Bomb Hoax Reward At $56,400
Sydney AP reports a total reward of 56400 offered for capture of bandits behind a false bomb threat that led Qantas to pay 560000 in two blue suitcases. The hijack scare involved a Boeing 707 en route to Hong Kong with 128 aboard and a bomb foiled before detonation. Police nationwide hunt continues as ransom notes and an artist’s drawing circulate.
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Australia
Qantas
Hong Kong
Daily Mirror
John Ulm
Memorial Plaque for Stanford Hose Volunteers Honors Deceased
Venango Volunteers present a memorial plaque to Stanford Hose Company president David Turner. Louis Griffin of the Venango County Volunteer Firemen's Association presents the plaque honoring five Stanford Hose Volunteers who died in the Easter fire last year. The plaque will be placed outside fire station number two.
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Louis Griffin
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Raemon Schaeffer
Chester van Zandt
Venango County Organization
Stanford Hose
Pryor
Government Goes Easy On Polluting Industries
Washington AP federal officials adopt a soft enforcement approach for water quality violations. Prosecutions are to be rare, with plant managers likely facing charges rather than top executives. EPA officials aim for voluntary cooperation before suits, civil actions favored over criminal ones when possible.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Shiro-Kashira
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Corps
Justice Department
Kashiwa
Martin Green
Shapp-Legislator Split Evident In Hearings In Harrisburg
In Harrisburg AP reports a rift grows between Gov. Shapp and the legislature as House and Senate Appropriations hold separate hearings on operating expenditures for the next fiscal year. Shapp proposes a 3.3 billion state budget while committees hear from the Public Utility Commission and departments including Community Affairs Health and others. Attorney General Creamer sparks controversy by announcing a probe into Philadelphia Police Department corruption, seen by some as politically motivated amid mayoral primary tensions involving Frank Rizzo.
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J. Shane Creamer
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Creamer
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
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Harry R. J. Comer
Body Found In Erie Landfill Near Parade Street
Erie detectives and the county coroner search for the man’s identity and cause of death after his body washed onto a rock pile near the bay. The white male in his 40s or 50s wore only blue jeans and one brown sock, no jewelry, bare chest, brown hair, about 5'7" with a medium build. Autopsy possible Thursday at Hamot Hospital. no foul play suspected due to lack of wounds.
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Parade Street
Erie County
Merle Wood
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