Arabs Hold 35 Hostages in Hijacking Incident
Passenger list tallies show 32 aboard with five women and 23 others with U.S. addresses. British Overseas Airways Corp. reports three crew and five passengers from Britain. Swissair notes one American passenger. Officials say 55 or 57 missing. negotiations involve State Department and Pope Paul VI envoy. Some hostages freed. Red Cross to continue relief efforts. Vatican and Libyan mediation discussed.
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U.S
British Overseas Airways Corp
Britain
Swissair
Zurich
State Department
Nixon
Switzerland
West Germany
PFLP
Paul VII
Amman
Red Cross
Geneva
Libya
Jordan
New York
Red Cross faces Red Geneva blunder over hijack baby claim
International Red Cross officials confessed they erred in announcing last Thursday the birth of a child to a young American woman among hijacked jetliner passengers in the Jordanian desert. The Amman message by Red Cross delegates was found false and caused embarrassment. Marcel Naville sent a personal note to the unidentified mother saying he did not know her name or the baby's sex but wished her well and asked delegates to bring flowers to the mother.
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Geneva
Upt
International
Red Crogé
Red Cross
Amman
Marcel Naville
Neville
Jordan
Freed man nixes force on Arabs
A hijacking victim says it would be dangerous to use force to free hostages held by Palestinian guerrillas in Jordan. Darwish Adassi of Hayward California, traveling with his eight year old daughter Yvonne, was among passengers on the TWA jetliner hijacked to a landing strip near Amman last Sunday.
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Jordan
UPI
Jesus
New York
Darwish Adassi
Haywood
Calif
Yvonne
TWA
Amman
Fire rips through six-decade building injuring residents
A basement or first floor laundry room fire in a 60 year old structure sent flames up a central stairway as guests and residents fled. Firefighters rescued upper floor occupants while ambulances ferried injured to hospitals. one woman, Martha Robies, suffered multiple pelvic fractures after leaping from a third story apartment.
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Martha Robies
Nader Warns of GM Purge Over Leaks
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader says General Motors is conducting a witch hunt to trace information leaks used to attack the Corvette safety tests. He claims top GM officials will try to blame lower echelon personnel, promising more disclosures and candor while resisting a blame-the-workforce purge.
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Nader
Washington
UPD
Ralph Nader
General Motors
UPI
Arab setback dampens hopes for Israeli gains
The Soviet Union on Sunday conceded hijacking of Western airliners complicated the Arab cause but said any Israeli hopes of benefiting from the setback were doomed to fail.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
UN Obsolete Says Panel as Lodge Plan Seeks Reforms
United Nations faces obsolescence after 25 years, with reforms urged to modernize peace keeping, environmental policing, narcotics and air piracy responses. The Lodge commission will hear ideas and issue final recommendations next April, praising some U.N. achievements despite flaws. Separately in Norwalk, a spontaneous posse aided a deputy chasing three 17 year old youths who escaped from a juvenile reception center after stealing a car.
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Washington
UPI
United Nations
Nixon
U.N
Ambbassador Henry Cabot Lodge
World Organization
Z ‘Lodge
Commission
U.S
San Francisco
Norwalk
Sheriff's
Ishiree
Archie Devereux
Devereux
Leffingwell Road
Volunteer Avenue
Leary Escape Sparks FBI Alert at California Prison
An inmate identified as Leary escaped from a 1250-inmate California prison during a bed check shortly after midnight. An all-points bulletin was issued as guards and the FBI investigated, with Leary facing federal marijuana importation charges and a history of drug-related convictions and appeals.
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Jett
Quentin Heer
Heer
FBI
Leary
Mexico
Soni
Laguna Beach
Harvard
Laredo
Tex
Michael B. Standard
Standard
Cirrcuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Duchess County
N.Y
Hitchcock
Rosemary
John
Orange County
California Adults Authority
Horses Flee Oakland Fire Evacuates 264 Horses
A large fire in East Oakland hills forced the evacuation of 264 horses and 400 people from a nearby horse show. Firefighters, equipment, water tankers, and volunteers battled the blaze, blackening about 100 acres of brush with no injuries reported.
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Oakland
UPI
Oakland Hills
Eral
Harold Crane
Mrs Sirhan Visits Son After Prison Visit
Mrs Mary Sirhan returned to Los Angeles after a San Quentin visit with Sirhan B. Sirhan the condemned Kennedy assassin. She said he hoped his mother could travel to Jordan to help save hostages as Arab guerrillas held 178 people aboard five hijacked jets. Sirhan expressed disappointment over not making the trip and wished no lives would be lost.
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Mary Sirhan
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
State Department
New York
Jordan
Los Angeles International Airport
Moderate 5.5 Quake Shakes Northern California Coast
A 5.5 magnitude undersea earthquake struck off the California coast at 2 10 p m Sunday about 100 miles west of Cape Mendocino and 200 miles north of San Francisco. Reports came from Eureka Garberville and nearby areas with no damage noted. seismograph stations estimated the epicenter about 20 miles northwest of Eureka in the Pacific Ocean.
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Ferndale
Eureka
Pacific Ocean
Fuel Barge Collision Sparks Fatal Fire Near Bridge
A tug pushing three fuel oil barges struck an intracoastal bridge at Port Arthur Texas and exploded, igniting flames. One person died and five were injured as the tug captain and crew sought escape. details on identities and exact roles remain unconfirmed.
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Port .Arthur
Tex
UPI
Coast Guard
Sabine Pass
Tig
Independent Day Observance and Schedule Note
Fragmentary notices indicate a September Independent Day observance with a Sunday schedule marked by a copy reference and telephony line. Details are unclear but suggest event timing and location headings rather than full data.
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Richard Carriger
Posse
Mrs. Sirhan
California
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Aleo
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