Hijackers Free 4 More Hostages In Dacca Standoff
Jets hijacked by the ultra left Japanese Red Army released four more hostages in Dacca as ransom demands led to a $6 million payment in the United States. Nine hostages freed so far include a Japanese woman an Indonesian woman and an Egyptian couple all reported ill. The hijackers planned to depart after prisoners and money arrive with a Saturday ransom flight due in seven hours.
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Bangladesh
Japan Air Lines
Japan
United States
Red Army
Tokyo
Asahi Evening News
North Korea
Libya
Yemen
Lebanon
New York
U.S
John Gabriel
Montebello
Calif
California
Walter Karabian
Monterey Park
Eric Weiss
J. Caldwell
Alterejos
G. Sands
Escapee Mike Page Recaptured in Hickory After Prison Escape
Mike Page 28, serving seven to ten years for drug violations, escaped Newton's minimum security unit by climbing a nine foot wall last Saturday. He called for help during the night but did not surrender until Thursday morning. Page will be cited for breaking prison regulations and likely reassigned to a minimum-security facility and charged with breaking out of prison, a state violation carrying up to two years.
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Charlotte
Hickory
Mike Page
Newton
Page
Weather outlook shows rain chances across North and South Carolina
The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region with 20 to 40 percent rain chances. Highs reach 70s to 80s, lows in 50s to 60s, and conditions trend cooler by Monday and Tuesday with clearing skies in parts.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
NC schools plan improved programs as enrollments fall
North Carolina officials project a decade of declining high school enrollment from 355 314 this year to 315 502 in 1986 87 with drop rates accelerating after 1978 79. Officials cite birth rate declines from 98 455 births in 1970 to 80 549 last year and discuss consolidations space savings and new programs to adapt.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
National Center For Education Statistics
Darrell Spencer
State Division of
Spencer
Specialists Cite Leukemia Cures
Cancer specialists at a National Conference on Lymphomas and Leukemias report major progress using drug combinations to treat leukemia and Hodgkin's Disease. They say the term cure is used as patients live longer and some are disease free, with hopes to apply methods to breast and colon cancers.
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New York
Vincent J. de Vita, Jr
Division of Cancer Treatment
National Cancer Institute
Institute
American Cancer Society
Congress Votes Authority To Make Neutron Bomb
Washington AP report that Congress authorized President Carter to spend for producing the neutron bomb, a smaller warhead for Lance missiles. The vote, surpassing House opposition, sets up production potential amid fear it could lower nuclear war thresholds.
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Congress
Washington
Carter
House of Representatives
Senate
Europe
Ted Weiss
D-N.y
Energy Research and Development Administration
Weiss
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Sidney Farber Cancer Institute
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