Ethiopian Airliner Hijack Ends With Seven Hijackers Killed
A U S professor Roderick Hilsinger from Temple University helped foil a hijacking after a grenade was hurled during a tense airborne standoff. Security guards fatally shot seven hijackers and wounded others as the plane landed safely in Addis Ababa. ten hijackers were involved and three were arrested.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
U.S
Roderick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Hissinger
Eritrea
Asmara
Richard Wylie
Hilsinger
Ethiopian Airlines
Paris
Lutheran Hospital Plans $400000 Kitchen and Cafeteria Expansion
Lutheran Hospital proposes a ground level 6750 square foot expansion to its dining and kitchen areas to support a 109 bed addition expected by late 1973. The plan would add 4700 square feet for staff dining and 2050 for kitchen development, with growth projections through 1975 and staff demand rising by 30 percent in 18 months.
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Lutheran Hospital
Health Facilities Committee
Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization
WWHPO
South Avenue
Charge Dropped Possible Over Charitable Store Openings
New York officials plan to withdraw a summons against Alexander's department store for Sabbath law violations. Corporation counsel Norman Redlich says a stipulation allowing works of necessity and charity would apply as the store opened to serve handicapped shoppers during the Christmas rush. The move drew anger from management and public figures, and the issuing patrolman later said he was ashamed.
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New York
Alexander's Department Store
Norman Redlich
Alexander’s
University of Wisconsin Platteville students die in crash
Two UW Platteville seniors Mark Rule and Michael Lemke were killed when a van collided with a semi on U.S. 151 in Iowa County as snow covered roads. Two Platteville students were injured in the crash, raising Wisconsin's 1972 traffic toll to 1 086.
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Associated Press
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Wisconsin
Mark S. Rule
Dodgeville
Michael J. Lemke
Greenleaf
U.S. 151
Iowa County
Mineral Point
Rule
University of Wisconsin- Platteville
Platteville
Doreen Robinson
Kenosha
Council Acts To Block Campbell Incorporation
La Crosse Common Council votes 18 to 1 to oppose Campbell incorporation and to seek annexation instead. City Atty. Flanagan told aldermen to fight the petition in court while the resolution pressures state and local agencies. Hearing on the petition set for Monday as aldermen weigh costs and benefits of annexation.
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la Crosse
Campbell
French Island
Common Council
John K. Flanagan
Peter Pappas
Wisconsin Department of Local Affairs and Development
Clayton Johnson
3Rd Dist
Loren Wardwell
9Th Ward
Ronald G. Bracegirdle
Flanagan
Gilbertson
James Shoger
Flanagarr
Patrick Zielke
Shelby
Zielke
Curtis Storck
14Th Dist
Raymond Keller
Onalaska
Shoger
Federal Aviation Administration
Weekend Snow Outlook With Very Cold Temps
Clouds bring light snow Friday night with 1 to 3 inches possible by Saturday morning. Lows near minus 5 Saturday with partly cloudy skies and colder winds. Snow flurries possible Friday night and Saturday, 20 percent precipitation Saturday. Sunday remains partly cloudy and very cold near minus 5.
Five years at hard labor for Seaman Appren Jeffrey Allison
Seaman apprentice Jeffrey Allison received five years hard labor after ignition of a fire causing 7.5 million dollars in damage to the aircraft carrier Forrestal. The incident led to a major naval disaster and highlighted safety failures aboard the ship.
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Seaman Appren
Jeffrey Allison
Forrestal
Governor Study Committee Recommends Arts Commission
The Governor's Study Committee on the Arts recommends forming a Commission on the Arts and Humanities. The proposal, outlined on page 5, envisions a statewide body to promote arts programs funding and cultural initiatives.
Norplex Union Reach Extended Court Restraining Order
Representatives of UOP Norplex and United Auto Workers Local 1263 extend the restraining order through December 29 after a Thursday hearing. The order limits pickets to two per entrance and bans violence or property damage at the plant. Both sides return to bargaining, with sessions planned for next week. The 288 member union began striking October 1.
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UOP Norplex
United Auto Workers
Peter Pappas
UAW
Pappas
Ex Spartan Bruce McCoy Dies in South
Bruce R. McCoy, 76, former Sparta newspaper publisher and son of Maj. Gen. Robert B. McCoy, died Thursday. He later taught journalism at LSU and held posts with the Wisconsin and Louisiana press associations, with a career spanning the Milwaukee Sentinel to the Los Angeles Times. Services are pending in Baton Rouge.
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Sparta
Wis
Bruce R. McCoy
Camp McCoy
Robert B. McCoy
Baton Rouge
McCoy
Sparta Herald
Wisconsin Press Association
Louisiana State University
Milwaukee Sentinel
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Kansas City Star
Albuquerque Journal
Los Angeles Times
University of Wisconsin
Madison
University of Minnesota
Louisiana
Louisiana Press Association
Life magazine to cease publication after December 29 issue
Time Inc announces Life magazine will stop weekly publication after the December 29 issue due to ongoing losses. The 36 year old publication, famed for photojournalism, faced substantial deficits in 1969 1970 and smaller losses in 1971 1972 with projections showing continued heavy losses into 1974. About 250 to 300 staff gathered for the closed meeting at the Time Life Building.
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New York
Life Magazine
Time, Inc
Henry Luce
Life
Time-Life
Sixth Avenue
90Th Street
Com
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Uw-Platteville
Madison, Wis
Patrick J. Ziegler
Kenneth Ziegler
Cottage Grove
Dane County
Clyde Chamberlain Jr
the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
Cincinnati
Ohio
Council
la Crosse Area
Commission
Ee Ann Landers
Women’s News
Tri-State
Norplex
Bruce McCoy
South
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