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Better safe than sorry
Mail theives? No such trauma. Lawrence police investigated a false alarm at the new U.S. Post Office at 23rd and Naismith Tuesday night. The new alarm system has habitually shorted out since its installation.
Nixon to seek laws dealing with bombings
WASHINGTON (UPI)—President Nixon is expected to ask Congress to pass new federal laws to help deal with bombings soon, Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott said Tuesday.
Scott talked to reporters following Nixon's weekly meeting
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"The President is reviewing and giving careful consideration to the need for federal legislation to deal with the problem of bombings across the country."
Scott said. He added that he expected a presidential request for special legislation on bombings "in the near future"—possibly later this week or early next week.
Scott said Nixon expressed concern about the recent wave of bombings and had asked government agencies to make recommendations for proposed legislation to deal with them.
Boston air struggle ends in triple shooting
BOSTON (UPI)—A passenger shot to death the co-pilot of an Eastern Airlines shuttle flight and wounded the pilot Tuesday night before being shot himself in a struggle with the pilot, who managed to land the plane safely.
State police said the assailant was apparently a hijacker but Eastern spokesmen said flatly he was not a hijacker.
"About 20 minutes later," according to Robert Wise, of Wayne, N.J., another passenger, "three or four shots rang out." Eastern said four shots were fired inside the plane, one striking and killing the co-pilot, James E. Hartley of Fort Lee, N.J., and the fourth hitting Di-
The shooting occurred about 10 miles from Boston when the passenger, identified as John Divivo of West New York, N.J., told a stewardess he did not have the money to pay for the $15.75 flight from Newark, N.J., to Boston.
The stewardess, according to Eastern spokesmen, called the pilot who told her he could not see the young man at that time because he was coming in for a landing. Then, the spokesmen said, the stewardess learned the young man had a gun and was advised by the pilot to bring him to the cockpit.
Fares on shuttle flights are collected en route.
vivo during a struggle with Wilbur.
The assailant then fell to the floor and Wilbur brought the plane in at 8:25 p.m. EST and taxied toward the Eastern airlines terminal.
"My co-pilot is shot, where the hell do you want me to put this thing." Wilbur radioed.
The airline earlier said the passenger had told Wilbur to "take me east" but then denied that it was an attempted hiacking.
Wise said after the shots were fired the stewardess went into the cockpit, then returned and asked if there was a doctor aboard.
"Thank God about 10 minutes later we landed," he said.
The DC9 carried 68 passengers and a crew of five.
As soon as it stopped, FBI agents and state police swarmed onto the plane and all three men were rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Hartley was dead on arrival. Wilbur was reported in fair condition, while Divivo was taken into surgery and placed on the danger list.
William Allen White was a friend, critic and adviser to eight American presidents.