Word: concepcion
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First came Cecil Cooper, who hit one deep into the short-stop hole, so deep that even the rangy Dave Concepcion could barely reach it. Bernie Carbo, pinchhitting for Wise, then walked on four pitches. Goodbye Nolan, and hello Pedro Borbon...
...Young Award winner, notched his fourth victory of the season with a four hitter as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Reds 3-1 Friday night. Carlton lost his bid for a shutout in the sixth inning on an infield hit by Bobby Tolan that drove in Dave Concepcion...
...that far. Just after takeoff, Stewardess Idie Concepcion, 21, noticed that the passenger was sweating profusely and acting nervous. She was about to report him to the pilot as a possible hijacker when the young man, Rich ard Allen Obergfell, 26, of New York City, grabbed her by the neck and, with an automatic pistol at her back, forced her toward the cockpit. He told the captain, Albert Hawes: "Take this plane to Milan. Italy...
Roman Holiday. Pilot Hawes convinced Obergfell that his craft could not reach Milan, so they arranged to return to La Guardia for one that was properly equipped. Obergfell seemed distracted, talking vaguely about personal problems. "If you knew," he told the stewardess, "if you knew." Later he asked Miss Concepcion if she wanted to go to Rome with him. "What can I say?" she asked, aware of the gun pointed at her head. "You haven't had a vacation yet, have you?" he asked. In fact, the stewardess had worked for TWA only two months...
Back at La Guardia, Obergfell released the 55 passengers. He was told that only Kennedy Airport, nine miles away, could handle transatlantic planes. His gun at Miss Concepcion's back, Obergfell demanded a car to take him to Kennedy. But before it could arrive, he commandeered an airport maintenance truck and was driven, surrounded by an escort of police cars, to the international airport. Being towed out for him at a remote corner of a runway was a fully fueled Boeing 707. Its crew was to be headed by Captain Bill Williams, who flew Minichiello to Rome...