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. (PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK)-- THE F-B-I HAS LODGE CHARGES OF AIR PIRACY AGAINST SIX AMERICANS ACCUSED OF SEPARATE AIRPLANE HIJACKINGS TO CUBA. THE SIX RETURNED VOLUNTARILY TO THIS COUNTRY SUNDAY, CROSSING FROM CANADA TO CHAMPLAIN, NEW YORK. THE ACCUSED MEN HAVE BEEN JAILED, WITH BAIL SET AT AMOUNTS RANGING FROM $100,000 TO $200,000. MAXIMUM PENALTY UNDER THE CHARGE OF AIR PIRACY IS DEATH. ONE OF THE SIX MEN RETUNED WITH HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. THE F-B-I SAID HE TOOK THE CHILD, ALONG ON THE HIJACKING FLIGHT TO CUBA AFTER TAKING HER FROM HIS FORMER WIFE. MRS. JEANNE WASHINGTON OF PHILADELPHIA TEARFULLY RECLAIMED THE CHILD SUNDAY NIGHT.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Plane hijacking charges],
script,
November 3, 1969, 6:30 a.m.;
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