Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 97, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 12, 1971 Page: 1 of 20
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TWA jet pirated in Chicago site on runway early today at Kennedy Airport In New York. (AP Wirephoto)
Coyle Bank Robbed of $10,000
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Garden Vows
Rain Dared to Spoil
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Atlantic
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knocked about by the ele-
ments all week.
This morning’s storm,
er two to fill a sack with
money.
Miss Fruin said they
emptied the cash drawers
into the sack and the gun-
man fled, joining his com-
panions in a car outside.
Police broadcasts said
one of the men was wear-
ing Army fatigues with a
military cap. He was clean
shaven and about 25 years
old. The woman was de-
scribed as a blonde, but no
By Jim Morris
Some folks will do any-
thing for publicity.
They do this or that in
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“We knew he meant bus-
iness," Miss Fruin said. “I
did what he said."
A merchant who saw the
fleeing car followed It a
short distance before it
turned onto a dirt road
near the outskirts of the
town.
Tile car was later found
abandoned a mile south of
Coyle. It had been stolen
from a Fred Jones used
car lot in Oklahoma City.
with a pistol — entered the
bank.
Carlotta Fruin, one of
four tellers on duty iff the
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Where It Fell
Overnight rainfall totals
from throughout the Okla-
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demanded to be flown to
North Vietnam after he
took over the plane by
placing his gun at the head
of a blonde stewardess,
identified as Catherine
Culver, 24, Fond du Lac,
Wis.
The slain passenger was
identified as Howard
storms through Sunday.
Low tonight 70; high Sun-
day lower 90’s. (Details on
Page 7.)
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layed a decision until 12:30
p.m.
Even before the decision
to go ahead with the out-
door ceremony was an-
nounced, a few drops of
rain fell in the vicinity of
the White House.
But everything else was
ready and the hectic activ-
ities that marked the last
NEW YORK (AP) - A
gunman seized an airliner
in Chicago, killed one of its
passengers, police said,
then fought a gun battle
with a deputy U.S. mar-
shal as the plane flew to
New York before being
subdued here early today.
The gunman reportedly
said there was a 50 per
cent chance of showers by
mid or late afternoon. The
wedding is scheduled for 4
p.m.
Had the decision been
otherwise, the ceremony
would have been held in-
side—in the East Room of
the White House.
An earlier forecast
NEW YORK (AP) — To
try to help a stewardess
with an air pirate’s gun at
her head would have
meant her death, said one
of the passengers who es-
caped from a jet the gun-
man boarded in Chicago.
He and other pasengers
expressed frustration at
being helpless to move
against the gunman who
seized the Trans World
Airlines 727 jet on the
ground at Chicago.
Alfred Fuchs, of Great
Neck, N.Y., said the gun-
man pulled a gun from an
umbrella after Miss Cul-
ver told him to get off the
plane because he didn't
have a boarding pass. “I
couldn’t trip him because
he had the gun at her
head,” Fuchs said.
Steven Kessler, Little
Neck, N.Y., told a news-
man he noticed the man
(See HELPLESS—Page 2)
description was provided
on the second man be-
lieved to have occupied the
getaway car.
Mrs. Fruin said the man
entered the bank about
11:45 a.m. and said, "This
is a stickup. I want all the
money.”
She said the robber con-
tinued to shout instructions
in a loud voice as the tell-
ers complied with his or-
ders.
in a U.S. airplane pirating.
The gunman, identified
as Gregory White, 23, Chi-
cago, was seized by FBI
agents when the Trans
World Airlines 727 jet land-
ed at Kennedy Airport.
The FBI said one of its
agents shot White and
wounded him in the left
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WASHINGTON (AP) -
Daring a forecast of possi-
ble showers, the White
House said President and
Mrs. Nixon’s older daugh-
ter, Tricia, will be married
today to Edward Finch
Cox at an outdoor ceremo-
ny in the mansion’s Rose
Garden.
The Weather Bureau
It had to do with two go-
rillas, M'Kubwa. a boy,
and Josephine, a girl.
They billed the thing as
a "wedding" — sort of.
Spread out daintily was
publicity the bride's bouquet, con-
structed of celery, or-
Fond du Lac, Wis., was
grabbed by the gunman,
Gregory White, of Chica-
go.
Morell, who works for
the Federal Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs, said: “I was talk-
ing to two of the steward-
esses and then I saw the
other stewardess point
with her thumb.”
He said she couldn't talk
at first. “All I heard her
say was ‘Help me! Help
me!’ I then saw the gun
Soak City
Once Again
A sharp thunderstorm
early today dumped even
more moisture on soggy
central Oklahoma and set
the stage for a weekend of
- wild, wet weather for the
entire state.
The Weather Service
said more thunderstorms
are expected to develop
throughout the state to-
night and continue here
and there through Sunday.
Rainfall probability
ranged from 30 to 50 per
cent with the greatest
chance existing in the Pan-
handle which has been
ready in New York to take
him to North Vietnam. He
also demanded $75,000 and
a machine gun.
Marshal Volunteers
As word of the 11:30
p.m. incident spread at
O’Hare, Deputy U.S. Mar-
shal Joseph Zito, who was
operating a magnetic de-
t e c t i o n device nearby,
heard that a small man
was being sought to crawl
into the plane.
Zito, who is about 5-feet-
6 and had just put in his
last day as police chief of
Cary, Ill., volunteered.
Wearing a TWA flight
jacket and armed with two
pistols, Zito wriggled
(See PIRATE—Page 2)
called for partly cloudy,
temperatures in the mid-
80s and a 20 per cent
chance of rain.
Originally, the White
House arranged to an-
nounce its decision on the
wedding site at 11 a.m.
But, because of the threat
of inclement weather, it de-
A woman awaits questioning in Chicago’s O'Hare
Airport. Police did not identify the woman, who was
not charged. (AP Wirephoto)
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thing or other.
This type carrying on is
known as a
stunt.”
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which had a long barrel
The passengers, many of
whom were not even In
their seats at that point,
filed quickly off the plane
as White flashed his .38-
caliber pistol and held the
frightened Miss Culver.
Les Margareten, a
Queens attorney, said: “I
was seated and had just
finished fastening my seat
belt when I heard a
scream. I looked up in the
aisle and I saw him hold-
racial injustice here in the
states.”
The gunman barged
aboard the Boeing trijet as
it was stopping at O'Hare
en route from Albuquer-
que, N. M., to New York.
Passengers Leave
After seizing the stew-
ardess, he allowed the pas-
sengers to leave.
But Franks went back to
get his coat and “appar-
ently walked between the
stewardess and the gun-
man," police said.
Chicago Police Deputy
Supt. John Mulchrone said
the only firing came from
the gunman. Earlier re-
ports of a gun battle be-
tween the gunman and po-
lice were unfounded, he
eaid. Hie gunman allowed
authorities to remove
Franks’ body.
Crew Identified
The pirate held a gun to
the head of the steward-
ess, Miss Culver, officials
said. He also kept aboard
as hostages, the pilot,
Capt. Robert E. Elder, 42,
of Stamford, Conn.; First
Officer Ronald J. Dupuis.
31, of Sparta N. J.; and
Flight engineer Don E.
We l«h 1 m er, 34, of St.
James, N. Y.
The gunman told the
1 crew he wanted a plane
Midwest City police to-
day made no effort to
block the court-ordered re-
lease of Victor Wesley
Tucker who had been held
since Friday in connection
with the mystery death of
Mrs. Joan Drehmann.
Tucker was freed from
Seminole County jail ex-
actly at noon, the time
specified by an associate
district judge unless new
evidence was presented in
the meantime.
"We haven’t got enough
to get a warrant," admit-
ted W. E. Bailey, Midwest
City chief of police, only a
few hours before the
court-imposed deadline.
Seminole County author-
ities in Wewoka talked
with Midwest City officers
via telephone only 30 min-
utes before Tucker was set
free.
“There still wasn't
enough evidence to charge
him," said Seminole Coun-
ing her. I couldn't believe
what was happening. She
was hysterical."
Margareten said the
gunman ordered all of the
men off the plane and ev-
eryone left, but one man,
who apparently frightened
the gunman, was shot and
fatally wounded.
“I was in the jetway,”
Margareten said. “I heard
a noise that sounded like
garbage cans clanging to-
gether. Later I heard they
were shots.”
Franks, 65, Darien, Conn.,
who was shot and killed,
apparently as other pas-
sengers scrambled off the
plane at Chicago's O’Hare
International Airport.
A Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration spokesman
said it was the first time a
passenger had been killed
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apparently already had
been delivered to the hap-
py couple.
Some details had not
been worked out.
“We have a problem,"
said zoo director Lawrence
Curtis. "We haven’t found
anyone to kiss the bride."
He’ll think of something.
To the strains of "The
(See ZOO—Page 2)
DALE, Wales (AP) - A
wisp of a woman set out on
this bright and breezy day
in a 30-foot boat in an at-
tempt to become the first
woman to sail the Atlantic
alone.
Nicolette “Nicky"
Milnes-Walker, was given
a warm sendoff at this old
port on the tip of Wales.
A fleet of small boats es-
few days were replaced by
calm and an air of happi-
ness typified by the bridal
couple.
Miss Nixon and Cox
walked home hand-in-hand
just before midnight Fri-
day from the rehearsal
dinner at Blair House
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arm after he fired a shot
at the agent.
Later, as he was taken
from a hospital for ar-
raignment, he said: “I
wanted to bring arms to
help the people here
fight.” Asked why, he re-
sponded: “Because of the
The passengers were or-
dered off by the gunman
and they were flown to La
Guardia Airport aboard
another aircraft, which
landed here shortly before
2 a.m., half an hour before
the seized plane with the
gunman landed in nearby
Kennedy Airport.
“None of us could help
Mr,” said Michael X. Mo-
rell, “because if we had
taken one step she would
have been dead.”
Catharine Culver, 24,
By Mike Shannon
ty Deputy Sheriff Bob
Lovelady at noon today.
He said Tucker was re-
turned his personal posses-
sions in the sheriff’s office,
where he was met by his
wife and a friend before
leaving.
Tucker, a 36-year-old
Seminole County resident,
was the only person re-
maining in custody in
connection with the slay-
ing of the 55-year-old Mid-
west City woman whose
body was found Thursday
night in a pond near Tuck-
er’s home.
Meanwhile, an autopsy
completed Friday after-
noon on Mrs. Drehmann'p
body indicated she died eS
a single gunshot wound fcv
the head.
Dr. James Luke, state
medical examiner, said be
witnessed the post mor*
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Earlier reports that Mrs.!
Drehmann was shot twice
(See LAST—Page 2) •;
The First National Bank
of Coyle was robbed of
$10,000 today by two men
and a woman who escaped
in an automobile.
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moving over the Oklahoma heading for O k 1 a h o m a
City area shortly before City.
dawn, left amounts rang- Bank employees said
Ing up to .60 at Moore and only one man — armed
at least some rain fell in
all sections of the city.
Bethany and WKY re-
ported .30 and Norman re-
ceived .35 during the brief small community bank,
downpour. Lesser amounts said the man ordered two
were reported elsewhere, of the employees to line up
including Yukon, .10; Del against a wall and the oth-
Clty, .20; Lake Hefner,
.10; Lake Draper .24; Mid-
west City and Edmond,
.25; Lake Overholser, .10,
and Taft Stadium, .34.
Heavier rainfall totals
came in from western por-
tions of the state where
storm-weary residents en-
dured still another night
(See SHOWERS—Page 2)
Is Seized After Gun Battle
Local: Variable cloudi-
ness, warm and humid
with a chance of thunder- corted the 28-year-old bru-
nette psychologist—5 feet 4
and weighing 105 pounds
—at the start of the proj-
ected 3,500-mile voyage. WOrd far and wide and
Nicky, who says she has thereby promote some-
no special boyfriend, hopes
Stewardess Catherine
Culver recalls ordeal.
The Oklahoma City zoo anges, lettuce, and tur-
staged one of those this nips, and crowned with a
morning pineapple.
And those assembled are A city florist even admit-
front of cameras and re- spreading the word. ted to constructing it.
porters expecting those as- It had to do with two go- A four-tiered, fertility-
sembled to spread the rillas, M'Kubwa. a boy, s y m b o 1 e d cake was
crowned with the figures
of two wedding-attired
apes.
A anonymous admirer
had sent a tray of banan-
as. Nowhere In sight, they
at
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