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The Salem News from Salem, Ohio • Page 8

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The Salem Newsi
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BRIEN PAINTS Ohioan Makes Ocean Trip In 25 Days FALMOUTH, England, (AP, Lawyer Vince Sisson, 51. of Middletown, Ohio, arrived safely in Famiouth harbor at 6 a today after successfully crossing the A lantic from Connecticut in his 35-foot masthead Lydia. He had fulfilled his ambition to make the West-East ocean crossing in exactly 25 days, one day quicker than British mariner Geoffrey Williams, who 26 days when he won the solo race at the helm of his racing yacht Sir Thomas Lipton. Sisson, a World War II Army Air Corps pilot, planned his Atlantic voyage for years. He made such fast time he arrived in Falmouth a full day ahead of his wife, Frances.

She left their home in Fe Road and flew to England hoping to be at Falmouth in time to meet him. Describing the crossing Sisson said, had everything going for us and covered a fantastic 720 miles in the last five Crewing for him were adver- istng executive Bnl Jeilinek. 32, of Lakeshore Boulevard, uillowick, Cleveland, Ohio; David Bell, 19. of Lebanon Street. Monroe.

Ohio, who finished high school two days before he sailed: and Joe Berry, 19, or Austin Smith Drive, Monroe. Sisson sailed from Mystic Harbor. Seaport. Conn on June Skyjackers Thursday, July 8, 1972 'Continued from Page One) Deaths and Funerals second came up shooting, blasting away with a The hijacker "crumpled to the floor said Alvarez. The FBI said the gunman had an au'omatic in each hand but did not open fire.

In the rear of the plane, the other hijacker had another automatic and fired at least three shots, 'he FBI said. The second hijacker went down almost immediately from FBI gunfire. Gebhardt said and like the other was dead on arrival at the hospital. The hijackers also held the plane's five crew members. It was the first time the FBI had charged aboard a loaded passenger airliner to put an end to a hijacking.

Wednesday's hijacking occurred at 10:10 a.m., shortly after the plane left the airport in Sacramento on a flight to Los Angeles via San Francisco. It landed at San Francisco International Airport, then took off, circled the city and landed again. The gunmen killed Wednesday were identified from cards in their pockets as Dimitr Alexieff. 28. of Hayward, and Michael Azmanoff, 28, of San Francisco.

The passenger dead on arrival at Peninsula Hospital in nearby Burlingame was E. Stanley Carter. 66. identified as a retired Canadian National Railway conductor from Longueuil, Que. The wounded passengers, reported in fair condition at the hospital were identified as Leo A.

Gormley, 46, of Van Nuys. and Victor Sen Yung, 56, a Universal City, actor who plays the Chinese cook in the TV series After landing and then taking off and circling San Francisco for an hour, the plane sat for five hours at the end of the run- wav while negotiations by radio continued and the money and materials were collected. Under orders from the hijackers who sought an "international a FBI agent dressed as one approached the plane carrying the money, Gebhardt and Dave Gardeila, PSA security director, said. After stripping to his underwear on orders from a hijacker. the agent dressed again and went up the stair ramp with his hands on his head.

In the meantime, the other three agents had landed from a power boat in San Francisco Bav and approached the plane from its rear, where they could not be seen from inside. At the last moment, they rushed up the stairway behind the negotiator, the FBI said. The two hijackers were described as recent immigrants from Bulgaria. The shaken passengers said were calm, if grim, during the six-hour drama before the shooting started. Several praised the plane crew, especially the stewardesses.

A young man from Gemlik, Turkey, Nusret Mutman, will EL ship student at United High School next year. Mr. and Mrs Ted Murphy cf Hanoverton will host the new AFSer, who will arrive Aug. 16. Nusret will present a new ex- perience in the foreign student program as he is the iirst to misrepresent his country in the area.

former students have been from South Amen- ca, New Zealand, Finland and m. Professing to be a mu- sic and theater fan, Nusret comes from oitv 17.200 HE JHft mur HHHK older brothers and a younger, HI jHHH sister. His father is an olive Nusret Mutman merchant. His host family consists of a 12 an eighth grader; and Karla, brother, Ted. who will be a jun- 11.

in sixth grade, ior at United this year and is a Mr and Mrs. John Rudebock month younger than Nusret; are new AFS co-chairmen of Tammy, 13, a freshman; Kelly, the United Local Chapter Plant Windows Broken Buzz Sabatino. foreman at the Bellows-Valvair plant at 1913 E. State reported to police at 8:42 a.m. Wednesday that someone broke four 18 by 24 inch windows on the east side of the building between 3:30 Friday and 7 a.m.

Wednesday. Police reported that the windows apparently were smashed by rocks thrown from the Community Hospital East parking lot area. No estimate of the damage was available. Bike Shop Entered A breaking and entering at Bike Shop, 736 E. Pershing, between 6 p.

Saturday and 11 a.m. Wednesday was reported to police by Ed Rowland and Dan Dwyer Wednesday morning. Police said the metal mail slot on the door was pried off and the a'oor then unlocked from outside. The cash register and a desk in the rear of the shop were rifled, but nothing was reported stolen. Truck Damages Car A dump truck driven by Ralph M.

Flanigan. 20. of 282 N. Lincoln Ave. collided with a parked car owned by Roy H.

Bright well of Wellsville on Pennsylvania Ave. near the Warren Molded Plastics plant Wednesday morning. Flanigan told police he was backing up and did not see the parked auto, which was damaged in the side and fender. Playground Sewing Class A sewing class, in addition to the regular Monday afternoon session, will be held at the McKinley School playground Friday from 2 to 3 m. It will be conducted by Sue Middlernus, a sophomore at the Salem Kent State Branch.

At Metropolitan Event Five members of the staff of the Salem office of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company are at Seven Springs, this week for a business conference with officers of the company. Those attending are manager Harry Wallar, 1341 Carole Harry Ginther, 114 Lisbon Leetonia; George Levkulich. 774 East Sixth; A1 Eastek of Washingtonville; and Ralph Guappone, RD 5. Lisbon. All had exceptional records last year.

2 KILLED IN CRASH LIMA, Ohio (AP) Two men were killed Wednesday when a tractor-trailer rig and a highway maintenance truck collided on Interstate 75 at U.S 80S south of here. The victims were identified as Harvey Floyd Sharp. 25, of LuFollette. driver of the rig, and Homer Hall, 59, of Lima, was riding on the trailer of the highway dump truck. OMifU EXTERIOR In Mayor's Court Opal Schultheis, 48.

of RD 3. Salem, was sentenced to one day in jail when she appeared in Mayor T. Emerson court on a petty larceny charge Wednesday. She was also fined $50 plus costs after admitting the attempted theft of a ham steak and a bologna from the Kroger store on E. State Street.

Earl R. Spaulding, 32, of dicott, N.Y., forfeited $25 bond for reckless operation. Semi-Annual Clearance Dresses Coats Slax Tops Shells Blouses Coordinates Ful Stain blends beautifully with nature, in more than 1,000 richly pigmented shades. Penetrates and protects outside wood surfaces: your home, your fence, your outdoor furniture. Mollenkopf Funeral EAST PALESTINE Funeral services will be held Saturday 1 p.m at the Ku il Home for R.

Moilenkopf, 53, of 51162 Hadley Road, who was dead on arrival at Community Hospital East Salem Wednesday 12 10 p.m. He had been hit bv a car while walking along R(. Only Mother Nature knows the difference! Continued from Page Onei 50th anniversary of the burial of the unknown soldier from World War Nixon rerailed that in 1958 President Eisenhower buried unknown soldiers from World War II and Korea. Nixon said, "another unknown may come to rest cn this hallowed! ground. We pray he will be the 1 he Rev Earnest Noll of Grace United Church of Christ in Columbiana will officiate, and interment will be in Columbiana Cemetery.

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