Train Hostage Crisis Deepens in Holland After Consulate Seizure
Indonesian South Moluccan militants seized the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam and held a hijacked northern Holland train for a third day, killing two men on the train and wounding several staff. Police evacuated and blocked access as gunmen demanded transport and supplies. A mediator spoke with leaders but no agreement emerged.
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South Moluccan Islands
Indonesia
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Dries van Agt
Rev. S. Mellary
Johan Alvares Manusama
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Inflation Eases as Wholesale Prices Stand Flat in November
Government data show seasonally adjusted wholesale prices unchanged in November with a four-tenths percent drop unadjusted. The Labor Department cites lower food costs and cooler industrial commodity prices after October’s 1.8 percent surge, placing the 12 month rise at 3.7 percent.
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Biddeford Landlords Try To Block Elderly Housing Plan
Landlords in Biddeford meet informally to block a government subsidized elderly housing project on Prospect Street. Developers Tambone Corp and architect discuss two layout options with the planning board while city officials consider hearings and the impact on current rentals. A public hearing on January and a city strategy on housing subsidies are discussed to shape the project’s fate.
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Biddeford
Robert Dodge
Wishcamper
Tambone
Planning Board
E Board
Dodge
Maine State Housing Authority
MSHA
Prospect St
Officials clash over Maine lab plan near election
Old Orchard Beach officials spar over Excelsior Laboratories proposed $300,000 disposable plastic contraceptive plant on 5.3 acres of town land off the Tfor-Turn Road. Dr. Leonora Jost said construction could start in spring pending bank financing and council approval. Plans include 125 to 135 jobs and $5,000 to $6,000 in local taxes. production would be by Laboratories Inc with tubing by Shape Symmetry Sun Co of Biddeford.
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John Bird
Jerome Plante
Bird
Plante
Leonora Jost
Excelsior Laboratories
Farmers Home Administration
Jost
Maine
of Laboratories, Inc
Federal Drug Administration
U.S
Shape
Symmetry
Sun Co
Biddeford
Strike Averted as Rail Unions Tentatively Settle
Washington AP reported four shopcraft unions will keep talks going after agreeing to let the 6 am strike deadline pass. Federal mediators worked through a second night on three remaining contract disputes with railroad representatives. Two issues, hose coupling and wrecking, were tentatively settled as unions and railroads seek to avoid a Congress showdown and nationwide paralysis of travel and freight.
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Washington
W. J. Usery Jr
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cobson
Usery
Congress
Ford says seven Americans missing in action are dead
President Ford wrapped up his China trip with confirmation from Chinese officials that seven Americans missing in or near Vietnam war areas over the past decade are dead. Kissinger said next of kin will be notified within 48 hours and noted partial remains recovered for two. Ford reiterated a goal of full normalization with China while agreeing to disagree on the Soviet issue.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Indonesia
Inside the Journal Rock N Roll Record Side
A remark from the journal notes that the best thing about a rock n roll record is its symmetry: if you break one side you break the other.
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