Dutch Await Resolution as Molucan Siege Ends Train Hijackers Surrender
Premier Joop den Uyl says the Netherlands will wait out the Molucan hijack crisis at the Indonesian consulate and on the Beilen train. Six South Moluccans surrendered after 12 days captivity. engineers and two passengers killed. Hostages ranged from 16 to 72, with three carried on stretchers but in fair to good condition.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Joop den Uyl
den Uyl
Beilen
Nelsonville Honors Dr J L Webb On Retirement Service
After 56 years of medical practice in Nelsonville area Dr J L Webb retires honored by more than 200 people at a Sunday tribute. The event marked a long career and community service in the Nelsonville region.
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Nelsonville
J. L. Webb
Democrats seek Athens County commissioner replacement
Six Democrats have informed Athens County Central Chairman Lenore Sickels they want to be chosen to replace retiring Commissioner James Edwards. Sickels said the central committee will meet January 7 to select the replacement.
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Athens County Central
Lenore Sickels
James Edwards
Sickels
Central Committee
Edwards Page 2
Student Vote Suit Settled in Out-of-Court Payment
A former Ohio University student now living in New York received $300 in an out-of-court settlement for a 1972 case. She had been denied voter registration in Athens County for not swearing permanent residency in the county.
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Ohio University
New York
Athens County
Freshman Mike Borden Sues Ohio University Over Basketball Ban
Freshman 6 7 player Mike Borden and the ACLU filed suit against Ohio University after he was barred from the basketball team due to having one eye. The complaint seeks reinstatement and challenges the school's eligibility decision.
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Mike Borden
ACLU
Ohio University
Nursing Home Sprinkler Rule Adherence Slipping in Ohio
Ohio Perspective reports more than half of nursing homes fail to meet the 1972 sprinkler law. Many operators have not begun installing required equipment as a January 1 deadline nears. Also, a weather notice notes cloudy skies, wind, and a turn to colder temperatures with showers and snow flurries tonight and Tuesday.
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Ohio
Weather seer blames warmth for snow promise failure
Akron Ohio AP reports John W. Zofchak, who vowed two inches of snow, asserts his weather control pyramid wasn’t a failure though no snow arrived. He claimed the hilltop system rooted in an ancient pyramid would work, but the weather stayed too warm.
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Akron, Ohio
John W. Zofchak
Zofchak
Sign reads Decorator Got Drunk In Brooklyn Window
A Brooklyn boutique window display was left half finished and a sign explained the delay. The note read Decorator got drunk. Will finish tomorrow.
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New York
Brooklyn
German Spy Convicted in High Treason Case
Guenter Guillaume, who admitted spying for East Germany and accessed Nixon letters that toppled Willy Brandt, was found guilty of high treason in Düsseldorf West Germany and received a 13 year prison term.
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West Germany
Guenter Guillaume
East Germany
Richard M. Nixon
Willy Brandt
Reagan Humphrey Lead In Early 1976 Polls
U S News and World Report survey of 259 GOP leaders shows 80 percent see Reagan leading Ford. Gallup Poll places Reagan eight points ahead of Ford with Humphrey as a non candidate option at 30 percent among registered party members. Ford plans talks with campaign manager Howard H Callaway as he adjusts strategy after the polls.
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Gallup
Ronald Reagan
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Callaway
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Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Texas
John Connally
GOP
Houston
Humphrey
D-Minn
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Henry M. Jackson
George McGovern
South Dakota
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Bentsen Enters Ohio Presidential Primary Fight
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen moves to Ohio by forming steering committees for the June 8 Democratic primary. He criticizes forced busing and calls for inner city school upgrades and federal funding to improve education in poor districts. He argues for moderate tax and housing policies and notes Humphrey leads in polls among Democrats.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Bentsen
Democratic Party
C.J. McLin Jr
Dayton
McLin
Ohio House
Four Die as Chlorine Tank Explosion Blasts At Plant
A railway chlorine tank car at Hooker Chemicals in Niagara Falls exploded sending deadly gas over a wide area. Four workers died and about 80 people were treated or observed for gas inhalation. Evacuations and warnings were issued as fumes drifted northeast and later dispersed.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp
Hooker
Edward Chatman
Walter E. Fitzgerald
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Clyde J. McBride
Raymond E. Zaso
James D. Colquhoun
Lester
Oscar H. Bell
Niagara County
Melvin Dyster
Sheriff's Deputies
Kids price and brand driven Christmas toy requests
Department store Santas in 10 cities report children increasingly specify toys by brand and price. Evel Knievel cycles, Six Million Dollar Man figures, G I Joe items, walk and talk dolls, pizza ovens, Walkie talkies, Star Trek kits, electric trains, and fewer gun requests dominate lists.
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Santa Claus
Santas
Evel Knievel
Soviet arms to Africa stirs U.S. concern over influence
U S intelligence estimates Russia has shipped or promised at least 400 million dollars in MIG jets tanks and other gear to about 10 African nations in two years and assigned 1900 military advisers. Officials warn of Moscow seeking bases ports or influence while debate swirls over Russia's broader aims in Somalia Angola and the continent.
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Russia
U.S
Moscow
Defense
State Department
Africa
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Somalia
Angola
Henry A. Kissinger
Daniel P. Moynihan
United Nations
CIA
Zaire
Ethiopia
Kenya
Liberia
South Atlantic
Turkish Bases May Be Opened
Ankara and Washington edge toward a new defense pact to reopen some U S bases closed five months ago. Turkey reopened military postal privileges for two months as talks continue and a new agreement could include compensation and greater Turkish participation in base operations.
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Turkey
United States
U.S. Congress
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U.S
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