Hijackers Free 59. Bangladesh hijack siege continues
Five heavily armed hijackers freed 59 of 140 hostages from a Japan Airlines DC8 in Dacca after a staged exchange for six million dollars and six comrades released from jail. Gunfire erupted downtown as Radio Bangladesh announced an armed revolution while authorities negotiated.
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Bangladesh
Radio Bangladesh
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
Bangladesh A
Cie
Abdus Sattar
Tabarak Hossain
Ziaur
National Socialist Party
Intercontinental
A.G. Mahmoud
City Responds to Electricity Use Questions From Public
Officials explain streetlights dim at dusk and dawn with automatic controls and test half city lights off downtown. A vacant house with running AC cannot be shut off by ordinance. City Hall cut energy use 30 percent by thermostat adjustments and discrete lighting, and over 40 percent of lights were disconnected.
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Bill Williams
Dave Wilson
Lee Hodorowski
City Hall
Williams
Wilson
High Point Sgt Faces Court Martial for Attempted Murder
Sgt. William Spencer Jr of High Point stands trial at Camp Pendleton Calif for attempted murder connected to a 1976 interracial assault at the base. The case reveals Ku Klux Klan activity on the installation and is explored in today’s feature section across several pages.
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William Spencer Jr
High Point
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Spencer
U S and Soviet push for Palestinian role in Middle East talks
The United States and the Soviet Union urged Israel to recognize Palestinian rights and give their representatives a negotiating role at Geneva. The joint declaration, issued by Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko, also called for Israel to withdraw from territories occupied in 1967.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
Middle East
Geneva
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
New York
State Department
GOP Panel Won't Alter Party Name
The Rules Review Committee rejected a proposal to study changing the Republican name to improve public image. The vote halted debate on a year long study, with members saying the name is a stigma and that the issue is divisive and outside current rules review.
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GOP
New Orleans
Republicans’ Rules Review Committee
John East
North Carolina
William Cramer
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Chicago
Bill Brock
Rules Committee
Byrd vows conclusive vote on natural gas pricing
Senate Majority Leader Byrd promises a final vote on deregulating natural gas pricing despite a persistent filibuster. He says supporters have the votes but expects federal controls to remain until key energy bill provisions pass. Byrd dismisses withdrawal rumors and pressure to move on.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Congress
Carter
West Virginia
Legionnaires Deaths Spark Area Health Play For Answers
Sullivan County Health Department reported a 51 year old woman died last September from Legionnaires disease. Two more patients remained in critical and poor condition as officials pursue federal and state investigations to locate the outbreak source tied to an American Legion convention death in Philadelphia.
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Kingsport
Philadelphia
Diana Blalock
Miss Blalock
Holston Valley
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