Dutch storm hijacked train and village school freeing hostages
Dutch marine commandos stormed a hijacked train and Bavensmil dee village school near Assen in dawn raids to free 55 hostages held 20 days by South Moluccan gunmen. Six terrorists and two hostages died. four gunmen were arrested and four hostages released unharmed. Two marine commandos were slightly wounded.
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Assen
Netherlands
Dutch
Justice Ministry
Bavensmilde
Joop den Uy
den Uyl
Associated Press
Escape mayhem as James Earl Ray breaks Brushy Mountain wall
Assassin James Earl Ray and six other inmates climbed the Brushy Mountain State Prison wall using a makeshift ladder and fled into East Tennessee hills. One inmate was shot and recaptured. Ray and five others remained at large as a major manhunt involved 125 guards, state troopers, county officers, FBI, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents. Federal assistance was requested by President Carter. Ray, 49, had earlier recanted his plea and sought a new trial claiming he bought the King rifle but did not fire it.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain State Prison
East Tennessee
Ray
Pan Cdt
FBI
Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Identification
Johnny Hacker
Washington
Une
Memphis
King
Carter Accuses Solons of Bowing to Oil & Gas
President Carter accused Congress of bowing to oil and auto lobbies as it dropped key energy plan parts. White House aide Powell urged fighting the decontrol vote while noting there is time for Congress to act. Ashley predicted House overturn of tax and natural gas deregulation, except possible gasoline tax.
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Carter
Solons
Oil & Gas
Washington
Congress
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Congressional
Thomas P.) O'Neill
Thomas L. Ashley
Ohio
House
Committee On Energy
Ashley
Bearded Uncle Sam gains official national symbol status
The piece notes Uncle Sam, bearded and top-hatted, born during the War of 1812, was officially recognized as a national symbol by Congress in 1961. A restoration story mentions undoing an injustice by restoring the Medal of Honor to a Civil War surgeon, the lone female recipient.
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Uncle Sam
Congress
Army
Weather Outlook: Thunderstorms Likely Tonight, Warmer Day Tomorrow
Slight chance of thunderstorms tonight with mostly fair skies and a low around 60. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and cooler with a high near 88 to 90 and a 20 percent chance of afternoon storms. Southerly wind at 10 to 15 mph.
Kidnaped Man Assured Wife Retains Hope
Donna Niehous writes from Perrysburg Ohio that she believes husband William Niehous is alive after more than 15 months in captivity in Caracas. She urges him to stay strong, notes family and friends’ support, and describes efforts to secure his return as she and three sons cope with the ordeal.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Donna Niehous
William F. Niehous
Toledo
Ohio
Amin threatens to execute British subject in Uganda
Idi Amin warned Friday that a former British subject held in Kampala would be executed if found guilty of spying. He also said about 300 Britons barred from leaving Uganda would be arrested if found in groups larger than three. Radio Uganda cited the case of Robert Scanlon, a British resident who took Ugandan citizenship in 1975, and who reportedly carried Amin on a sedan chair during a 1975 reception. The Foreign Office identified Scanlon as married with children and said he would be tried and likely executed by end of next week if convicted.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Commonwealth
London
Amin
Radio
Uganda
Foreign Office
Robert Scanlon
Fadio Uganda
Scanlon
Britain
Kampala
Armin
Radio Uganda
Cooper Firm
4Jo
Denis Hills
James Callaghan
Britain’s fish Jaws outwits trackers and hunters
In England a pond resident dubbed Jaws outwits all efforts to remove him. Attempts include explosives and electric charges by authorities. the fish survives and later floats to the surface dead after a long pursuit by owner Alf Leggatt and a water authority team.
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Ickham
England
UPI
Britain
Jaws
Fish
Alf Leggatt
Leggatt
Southern Water Authority
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