Word: twa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prime, Hughes was the archetypal American hero ?the daring aviator and indefatigable tinkerer who spurred science to new horizons. He owned one of the most crucial defense firms in the U.S. (Hughes Aircraft), a flag-carrying airline (TWA) and myriad companies whose prosperity guaranteed the welfare of dozens of communities. Even during the hidden penthouse years, Hughes exercised great influence at the highest levels of Government. As he wasted away in the Desert Inn, the CIA used him for a cover in an operation fraught with serious international repercussions...
...serious obstacle. One reason: when Arab states find it in their interest to do business with U.S. firms, their boycott rules become as bendable as cooked spaghetti. Trans World Airlines, for example, flies to both Israel and Egypt in open violation of the ban. The Egyptian government explains that TWA's flights do nothing to "strengthen" the Jewish state...
...route to help dedicate a screwworm eradication plant in Mexico, Earl Butz took a plane to California just after the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. He could have flown either Continental or TWA, but his aide, Roger Knapp, chose TWA. In the first-class compartment, the Agriculture Secretary spied Singers Pat Boone and Sonny Bono, and John Dean, the former White House counsel who had blown the whistle on Richard Nixon and had just worked the convention as a writer for Rolling Stone. A gregarious man who likes to flaunt his snappy country-and often barnyard-sense of humor...
Last month's hijacking of a TWA jet by Croatian terrorists produced a blizzard of passenger testimonials to the humanitarianism, calmness and intelligence of the captors. "I realized there was a lot to admire in all of them," said Los Angeles TV Consultant Rudy Bretz. "They were idealists who proved that they had a just cause." Even the pilot was so pleased with the performance of the lone female hijacker, Julienne Busic, in preventing panic, that he gave her a big hug as police took her away...
Hopscotch Flight. The plane had meanwhile taken off from Montreal on what was to be a hopscotch flight across the Atlantic, stopping in Gander, Newfoundland, and Iceland for fuel, escorted by a TWA Boeing 707, since the 727 lacked navigational equipment for transatlantic flight. At Gander, 35 of the hostages were released, for reasons as diverse as the one offered by a man who said his wife was about to have a baby, or that of a woman who said she would otherwise miss a bridal shower. At some of their stops, the skyjackers off loaded bundles of propaganda pamphlets...