Terrorist occupation of OPEC headquarters ends
Six terrorists who seized the Vienna OPEC headquarters released most hostages in Algiers after a 20 hour siege. They demanded oil wealth for Palestinians and attacked Arab regimes allied with the United States, while negotiations involved Algerian officials and oil ministers including Belaid Abdesselam.
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Algiers
Algeria
Vienna
OPEC
Tripoli
Benghazi
Libya
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Israel
Bruno Kreisky
Carlos
Kreisky
Paris
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Belaid Abdesselam
Abdesselam
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Jamshid Amouzegar
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Gabon
County Board to meet and commemorate Bicentennial buttons
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners will sell five commemorative Bicentennial buttons at Tuesday’s meeting led by Chairman Walt Fenske and attended by all five commissioners. The event precedes the weed inspector’s report and bids for county liability and workers’ comp insurance. Additional items include subsidies, funding requests, a public hearing on a five year road plan, and budget reviews. In separate news a terrorist attack at OPEC headquarters in Vienna left several dead and many wounded during a ministerial meeting, with hostages including Yamani and Amouzegar among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Fenske
Jim Thoreen
County Bicentennial Commission
Merle LaCoursiere
Bemidji J Abmitlance
Bemidji Chamber of Commerce
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Jamshid Amouzegar
Iran
Algeria
Ecuador
Gabon
Iraq
Kuwait
Libya
Nigeria
Venezuela
OPEC
Indonesia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Ibnu Sutowo
Milan air crash roils Malpensa runway in fog
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 en route from San Francisco and New York crashed while landing in dense fog at Milan Malpensa airport. Officials reported 106-113 passengers and nine crew aboard with no fatalities, two serious injuries, and a fire contained after the impact.
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Milan
Italy
Trans World Airlines
San Francisco
New York
Malpensa
TWA
Polls Split Ford and Reagan Lead Over Humphrey
Gallup finds Ford leading Humphrey 51 to 39 and Reagan 59 to 42 in direct matchups based on 1078 adults. Harris poll three days earlier showed Humphrey ahead of Ford 52 to 41 and Reagan 50 to 43 in likely voters surveyed Nov 24 to Dec 1. Gallup was conducted Dec 5 over four days after Ford’s China trip.
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Princeton
N. J
Harris
Gallup
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Hubert Humphrey
Ford
Humphrey
Reagan
Louis Harris
China
Senate Attendance Hits New High With 90 Percent Mark
AP study shows Senate attendance near 89 percent for 1975 session, led by 19 senators who attended all 57 roll-call votes between August and October. Proxmire extends streak to 4,000 consecutive votes as others balance campaigns for president with duties.
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Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Jackson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Revolt in Argentina Ends As Air Officers Surrender
In Buenos Aires the air force announced that rightist air officers ended their four day revolt against President Isabel Peron. Rebels led by Brig. Orlando Capellini pledged not to surrender until Peron stepped down. Videla rejected their demand, while General Labor Confederation urged a general strike. Waves of jets bombed Moron base with no casualties reported.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Air Force
Isabel Peron
Moron
Here
7Th Air Brigade
Orlando Jesus Capellini
Mrs. Peron
Meron
Bemidji City Council Sets 5 p.m. Meetings on Appointments
Bemidji Mayor Doug Peterson will propose appointments to the Bemidji Human Rights Commission at a 5 p.m. special council meeting. Also on the agenda are a Gilfillan Center sponsorship request for Family Community Residential Treatment, a potential second reading of an Ottertail Power franchise ordinance, and authorization for the purchase of the David Park Creamery building. Public Safety Public Affairs and Public Works committees meet today, followed by the Planning Commission’s 7:30 p.m. hearing on Highway 2 West rezoning and East Bemidji land rezoning study. A preliminary plat for Smith's Pleasant Acres south of Brinkman Ave. will also be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
Doug Peterson
Ottertail Power Company
Council
Public Safety, Public Affairs
Public Safety
Audit Finds Misappropriations At Walker Nursing Home
Minnesota Welfare Department audit reports administrator Charles Kureth shifted divorce settlement costs to nursing home expenses. He paid himself 28 000 a year while his wife handled most duties, with her salaries listed as accounting costs. The facility must repay over 30 000 in Medicaid funds. Kureth plans to appeal portions of the findings.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Woodrest Nursing Home
Kureth
Robert Rau
Welfare Department
Pentagon moves toward civilian hiring freeze in defense budget cutback
The Pentagon plans a civilian hiring and promotion freeze affecting over 2,000 in the offices of the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of anticipated personnel cuts next year. The Defense Supply Agency also imposes a freeze with 51,000 employees. The White House budget plan seeks a civilian payroll cut of 48,000 and a 37,000 military reduction for a roughly 110 billion dollar defense program, with Ford agreeing to a 2.6 billion increase.
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Washington
Pentagon
Ford
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Donald H. Rumsfeld
MEA launches pilot prepaid legal services for teachers
The Minnesota Education Association and Minnesota Bar Association announced a one year pilot providing prepaid legal services to about 400 teachers in four districts starting Jan 1. The plan costs 18000 and is funded by MEA the Bar Association and Minnesota Indemnity Inc. with MII administering.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Education Association
MEA
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota
Brooklyn Center
Mahtomedi
Milaca
Redwood Falls
Donald C. Hill
Teacher Organization
Roger Brosnahan
Winona
Bar Association
Brosnahan
Minnesota Indemnity, Inc
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
First County Bicentennial Commission
Pioneer
Chris Mattison
Index
First National Bank
Hupmobile
Minnesota Gas Company
I. E. Walling
Index Stationary Shop
Green Stamp Shop
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Birch E. Bayh
D-Ind
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Hart
Bayh
Sparkman
Bill Wise
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Bob Neuman
Neuman
Udall
S.ns
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Lloyd M. Bentsen
D-Tex
Jorge Videla
Videla
Peron
Don Dougherty
David Park Creamery
Walker Nursing Home
Zyskowski
Defense Supply Agency
Defense
Army
Navy
White House Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Congress
Hill
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