04 Dec 1975
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Newspaper
Herald Times Reporter
Location
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1975
Page
1
Indonesian gunmen seized the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam holding at least 50 hostages including children in a second front in Holland. In northern Holland, gunmen on a hijacked train killed two men and threaten the remaining 37 hostages unless given a flight and safe passage.
Wisconsin basks in a mild spell as temperatures rise, with overcast to sunny conditions across the lakeshore. A low pressure system moving east from the Pacific Northwest brings mild air ahead of a potential weekend cold front, with a chance of rain or snow in the north and south on Saturday and colder temperatures Sunday.
Government data show seasonally adjusted wholesale prices unchanged in November after a 0.4 percent dip unadjusted. October's 1.8 percent rise remains the year’s peak, with November marking the smallest two month rise since April 1972 and prices 3.7 percent above a year earlier.
President Ford closes his China trip with confirmation that seven Americans listed as missing in or near China in the Vietnam era are dead. Kissinger states remains of two recovered and next of kin will be notified within 48 hours. Ford pledges to normalize relations while acknowledging differences over Korea and the Soviet Union.
Washington AP reports a threatened nationwide rail strike by 7000 workers was averted as bargainers reached tentative deals on two work rules and kept talking to settle wage and subcontracting issues before a midnight deadline. Union leaders said talks continued with no strike authorized and executives rested briefly after an all night session.
Guards monitored all Miami government buildings after four federal offices and a bank were hit by blasts Wednesday night. One bomb defused, no injuries. A Social Security office, FBI, Justice Department, and two post offices damaged. a manhunt for a man and a woman followed. No group claimed responsibility.
Police killed a North African bank robber and captured a Spanish accomplice after they held about 30 hostages for 14 hours near the Eiffel Tower area. Two women escaped unharmed from a getaway car tied to the incident.
In Vientiane crowds cheered as pro-Hanoi Communist Kaysone Phomvihan was named premier and Prince Souphanouvong named president of the new People's Democratic Republic of Laos. The Information Ministry said Souphanouvong would preside over a 45 member Supreme People's Council while a 39 man cabinet would be headed by Kaysone. King Savang Vathana would be supreme adviser and Souvanna Phouma, former premier, adviser to the government. Souphanouvong and Souvanna Phouma are half brothers. The president is expected to be a figurehead with power in the premier. State Department reports followed.
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