Hijackers threaten attack as Beirut hostage crisis widens
Arab hijackers who seized a TWA jet in Beirut hold at least 30 Americans as negotiators press Israel to free more than 700 Shiite prisoners. Nabih Berri orders Beirut airport again on maximum alert amid fears of an Israeli strike. Ailing passenger released. rescue plans discussed with Red Cross airlift. Israel considers prisoner releases. Peres seals newsroom blackout during cabinet talks.
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TWA
Sky Pirates
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Reagan
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Amal
Red Cross
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Syria
Mediterranean Sea
Ali Hamdan
Jerusalem
Virginians aboard hijacked TWA flight listed
The Associated Press reports a roster of Virginia passengers on the Athens to Rome TWA Flight 847 hijacked to the Middle East. Officers in New York compiled names from released passengers, friends, and relatives, listing P Bowen, S Dahl, R Herzberg of Norfolk, J Ingalls, P Smith, M R Stethem of Clinton, Suggs, 29, Norfolk, T Watson, and released travelers Susan Herzberg of Norfolk and Ann Summers of Alexandria.
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Virginia
TWA
Middle East
New York
P. Bowen
S. Dahl
R. Herzberg
Norfolk
J. Ingalls
P. Smith
M.R. Stethem
Clinton Suggs
T. Watson
Susan Herzberg
Ann Summers
Alexandria
First Americans freed from hijacked jet return home
The first Americans freed from the hijacked plane reached the United States on Sunday while relatives of other passengers waited for news. Ralph Cataldo of Lexington praised the release of his daughter Janine in Algeria as the best Father’s Day gift. Four TWA flight attendants described brutal treatment and noted plans by some passengers to act only after landing. A slain American passenger’s body was flown to Spain for kin notification.
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United States
Ralph Cataldo
Lexington
Mass
Algeria
Janine
Algiers
TWA
Beirut
Lebanon
Paris
New York
Kennedy Airport
Ali Derickson
Teol
U.S. Air Force
Torrejon
Spain
Ivy Paige
Budget accord could be weeks away
Negotiators from the House and Senate push to craft a 1986 budget amid enduring differences over defense social security and tax programs. The panel met three days last week, deadlocked on minor points, with big disputes on Superfund spending and deficit projections shaping the talks. criticisms from Stockman and chiles push doubt on claimed savings, as optimism wavers about a July agreement.
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Senate
Reagan
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Gray
David Stockman
Sen
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D-Fla
Chiles
Weather forecast calls for warm, sunny spell ahead
Mostly sunny and quite warm today with highs 80 to 85 and a 30 percent chance of a late afternoon thunderstorm. West winds around 10 mph. Tonight partly cloudy with 55 to 60 degree lows and southwest winds near 10 mph. Tuesday also partly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and west winds near 10 mph. Tuesday night lows in the upper 50s. Showers possible Wednesday and Thursday with partly cloudy skies Friday.
Flying bus balloon prompts FAA warning and $200 reward
WBSW FM in Bourbonnais offers $200 for its 20 foot long bus shaped promotional balloon after it broke free in rough weather. FAA warns pilots to watch for it as the balloon could rise to 2000 feet and drift east.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Wbsw-Fm
Bourbonnais
Tim Milner
WBSW
Milner
FAA
Andy North Wins U S Open Amid Dramatic Finish
Andy North, 35, clinched his second United States Open Championship after a tense final round that included a collapse by T C Chen and a bogey tap-in on the final hole. The article also notes a marijuana-related controversy affecting Monroe County, leaving a lingering regional impact.
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Andy North
T.C Chen
North
Discovery flight goes international on shuttle mission B10
The 18th space shuttle mission begins today with an international cast including a Saudi prince and a French pilot and satellites expected to link 22 Arab nations and Mexico to modern communications. Archaeologists uncover remnants of an Indian village dated about 400 years ago at the Buffalo Creek and Guyandotte River confluence in Logan County.
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Mexico
Buffalo Creek
Guyandotte River
Logan County
Fugitives in South America Blur Lines Between Fact and Fiction
In Rio de Janeiro the AP reports on Nazi fugitives believed to hide across Latin America, linking Mengele’s alleged body to real networks. Police officials and scholars note lax controls, immigrant communities, and past Nazi figures like Eichmann and Barbie living or operating in the region, suggesting a real-world echo of popular thrillers.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Germany
South America
Tuma
Henry Sobel
Sao Paulo
Mengele
Wolfgang Gerhard
Gerhard
Ronaldo Gomlevsky
Jewish Federation
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