Missing One Million in Bank Cash Vault Heist
The First National Bank of Chicago reports a $1 million cash loss from its main vault after a Columbus Day weekend. The money in a locked cart vanished despite CCTV and security, with FBI involvement and no signs of tampering.
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Chicago
UPI
First National Bank of Chicago
FBI
First National
Homer J. Holland
Holland
Brinks Inc
Purolator Security Inc
Swaziland Minister Addresses U.N. General Assembly
Abednego Kuseni Hlope the Swaziland agriculture minister addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. He wore a feathered headdress and appeared bare from the waist up in native dress while speaking.
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Abednego Kuseni Hlope
Swaziland
U.N General Assembly
Hijacked Lufthansa Jet Lands at Rome Airport
A Lufthansa jet with 92 passengers halted behind a fence at Rome airport while four gunmen demanded the release of 11 prisoners in Germany and Turkey. After refueling in Rome the plane departed toward Cyprus, following a midflight hijack from Mallorca to Frankfurt.
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Lufthansa
Rome
Mallorca
Frankfurt
Cyprus
Germany
Turkey
Thieves Steal 250 Pumpkins From Concord Patch
An 8 year old student and classmates were growing pumpkins for Halloween gifts to the handicapped and nursing home patients when thieves stole 250 of the finest pumpkins from the patch near Concord New Hampshire. The loss disrupted the fourth grade project and left the pupils saddened.
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Michael Adler
Concord
N.H
Newspapermen wait for president's call
A Los Angeles Times piece recalls how President Carter's private calls to journalists upended newsroom vanity and family routines. The narrator fantasizes about a presidential call while colleagues joke about the three-martini lunch and the pursuit of a Pulitzer.
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Washington
Carter
Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Jack Nelson
Los Angeles Times
Walter Mondale
White House
United States
Jody Powell
Art
President Carter
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