Plane Hijackers Release All Hostages Surrender
Three Pakistani hijackers surrendered in Damascus after 13 days and freed more than 100 hostages. The released prisoners, including several Americans and Europeans, arrived from Tripoli via Athens and were taken to a Syrian military hospital as security forces eased reporting. The State Department questioned the identity of a presumed American hostage and noted one man may be traveling on a false passport.
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World Bank
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Washington
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Des Moines
Iowa
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California
Lawrence Mangum
New York City
Department
David Passage
Lawrence Clifton Mangum
Brooklyn
Passage
Prominent Bluefield CPA Found Dead At Bank
Charles E. Boone 33 of Walnut Heights, partner in Boone Meadows Associates, was found near the elevator on the third floor of the Commercial Bank of Bluefield by his secretary at about 8:15 a.m. Police Chief James A Bivens said the cause of death is unknown and under autopsy review. The body was pronounced dead at the scene and moved to Bluefield Community Hospital as authorities pursue the investigation.
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Daily Telegraph
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Charles E. Boone
Walnut Heights
Boone-Meadows Associates
CPA
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Bluefield
James A. Tony Bivens
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Boone-Meadows
Wanda Davidson
David Bell
Bluefield Community Hospital
19 Die In Chicago Apartment Fire
A smoky four story North Side Chicago building fire killed at least 19 people and wounded about a dozen. Rescue teams combed the ruins for victims while investigators probed a first floor laundry room as the cause, with many smoke detectors reported dead or missing batteries.
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Chicago
Edward M. Nichols
Nonstop Coal Talks Aim To Avert A Strike In Weekend Bargaining
Washington negotiators for the coal industry and United Mine Workers began nonstop bargaining as the March 27 contract expiry nears. Leaders Brown and Church conduct long sessions amid tensions over pensions and proposed shifts to company backed plans. The stalemate centers on pension costs and potential reforms, with a union consensus against replacing the multiemployer trust.
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United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Association
B.R
Bobby’’ Brown
Sam Church
Brown
Pittsburgh
Church
Bedlam at Charley O's on St Patrick's Day in New York
AP reports Charley O's near Fifth Avenue hosts the St Patrick's Day pre-noon chaos as celebrities mingle with elites. Waiters recall 1968 dawned the breakfast rush tradition when Sen Robert Kennedy stood on the bar and announced his presidential run, tipping a tray and breaking glasses.
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Bedlam
Charley O’s
St. Patrick's Day
Donegal
Jerry
Gene
Charley O's
St. Patrick's
Rockefeller Center
Robert Kennedy
Sunday Weather Outlook With Flurries in North
Partly cloudy today with highs in the 50s. Showers develop tonight then shift to flurries in the north late tonight. Lows mid 20s to mid 30s. Scattered flurries Monday in the south and eastern panhandle, likely flurries in the north and higher elevations. Highs in the 30s.
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Panhandle
Janitor Saves Abandoned Child in Chicago Trash Compactor
Chicago AP report describes James Bowman, a South Side housing project janitor, who heard whimpering from a trash compactor. He found a newborn 4 to 5 days old on the garbage heap, was taken to Mercy Hospital for exposure, and named "Patrick Joseph" per St. Patrick’s Day. Nurses note Bowman could have pressed the button.
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James Bowman
Bowman
South Side
Mercy Hospital
Patrick Joseph
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