Douglas to build larger quieter DC-9 Super 80 for federal orders
McDonnell Douglas announced a move to produce the DC-9 Super 80, a longer higher capacity variant, with first deliveries set for early 1980 to Swissair and other carriers. Orders exceed $400 million, financed by federal government agencies, with Swissair Austrian Airlines Southern Airways among early buyers and options for more.
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McDonnell Douglas Corp
Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Douglas
Douglas Long Beach
Swissair
Southern Airways
Austrian Airlines
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
Southern
Lynyrd Skynyrd band dies in Mississippi plane crash
A twin engine plane carrying 26 people including Lynyrd Skynyrd members crashed in a swamp near McComb Mississippi killing three performers Honnie Van Zant Steve Gaines Cassie Gaines and three others. Six band members were hospitalized two critically. The Convair 240 ran low on fuel and attempted a crash landing before striking tree tops and crashing.
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Renan Richmond
Southwest Mississippi Medical Center
McComb
Greenville
D.C
Baton Rouge
Vote saves B-1 bomber funding in late House reversal
In Washington, Speaker ONeill and Appropriations chair Mahon steered the House to defeat a bid to reinstate 1.4 billion for B-1 bomber production. The 204 to 106 vote backed Carter's termination of the program despite Democratic opposition and Republican support.
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Martin Toich
New York Times
Washington
House
Carter
Thomas P. O’neill
D-Mass
George Mahon
D-Texas
Appropriations Committee
Hijacker frees hostages then kills himself on jet
Frontier Airlines flight 101 was hijacked in Grand Island Nebraska by Thomas Michael Hannan who released 19 of 33 hostages in Kansas City and Atlanta before fatally shooting himself. FBI and Frontier confirmed the death after negotiations failed to meet his ransom and escape demands.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Nebraska
FBI
Thomas Michael Hannan
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
al Feldman
Fulton County
Hannan
Stewart
J. Roger Thompson
Thompson
Bers
Grand Island
Kansas City
Flying hubcap fatal crash on San Diego Freeway
A 65 year old woman, Lois Paulos of San Clemente, was killed when a hubcap shattered her windshield south of Mission Viejo on the San Diego Freeway. Deputies said the hubcap pierced the glass, then went through the rear window and the car veered to the shoulder near Parkway before stopping.
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San Diego
Mission Viejo
Lois Paulos
San Clemente
Mission Community Hospital
Laguna Hills
Parkway
Huge hunt for terrorists in Europe after Schleyer death
German police France launched a massive hunt for one woman and six men tied to the kidnap slaying of industrialist Hans Martin Schleyer. Autopsy shows he was killed by three bullets after his captors learned jailed terrorists had died. Protests by Baader group sympathizers erupted across Europe as authorities intensified cross border manhunts.
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Bonn
West Germany
Germany
France
Hans-Martin Schleyer
Europe
Schleyer
Alsace
Mulhouse
Christian Klar
Federal Criminal Office
Klar
Frankfurt
Public Prosecutor's Office
Andreas Baader
Stuttgart
Red Army
Baader
Congress approves $2.65 minimum wage rise
Congress passed a bill raising the minimum wage from $2.30 to $2.65 per hour starting next January, affecting about five million workers. The measure, backed by labor and civil rights groups, stands amid GOP claims of job losses, with final exemptions to cover retail and service businesses up to $362,500 in sales by 1980.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
House
Senate
Pickle
Swift coup in Thailand replaces Tanin Kraiyixien
In Bangkok a swift bloodless coup by dissatisfied military leaders toppled Prime Minister Tanin Kraiyixien's year-old government. A Revolutionary Committee led by Chalor Yoo, a retired navy admiral, took power. elections were promised within a year. Soldiers surrounded Government House as the change of government unfolded.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Government House
Tanin
Quakes Rattle Imperial Valley in Early Morning Tremors
A swarm of earthquakes struck Brawley Imperial Valley with the strongest jolt of 4.0 on the Richter scale at 3 29 am. Authorities said windows rattled beds shook and dogs barked as residents took the tremors in stride per a sheriff department spokeswoman.
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Imperial Valley Sheriff’s Department
Brawley
BIXBY Ranch Co Sues State Over LNG Siting Law
The Bixby Ranch Company files a lawsuit challenging a state LNG siting law claiming regulatory overreach. The action seeks to overturn or modify provisions affecting project approvals and deployment timelines. Details indicate legal arguments center on jurisdiction and environmental review requirements.
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Bixby Ranch Co
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