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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1976
Page
3
United Airlines jetliner is seized by an armed UAL mechanic identified as Palm Hinnant, holding maintenance workers hostage on Tuesday. The gunman demands fuel for the aircraft as authorities negotiate to resolve the standoff without further violence.
A 14 hour siege at a United Airlines jet base ended when hijacker Palm J. Hinnant 37 surrendered after injuring a hostage and releasing two friends who then came out for coffee and eggs. FBI negotiators and a Dr Morris Brock treated mental problems.
An early morning blaze in a three story downtown Los Angeles building killed six residents and injured 30 others as eight apartments burned. A child is carried from the scene by a medic, one of the injured arriving at an ambulance. UPI Photo.
The Women's Political Caucus says Carter leans on an elite network as most key posts fall to familiar faces. Gloria Steinem and Barbara Mikulski say they cannot even get hearings while establishment figures fill top jobs. Critics note two women join the cabinet but accuse a closed circle persists.
At Yucca Flat Nevada a small nuclear device code named Asiago exploded 1082 feet underground. The yield was under 20 kilotons with no atmospheric radiation detected. It was the 15th U S test this year and part of winter testing under treaty limits with Russia.
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