Thanksgiving Across the Nation 1979 Highlights
Americans marked Thanksgiving with diverse scenes from Atlantic City to New York City. Seniors dined in casinos, Marines sailed past Iran, and protesters gathered in Plymouth as communities faced weather, hunger, and family bonds.
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N.J
New York
Dallas
Pacific
Jack Marbut
U.S
Iran
Carter
Big Apple
Broadway
Jack Marut
Orange
Midway
Persian Gulf
Sterling
Kan
Darlene Walsh
Kansas
Writer on arts dies at 64 AP staffer Sanders dies
Washington AP veteran Donald Sanders age 64 died Thursday after a cancer battle. He joined The Associated Press in 1941 and specialized in visual and performing arts, serving as staff writer and editor.
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Washington
Donald Sanders
The
Associated Press
Japanese hijacker takes control of JAL DC-10 to Narita
A man armed with a bottle opener and a plastic knife hijacked a Japan Air Lines DC-10 from Osaka to Tokyo and diverted to Narita Airport. He threatened to kill the co-pilot if refueling to the Soviet Union was delayed, but was overpowered by the crew before fueling was completed. 345 passengers and 10 crew were unharmed. hijacker Kazumi Nomura, 25, was handed to police.
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Japan Air Lines
Narita
Soviet Union
Kazumi Nomura
Toshiyuki Nishihiro
JAL
Nomura
Sakai City
Osaka
Haneda
Shozo Hotta
Japan
Red Army
Miller hints at mandatory oil measures
U S Treasury Secretary Miller says President Carter may propose mandatory oil conservation next year. He cites possible gasoline rationing, higher taxes, and lighting and temperature controls as options. Advisers aim to present concrete proposals by mid next month for a January congressional plan.
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London
U.S. Treasury
G. William Miller
Carter
Miller
Middle East
Associated Press
Inter-Agency
Congress
Kidnapped Revlon heir home safely in hours
An eight year old heir to the Revlon fortune was missing from his private school and held for ransom. The kidnapper, Lewis Tuck, a former household employee, used a forged note to take the boy from Curtis School in West Hollywood. He planned a ransom at a Sunset Strip hotel but was arrested before the money arrived. the boy was returned home unharmed.
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Los Angeles
Revlon Cosmetics
Lewis Tuck
Jason Revson
Tuck
Revson
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Curtis
West Hollywood
Jason
Jennifer Revson
Nance Mitchell
Sunset Strip
Klan plans fact finding trip to Seadrift amid crab war tensions
Ku Klux Klan leaders say a small fact finding team will visit Seadrift Texas this weekend to probe claims of irregularities in the August 3 shooting death of Billy Joe Aplin. They warn of a larger 200 to 300 member march next month if no action follows.
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Seadrift
Texas
Texas Grand Dragon
Louis Bean
Bean
Pasadena
Billy Joe Aplin
City Hall
Aplin
Seguin
Bucksport Paper Mill Guilty Of Sex Discrimination
St. Regis Paper Co was found liable by the Maine Human Rights Commission for denying six women janitors access to the men's locker room at the Bucksport mill. Male janitors are allowed in women's locker rooms, sparking protests and concerns over overtime pay and night-shift eligibility.
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Bucksport
Maine
St. Regis Paper Co
Maine Human Rights Commission
Penobscot
St. Regis
James Terrell
Blizzard shuts highways as travelers seek shelter nationwide
Dozens of Midwest travelers are stranded as a blizzard moves east dumping up to a foot of snow in Minnesota and forcing Interstate 90 closures. About 60 people at a Sidney Nebraska National Guard armory shared Thanksgiving dinner with church volunteers after snowblocked I-80.
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Caesars Boardwalk Regency Hotel
Atlantic County
Caesars
Rocky Mountain
High Plains
Mary Young
National Guard
Sidney
Neb
United American Indians of
New England
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Mass
Massasoit
Frank James
Nebraska National Guard
Midwest
Minnesota
Iowa
Rockies
South Dakota
Christ Episcopal Church
Marvin Gunderson
Armory
Fairbury
Interstate 80
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Cheyenne
Sterling
Colo
Nebraska
Laramie County Civil Defense Agency
David Guille
Giant magnet arrives at Stanford for space work
A 107 ton doughnut shaped magnet, touted as the largest object ever moved by highway for such distance, traveled 2 200 miles at 25 mph to Stanford Accelerator Center in Palo Alto. The superconducting magnet from Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago will be used in space exploration.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford Accelerator Center
Department of Energy
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
IRA killer McMahon given life for Mountbatten murder
Irish Republic court sentences Thomas McMahon 31 to life for the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Francis McGirl, 24, is acquitted but ordered to stand trial Jan. 21 on Provisional IRA wing charges. released on bond. Judge Ian Hamilton denies McMahon an appeal.
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Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Thomas McMahon
Louis Mountbatten
Britain
Elizabeth II
Irish Republic
Francis McGirl
Special Criminal Court
IRA
Provisional
Ian Hamilton
McMahon
Provisional Ira
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