Hijackers seize Air France jet in Africa and declare war
Arabs hijacked the Athens to Paris Air France jet with 38 aboard to declare war on France. The aircraft, refueled in Benghazi and forced to Entebbe, carried nine Americans and at least 86 Israelis among the hostages. PLO dissociated itself, condemning the act as harmful to Palestinian aims.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Athens
Entebbe
Uganda
France
Air France
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Paris
Palestine Liberation Organization
Pierre Renard
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Benghazi
Libya
Khartoum
Israel
Palestine
PLO
Lebanon
Foreign Ministry
Tall Ships draw 100000 Newport visitors for fleet
Newport Rhode Island drew about 100000 sightseers on Sunday as the international Tall Ships fleet visited the waterfront. Traffic snarls lasting four hours hampered return travel while Jamestown observers added 15000. The Sir Winston Churchill carried 42 crewwomen aged 16 to 21 and 4000 male cadets blended into crowds as party bars thronged Thames Street.
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Newport
R.I
UPI
Debby Smith
Belfast
Northern Ireland
British Sail Training Association
Plymouth
England
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Bermuda
Thames Street
Viking 1 Mars landing delayed to safer site
In Pasadena NASA scientists scrubbed the July 4 Viking 1 lander touchdown after Mars proved uncooperative. A new safer site near the Chryse plain, likely Northwest Territory, will push the landing back by days or weeks. Lander must avoid boulders and steep slopes as cameras cannot resolve small hazards from 1000 miles up. Project manager James Martin stressed getting the automated lab on Mars in working order remains the priority.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
Viking 1
James Martin
Martin
Northwest Territory
Plain of Chryse
Viking
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Gunman fires on Yugoslav diplomat in West Germany
A gunman fired at Yugoslav vice consul Vladimir Topic outside his office in Dusseldorf missing all shots. Police seized two suspects and pursued a car with a license plate. Earlier this month Germany banned two exile Croatian groups tied to Yugoslav officials.
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Duesseldorf
West Germany
UPI
Vladimir Topic
Topic
Germany
Frankfurt
Military leader wins first free election in Portugal
In Portugal the military chief Gen Antonio Ramalho Eanes won the first free presidential election with about 61.5 percent of the vote as of 99 percent counted. He led a landslide over Maj Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho who had 16.5 percent, while Prime Minister Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo trailed with about 14.5 percent and Communist Oc Tavio Pato with 7.6 percent. Eanes pledged to put the country back to work amid economic upheaval since 1974. Soares predicted a major political shift and welcomed the result as a defeat for the Communist party. The election follows the 1974 coup that ended a 48-year dictatorship.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPD
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Eanes
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Adm
Jose Pinharro de Azevedo
Air Force Academy Admits Women First Among U.S. Service Schools
The Air Force Academy in Colorado becomes the first U.S. military academy to admit women cadets. The 1980 class, 1,600 strong, includes 158 females arriving amid processing and swearing in. Women join a mostly male environment with similar entry requirements and uniforms including skirts and pants. The academy assigned 18 women to athletic, military training, and faculty roles.
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Air Force Academy
Colo
UPI
U.S. Military Academy
Ford
West Point
Naval Academy
Unmean
Air Force
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
North Korea
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Mark P. Frudden
Jamestown
City
Sir Winston Churchill
Shelley Richardson
Anh
Hilary Gladders
Yorkshire
U.S. East Guard
Eagle
Salvador Allende
James Callaghan
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Downing Street
London
Kissinger
John Vorster
Bonn
Vorster
Diane Chaloux
Bennington
Main Street
Kennington
Vermont
Perrotta
Mario Soares
Communist Party
Perrotta — Perrotta
Saraiva de Carvalho
Azevedo
Pato
Manfred W. Ehrich, Jr
Fred Ehrich
Mount Anthony
Matee Wate
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Louie
Louis Perrotta
North Adams Public Schools
People’s Choice
Parratta
Perrotta — Poerratta
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