Italian Hijacker Reaches Zurich with Hostages
An armed Italian hijacker aboard a Boeing 727 seized a Turin origin flight, held 29 hostages, and toasted them with champagne. The craft landed in Zurich after detouring toward France, then returned due to fuel. four hostages were released leaving 25 aboard, including crew. The hijacker, Luciano Porcari, aged 36, had earlier forced the jet to Abidjan via Algeria to retrieve his daughter.
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France
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Carter plans to appoint working Americans to federal boards
President Carter aims to tap disenchanted workers for advisory panels on housing, commodities, and rural telephone service. Jim King says the effort seeks to make government accessible by including laborers from on the job sites, offering a talent bank largely unseen by officials.
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Jimmy Carter
Jim King
White House
King
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Action Line answers on bonds loans and local notices
Q and A cover bail bondsmen licensing and loan processes for bonds with real estate collateral through sheriff and tax office. Also notes where to obtain tax forms, IRS help, and prints addresses for Anita Bryant and Sam Ervin, plus Guilford County state senators.
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Commissioner of Insurance
N.C. Revenue Office
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First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Internal Revenue Service
First Citizens Bank
Anita Bryant
Sam Ervin
Gray
M. Smith
Sebo
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State Legislative
Raleigh
N.C
Goldwater Denies Condoning Crime On TV Show
Sen Barry Goldwater called a report alleging he dominated Arizona politics and condoned organized crime "completely untrue" on ABC's Good Morning America. He said he spent little time in Arizona recently and rejected ties to crime figures, noting potential legal action and his past campaign contribution from racketeer Willy Bioff, whose true identity he did not know.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
ABC
America
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc
United States
Goldwater
Willy Bioff
Phoenix
Bill Nelson
Bioff
School Test Drawbacks Are Admitted
In Raleigh AP a top state official acknowledged dangers in a statewide achievement testing program while noting the public demand to know how children and schools are performing. J H Melton deputy state superintendent told education committees the tests pose risks but are needed for accountability.
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D-Buncombe
Pot Preferred Over Martinis in Push to Repeal Marijuana Penalties
ACLU spokesman Jay A. Miller urged Congress to decriminalize marijuana, saying he would prefer his children smoke grass to drink Martinis. He was joined by a congressman, a NYC official, and ABA representative at a House narcotics committee hearing.
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American Civil Liberties Union
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ACLU
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American Bar Association
House Narcotics Committee
Lester L. Wolff
D-N.y
Miller
Jerome Hornblass
New York City Addiction Services Agency
Brooksley Landau
ABA
Edward I. Koch
Average Family To Host President In Clinton Mass
Edward Thompson and his eight children, self described as the average American family, will host President Carter for a meet the people visit on St Patrick’s Eve in Clinton Massachusetts. Mrs Thompson says she is busy preparing and not a fundraiser.
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Thompson
Eva Hester
Thomas P. O'Neill III
Tip’’ O'Neill
White House
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University of Indiana
Early Release Proposed to Ease North Carolina Prisons
Raleigh AP Secretary Amos Reed said the Paroles Commission proposed a program to release misdemeanants and certain inmates to lower the prison population of about 14,200. Gov Hunt would issue a blanket commutation. eligibility varies by sentence length and health or prior offenses, with parole types and exceptions outlined. Reed stressed this is an iterative, case by case consideration process.
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Paroles Commission
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