored Display
Richmond report notes Virginia under a high pressure system bringing seasonable air. Local notice states remodeling nearly finished with all merchandise back on display and shop open for business with usual hours. Margret L Hodgson hints at a grand opening.
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Richmond
Virginia
Margaret. L. Hodgson
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Jacob H. Yost, JR
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