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7/22 GARLAND FAMILY
WA
ANDREWS: LIVE A Garnd Texas woman and her two small children were
caught up in one of the major International news stories
of the day.Mrs. Brenda Grubbs..her 9-yr old daughter Jackie
and 8-yr old son Mitch..were at Athens air or when their
jetliner was commandeered by Arab guerillas. F&s. Grubbs
said the hijackers warned passengers that the doors of the
plane were mined..and a girl in the hijacking group held
a gre Threats didn't seem to bother the Grubbs youngsters.
Mom got out a coloring bokons..and after coloring
awhile..the kids took .while the headlne were being
made.
Atistotle Onassis even volunteered to change places with the
53 passengers aboard his Olympic airliner..but the Arabs
turned the Golden Greek down......
CAMERA: A Red C1'oss official mediated in the hijacking.Arabs won
PIX: PLANE
demands that 7Arab prisoners in Greece be given freedom..
the Grubbs family and other a__ s were allowed to leave
and the jet took- off for Cairo airport.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Garland family], script, July 22, 1970, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1322514/m1/1/: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.