Word: ortiz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz, a 37-year-old Mexican with a history of psychiatric problems, hijacked a Frontier Airlines 737 from Albuquerque to Los Angeles, his motive was to gain not money but a public forum for alleged injustice to U.S. minorities. He got it in the form of radio and TV interviews aboard the plane with local Spanish-language stations and then meekly surrendered with apologies to the pilot...
...second, but was stymied by a Soviet veto on the grounds, said the Russians, that their Arab friends would object to the fact that he is Jewish (a contention that the Arabs privately denied). The Soviets also vetoed another contender strongly favored by Washington: Argentina's popular Carlos Ortiz de Rozas, who, like Jakobson, gave every promise of making the most of the job and moreover came from a strongly pro-Western country...
...that night is ridiculous. It is always very short and usually wrong, and the films have bouncy editing. Television people are also usually on their way somewhere else, which is their main excuse. I recognize people I see on the little blue screen-Jack Borden of Eyewitness News, Bob Ortiz, Television people prove their immediacy by wearing NOW clothing, such as bell bottom trousers and double-breasted jackets...