Arab Hijackers Declare War On France In Air France Hijack
Arab gunmen who seized an Air France jet from Athens to Entebbe said they were acting to declare war on France. The plane carrying 258 people including nine Americans and 86 Israelis landed after refueling in Benghazi and Entebbe with limited fuel remaining. The hijackers, said to be 4 to 7 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, issued a statement targeting France and Israel while the PLO dissociated itself from the act.
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UPI
Athens
Entebbe
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France
Air France
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Paris
Palestine Liberation Organization
Pierre
Renard
PLO
Idi Amin
Kampala
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Benghazi
Libya
Khartoum
Israel
Palestine
Lebanon
Women Cadets Enter Air Force Academy First On Three Campuses
The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs opened its gates to women cadets with 158 entering the 1980 class, joining about 1,600 men. California leads with 23 women, while Texas and Virginia have eight each. 11 states have no women entering.
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API
Ford
Colorado Springs Area Military School
West Point
Naval Academy
Air Force
California
Texas
Virginia
Georgia
Kentucky
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming
Academy
James R. Allen
Berry Price
Commandant of Cadets
Balloon pilot Karl Thomas missing on solo transatlantic attempt
New York ground crew report no contact from Karl Thomas since 4 a.m. Sunday as 20 ships scour the North Atlantic area. Beepers not heard fuels optimism. authorities monitor potential beeper signals while Thomas, 27, flies Spirit of 76 from Lakehurst and fights transmitter malfunctions amid storm and vague navigational fixes.
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UPI
Atlantic
Karl Thomas
Thomas
Karl
Wally Clayton
Clayton
U.S. Coast Guard
Troy
Mich
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Europe
Pan American World Airways Flight 189
Africa
Pan Am
Lakehurst
N.J
Naval Air Station
North Atlantic
Sudan Says War on Rats Ends in El Gezira Region
Sudan reports a month long campaign against rats in El Gezira province between the Blue and White Niles. President Jaafar Numeiry launched the effort with poison drops. The operation cost 1.2 million dollars and claims about 15 million rats killed, reducing crop destruction.
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Khartoum
Sudan
UPI
El-Guezira
Blue Nile
White Nile
Jaafar Nuneiry
Union Workers Strike at Cessna Wichita Plants
About 2,500 Cessna Aircraft union workers voted 3 to 1 to strike at midnight after rejection of the company wage and benefits proposal. Pickets blocked gates at Wichita and Winfield plants as negotiations continued with a federal mediator likely to resume talks this week. This is the first strike at Cessna Wichita since 1959.
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Wichita, Kan
UPI
Cessna Aircraft Co
Cessna
Wichita
Strother
Winfield
Pawnee
Wallace
Harold Walton
International Association of Machinists District 70
Walton
Call Tribune carrier if he misses you hours listed
The notice instructs readers to contact their Tribune carrier if a delivery is missed. If unreachable, use the public number 431 4100 during specified hours from 5 30 to 6 p m on weekdays and by 9 00 a m Saturday.
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