American professor helps foil Ethiopian airliner hijacking
Professor Roderick Hilsinger of Temple University grabbed a live grenade dropped by a hijacker as security guards shot seven attackers, including a woman, during an Ethiopian Airlines incident near Addis Ababa. Ten hijackers were involved. three arrested. Hilsinger wounded and in serious condition. Nine other passengers and crew were hurt as the plane safely landed after an engine and rudder were knocked out.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
U.S
Roderick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Hissinger
Eritrea
Asmara
Richard Wylie
Hilsinger
Apollo 17 Near Moon In Midcourse Pass Off Course
Apollo 17 reaches halfway point on its voyage to the moon with America and Challenger in approach, crew reports good rest while ground controllers plan a one second thrust to correct course for lunar orbit. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt describe views of Earth and weather from space.
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Moon
America
Challenger
Mission Control
Apollo 17
Schmitt
Space
Houston
Cernan
Apollo crew praises space craft as top performing
Flight controller Jerry Griffin praised the spacecraft as operating superbly and said a false alarm warning system issue appears solved. astronauts report light appetite but feel better after adjusting to space. Cernan and Schmitt plan a first space visit to Challenger and will test lunar lander systems before a planned lunar landing at 1 54 p m CST on Monday with Evans remaining in lunar orbit.
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Cernan
Jerry Griffin
Schmitt
Mission Control
Challenger
Space
Moon
City Opposes Campbell Incorporation and Aims Annexation
La Crosse Common Council approved 18 to 1 a resolution stating willingness to annex Campbell and ordered legal action against a petition seeking a referendum on incorporation. A hearing on Monday will address the petition while officials warn of tax and service cost implications and discuss fire protection and district boundaries.
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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
Patrick Zielke
Shelby
Zielke
Curtis Storck
14Th Dist
Raymond Keller
Onalaska
Shoger
Federal Aviation Administration
Weekend Forecast Summary
Cloudy with light snow Friday night possibly accumulating 1 to 3 inches by Saturday morning. Low near minus 5 Saturday as temps fall. Partly cloudy and colder Saturday with gusty winds and a 20 percent precipitation chance. Sunday remains partly cloudy and cold with temperatures near minus 5.
Five years at hard labor for igniting carrier Forrestal fire
Seaman Appren Jeffrey Allison received five years hard labor for starting a blaze that caused 7.5 million in damage to the aircraft carrier Forrestal. The report also notes Wisconsin lake residents may levy special taxes to protect lake quality and a Governor committee proposes a Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
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James Shoger
Seaman Appren
Jeffrey Allison
Forrestal
Wisconsin
Norplex Union Extend Restraining Order To Dec
Representatives of the UOP Norplex plant and United Auto Workers Local 1263 agreed to extending a restraining order until December 29. The order bars violence and limits pickets at plant entrances as both sides resume bargaining after a costly strike that began October 1.
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UOP Norplex
United Auto Workers
Peter Pappas
UAW
Ex Sparta publisher Bruce McCoy dies at 76 in Louisiana
Bruce R. McCoy former Sparta Herald publisher and son of Camp McCoy namesake Maj. Gen. Robert B. McCoy died at 76 in Baton Rouge where services are pending. McCoy taught journalism at LSU and Minnesota, worked for multiple major papers, and led the Louisiana Press Association for 26 years.
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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 will discontinue due to ongoing losses. The 36 year old weekly, famed for news photographs, will publish a yearend double issue to close. About 250 staff gathered at the Time-Life Building for an 11 a.m. meeting to discuss the shutdown.
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Life Magazine
Time, Inc
Henry Luce
Life
Time-Life
Sixth Avenue
90 Street
Com
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