Marksman Slays Would-Be Hijacker in California
A gunman hijacked a Continental 727 at San Jose Airport, held four hostages, and wounded one before police sharpshooters killed him with a single blast as he emerged from the jet. The siege involved a lengthy chase through area sites before the final confrontation.
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San Jose
Calif
Continental Airlines
San Jose Municipal
Fred Salomon
Salomon
San Jose Hospital
Wiesels
Reid- Hillview Airport
Dennis Stewart
Bill Baroni
Acros
Baroni
San Jose Municipal Airport
Encephalitis cases rise in Charleston West Virginia report
Charleston health officials say 10 suspected cases of St Louis strain encephalitis were reported, with all cases mild and three patients discharged. Several others with symptoms did not require hospitalization as of Monday.
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Charleston
W. Va
St. Louis
Kanawha
Page Seckford
Peace-Protesting Terrorists Leave Madrid Embassy for Algeria
Five Palestinian terrorists who seized the Egyptian Embassy in Madrid to protest Sinai peace moves boarded a minibus for Barajas and a flight to Algiers with five hostages including Egyptian ambassador Ahmoud Abdul Ghaffar. Spain and Egypt negotiated as Sadat condemned the attack.
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Madrid
Spain
Sinai
Algeria
Egypt
Israel
Iraq
Algiers
Drid
Barajas
Ahmoud Abdul Ghaffar
Geneva
U.S
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
The
Arab Socialist Union
Eritrean rebels threaten U S hostages over Ethiopia arms aid
Eritrean Liberation Front officials in Beirut warned four American captives held in northern Eritrea could be killed if the United States does not halt arms supplies to Ethiopia's military regime. The White House said it had received some demands but contact with the group was not established. The four captives include two U S sailors and two soldiers seized from Kagnew near Asmara amid ongoing regional conflict.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ethiopia
United States
White House
Washington
U.S
Eritrean Liberation Front
ELF
Assa
Navy
3. C. Thomas C. Bowidowicz
Jersey City
N.J
Army
David Strickland
Orlando
Fla
Campbell
Irel
Eritrea
Ford denies immediate resumption of grain sales to Soviet Union
Washington AP Ford rejected a farm leaders request to lift the grain embargo with the Soviet Union. American Farm Bureau president Kuhfuss said farmers lose export markets as embargo continues through mid October while talks with Moscow proceed.
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Washington
Ford
Farm Organization
Soviet Union
William J. Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kuhfuss
Afl-Cio
George Meany
U.S
Moscow
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
White House
Meany
United States
Airport Authority Eyes Commuter Service to Charleston
Mercer County Airport Authority considers a spring 1976 commuter flight to Charleston with possible connections to Pittsburgh. Plans hinge on hangar space, private subsidy models, and cooperation from Appalachian Flying Service to add two planes.
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Airport Authority
Charleston
Kathi Starling
Mercer County Airport Authority
Walter Burton
Bill Kell
Pittsburg
Kell
Mercer County
Piedmont
Pittsburgh
Appalchian Flying Service
Fire allegations known to Asbury face long investigation
Bluefield Virginia police chief Jack Asbury said he has known for some time about allegations that Bluefield fire department members helped set fires last year. A 17 year old youth accuses firemen and officials of encouraging and aiding arson at about 17 vacant buildings in 1974. Officials declined comment as Deputy Fire Marshal E M Pugh begins an intensive probe sparked by Friday's Telegraph report.
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Frank L. Wiesels
Salomon
Asst
Jay H. Probst
Maryanne Stevens
Bluefield
Jack Asbury
Asbury
Daily Telegraph
Coates
Virginia
E. M. Pugh
Wytheville
The
Telegraph
Pugh
Miners Submit Food Stamp Applications After Strike
More than 200 coal miners who returned to work after the wildcat strike filed food stamp applications by noon Monday at the Princeton Welfare Department office. The department kept the office open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to handle the load and said processing will be individual and may take time. Governors and officials noted the aim to tide miners to the next payday and urged applicants to bring pay stubs, income verification, rent or mortgage receipts, utilities, and medical payments records.
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Garnette Lilly
Princeton
Welfare Department
Arch A. Moore
Charleston
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Wrtles
Richmond
Powhatan
Goochland
Department of Finance and Administration
Concord
N. H
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
Senate
Rome
J. Paul Getty III
Getty
California
House
Salem
Roanoke County
Langhorne Jones
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Federal Trade Commission
Safeway Stores
FTC
Safeway
U. S
Kagnew
Red Sea
Russia
Federation
Farm Bureau
Earl Butz, Ford and
Angar Space
Tazewell County
Wade S. Coates
Bluefield, Va
M. Crockett Hughes
Ray Lynch
Princeton Welfare Department
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