Palestinians Seize Saudi Embassy Hostages Fly Toward Middle East
Five Palestinian gunmen who seized 13 hostages at the Saudi embassy in Paris commandeered a Syrian Arab Airlines plane. The crew included 12 Arabs and six hostages. The plane departed Le Bourget at 2 41 pm Paris time with an unknown destination. Nurses said captors wanted to go to Baghdad. The Iraqi ambassador released this morning. Women hostages freed at the embassy entrance were taken to a first aid station and were in good health.
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Paris
le Bourget
Greece
Cyprus
Middle East
Baghdad
Damascus
Francoise Goussault
Nathalie Siffre
Michel Siffre
Boyle Charged in Yablonski Deaths
Pittsburgh AP Boyle 68 a longtime United Mine Workers leader is charged with murder for the killings of insurgent Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. A state warrant cites Turnblazer as arranging the murders while a federal indictment accuses Boyle of conspiring to remove Yablonski from union affairs. Boyle was arrested after the federal action.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’ Boyle
UMW
Joseph ‘Jock” Yablonski
Yablonski
William Turnblazer
Boyle
John L.lewis
Turnblazer
Washington
Pennsylvania
Jess Costa
Washington County
Middlesboro
Elmer Schifko
Schifko
Albert Pass
District 19
Pass
iPass
Margaret
Charlotte
Reform Mind
IP Telephoto
Tony" Boyle
Joseph Yablonski
Senate Unit Rebuffed on Suit Speedup
In Washington US District Court Judge John J Sirica gave the White House until Sept 24 to answer the Senate Watergate committee suit seeking access to secret presidential tapes. The judge refused expedited handling, noting the case must not be rushed a half baked job.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Sirica
J. Fred Buzhardt
Necessity as mother of invention? Unnecessary stuff gets in vented
A playful musing questions why inventions sprout from need while needless gadgets clutter progress. It riffs on how clever solutions sometimes arise from scarcity but also how excess can hinder practical use.
Nixon urges Congress to stay and push energy and budget cuts
President Nixon blasted Congress for a disappointing performance and vowed a new State of the Union message next Monday calling for inflation fighting budget cuts except in defense and energy crisis measures. He urged Republicans to press seven energy and other bills and warned against adjourning before action.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Soviet Union
Hughes quits Senate to pursue religious work renowned Iowa leader
U S Sen Harold Hughes 51 announces he will not seek re election, choosing to serve as a religious lay worker with the Fellowship Foundation and International Christian Leadership in Washington D C and abroad. He will forgo salary once his new assignment begins in 16 months, saying government must change through personal heart change. He cited efforts against alcoholism narcotics, war and social injustice. He discussed the move with family for over two years and said Democrats opposed but accepted his decision. Culver expressed interest in 1974 race. Hughes dismissed political calculations as factors in his choice.
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Des Moines
U.S
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Senate
Johnson
Nixon
John Culver
Second
Agece
Bob Ray
Gov. Ray
Ray
Democratic Party
Hughes announces retirement from Senate to enter religious work
U S Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa says after soul searching and family discussions he will retire when his term ends to work as a lay religious worker with the Fellowship Foundation and the International Christian Leadership. He cites personal religious motives and a desire to focus on alcoholism, narcotic addiction, peace, and social justice.
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Algiers
Morocco
Siri
Supreme Court
Cox
Cash
Union
Hugh Scott
House
Gerald Ford
Ford
Israel
Agnew
Baltimore
Maryland
Elliot Richardson
By Frank Nye
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Culver
Jack Miller
Gov
Robert Ray
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