Japan yields to Red Army demands over embassy siege
Japan agrees to demands of the Japanese Red Army after militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur with 40 to 50 hostages including five Americans. They seek seven imprisoned members released and a JAL DC8 flight to safe refuge, threatening to start executing hostages by the stated deadline. Malaysia’s stance and Tokyo talks continue as the crisis unfolds.
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Malaysia
UPI
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Europe
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Japan Air Line
Hiromori Kawashima
Tokyo
Stockholm
Japan Air Lines
Tokyo International
JAL
Washington
Ford
Takeo Miki
Lod
Tel Aviv
Ford flies home after 10 nation Europe tour
President Ford ended a 10 day European tour with stops in Bonn Prague Helsinki Bucharest and Belgrade. He urged moderation and flexibility in Middle East talks to avoid world peace risks and said no change in U S policy toward the Middle East. Ford met Tito in Belgrade describing talks as cordial open and constructive and discussed economic and military ties with Yugoslavia while signaling possible resumption of arms talks.
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UPI
Ford
Washington
Middle East
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Prague
Helsinki
Bucharest
U.S
Takeo Miki
Josip Broz Tito
Mideast
Cyprus
Tito
White House
Israel
Nessen
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
United Nations
Europe
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Kunstler ejected from North Carolina court in Little murder trial
UPI reports activist attorney William Kunstler was removed from the Raleigh courtroom by a sheriff’s deputy after a confrontation with Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood during the Joan Little murder trial. He faced possible contempt charges as jurists prepared to hear testimony on clothing linked to the crime.
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UPI
William M. Kunstler
Superior Court
Hamilton H. Hobgood
Joan Little
Kunstler
Wake County
Lester Kelly
Hobgood
Jerry Paul
Miss Little
William Griffin
Clarence Alligood
Alligood
Beaufort County
Sadat may launch limited war if Egyptian economy fails
Boston Globe reports Sadat warned a limited war could be started if Egypt’s economy worsens and Sinai talks stall. Israel’s military could counter any Arab coalition within days, while Egypt seeks Saudi and Kuwaiti funding to pressure diplomacy. Israel reportedly has 10 nuclear weapons, unlikely to be used in a limited conflict.
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UPI
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Boston Sunday Globe
Globe
National Security Council
Egypt
William Beecher
Sinai
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Beecher
Mideast
Middle
East
Jackson calls grain for oil swap amid campaign swing
U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington suggests trading grain for Soviet oil. In Boston during a six-state tour, he warns Midwest crops face weather threats and criticizes Ford on oil price controls and detente. He accuses the Soviets of grain “robberies” and urges tougher American leverage.
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UPI
United States
Henry M. Jackson
U.S
Ford
Ford Administration
Helsinki
Jackson
Vermont’s Worst Week Ends In Fatal Highway Toll
Six Richford residents die in a single car crash near Berkshire as nine Vermont highway deaths over the weekend are reported. Survivors Randy Kennison Steven Kennison and David Kennison age 19 17 and 16 are honored, others including Sheryl Goodhue Brandie Flood Floyd Flood Maurice Tatro Sara Jo Sumner James Grant Terry Severance Charles Haible are named among the victims and survivors. Police investigate driver location in the Berkshire crash while Burlington hospital lists Donald Willequer in critical condition and Maurice Tatro as serious but stable.
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Burlington
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Steven Kennison
David Kennison
Richford
Sheryl Goodhue
Brandie
Floyd Flood
Flood
Medical Center Hospital
Donald Willequer
Maurice Tatro
Canadian
Resi
Dents
Sara Jo Sumner
Randolph
Vt. 12
Bethel
James Grant
Island Pond
Terry, Severance
White River Junction
Charles Haible
Middlebury
Inside National and Local News Snapshot
A multi-section page summary notes Ford trip strains Mrs. Ford and Kissinger amid a tragic Morocco plane crash toll of 188. It mentions a library children's department report, editor Gerald Raftery recalling radical days, and pay raises for producers. Also includes a peas-with-a-knife anecdote and local festival highlights.
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Ford
Henry Kissinger
Morocco
Children’s Department of the Library
Gerald Raftery
Congress
John Gould
The
C. S. Monitor
Arlington
Fox Hollow
Generals
Vermont
Durkin Wyman election lures national heavies
Concord New Hampshire John Durkin says Senator Edward Kennedy will campaign for or against him whichever helps most. Republican Louis Wyman seeks presidential help to win the disputed 100th Senate seat as outside backers flood in. Ford potential aid may await if Wyman calms intraparty tensions. See page back.
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N.H
John Durkin
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Louis Wyman
Ford
U.S. Senate
Wyman
Senate
New Hampshire
U.S. House
Ted Kennedy
Durkin
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