Hijacked Malaysian plane crashes killing 100
In Johore state mangrove swamps a hijacked Malaysian Boeing 737 with 100 aboard crashes after a gunbattle and explosion in flight. No survivors among 93 passengers and seven crew. Foreign nationals include Cuban ambassador Mario Inchaustegui and family. Malaysian Agriculture Minister Ali Haji Ahmad among victims. Investigators comb the crash scene as police and soldiers recover remains.
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Tanjung Kapang
Malaysia
UPI
Mario Garcia Inchaustegui
Japan
Ali Haji Ahmad
Singapore
Johore State
G.K. Ganjoor
Kuala Lumpur
Johore Bahru
Johore
Hanoi
Air Vietnam
Danang
Saigon
Phan Rang
Bennington Launches Publicity Drive on Lead Pipes
Town of Bennington begins a media blitz urging residents to identify their lead or other pipes and report details to the town manager. The effort targets homes with older piping, notes infants' risk, and aims to map sources for a spring removal program and reduced chemical use at the new filtration plant. Residents are asked to submit name, address, phone, family size, and children’s ages. help lines provided.
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Bennington
Louis C. Sarelas
Sarelas
Savelas
Cannonball from War of 1812 found in Lake Champlain
Arthur Cohn of Fairfield found a 50 pound eight inch exploding cannonball in 25 feet of water about 200 yards offshore Burlington Harbor while teaching a scuba class. Experts note rarity. believed fired at Burlington battery during a British attack. diver says most finds are smaller and from the western lake.
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Burlington
UPI
Lake
Champlain
Arthur Cohn
Fairfield
Cohn
Burlington Harbor
Middlebury College
Ralph Natling Hill
Lake Champlain
Burlington Battery
Plattsburg, N.Y
Charles LeBlanc
SVSU targets truancy with new five point policy
SVSU officials led by North Bennington principal Viereck plan a five point program to address truancy at MAU and junior high. The policy covers procedures for any absence, limits before repetition of a grade, and involves juvenile officers and administrators in Bennington to tackle root causes such as home life and self image.
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Lee Harrison
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Mark Twin
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
MAU
Donald Banchik
Banchik
Phillip R. Viereck
North Bennington
SVSU
Viereck
Thomas King
William Bryan
Bennington
Dukakis narrowly dodges student pie attack at conference
University of Massachusetts student Joseph Gould, 19, rushed a weekend regional economic conference and threw a Boston cream pie at Gov. Michael Dukakis, missing as Dukakis ducked. Gould, a Youth International Party member, planned a second pie aimed at Gov. Meldrim Thomson before fleeing security.
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Amherst
Mass
UPI
University of Massachusetts
Boston
Michael Dukakis
Dukakis
Joseph Gould
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
Taiwan
Gould
Youth International Party
Arab leaders freeze relations with Egypt
Hardline Arab states Algeria Libya Syria and South Yemen plus the PLO signed in Tripoli a pact freezing diplomatic ties with Egypt and forming the Front of Steadfastness a defense pact claiming attack on one equals attack on all amid Iraq walkout over weak sanctions Sadat recalls ambassadors from Moscow and Cairo calls for concessions at the Cairo parley while Vance plans a peace shuttle to broaden attendance for the Cairo talks involving Egypt Israel the United States and the U N Secretary General Waldheim
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United Press International
Egypt
Israel
Cyrus Vance
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Vance
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
State Department
Sadat
Tripoli
Libya
Algeria
Syria
South Yemen
Palestine Liberation Organization
Iraq
Moscow
Jamahiriya
Federation of Arab Republics
United States
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Government workers fear to report corruption says Leahy
Senator Patrick Leahy released a 500 page study based on 70 cases showing whistleblowers face firing harassment and retaliation across federal agencies. The report cites defense cost overruns nuclear safety issues and improper contracting while noting the Code of Ethics clashes with agency rules and protection gaps.
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Washington
UPI
Patrick Leahy
Vermont
Leahy
Congress
General Services Administration
GSA
Code of Ethics
Inside National and Local Highlights Across Pages
Four issues delay ad journment for Congress while local items cover St. Peter's Christmas Tea BSD bands concert and orchestra plans, plus editor Gerald Raftery discusses Pat and Sadat. The oil and gas debate is debated, Shaftsbury sixth graders photograph exhibit early results, and seniors shine in golf and tennis with Rams Cowboys Broncos clinching.
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St. Peter’s
BSD
Gerald Raftery
Pat
Sadat
Shaftsbury
Pate
Stacy
Noyes
Jensen
Rams
Cowboys
Broncos
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