Hijack Talks Underway at Entebbe Airport
Ugandan authorities negotiated with pro Palestinian hijackers of an Air France Airbus while 257 passengers and crew waited at gunpoint in the terminal. The terrorists named the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and claimed the plane was seized to declare war on France after refueling in Libya.
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Kenya
UPI
Uganda
Air France
Kampala
Paris
Tel Aviv
France
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Athens
Foreign Ministry
Entebbe
Libya
Benghazi
Supreme Court limits racial zoning in school districts
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 2 that federal courts cannot redraw attendance zones kept racially balanced by white flight unless the flight arose from a desegregation order. Justice Rehnquist said Pasadena California zones remained predominantly black after whites fled to the suburbs, stabilizing the mixed zones.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Pasadena
Calif
Congress
Ford
Clark County faces impact from Supreme Court ruling on school zoning
Clark County Superintendent Kenny Guinn said the Supreme Court decision will not affect sixth grade centers but could influence fringe area schools such as Mabel Hoggard Elementary. The ruling allows districts with established mixed zones to avoid ongoing annual assessments, barring direct desegregation orders.
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Clark County
Kenny Guinn
Supreme Court
Mabel Hoggard
Guinn
West Las Vegas
US. Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Pasadena
Calif
Former Nevada Rep Towell Considers Challenging Sen Cannon
Former Nevada House member David Towell indicates a near decision to run against Democratic Senator Howard Cannon. Towell says he will return to Nevada within two weeks to file, while financing remains a concern and discussions with the Republican Senate Campaign Committee continue. He notes no talks yet with Senator Laxalt. Abbott is also mentioned as a potential challenger but has not decided.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
David Towell
Howard Cannon
Towell
Washington
U.S. Senate
S.M
Big Sam” Cavnar Cannon
C. Harrison Cundiff
Las Vegas
House of Representatives
James Santini
Minden
Washington D.C
National Association of Property Owners
Republican Senate Campaign Committee
Cannon
George Abbott
Abbott
Republican Senate
Washington D. C
First Woman Cadet Enters Air Force Academy in Colorado
Joan M. Olsen, 18 from Elk Grove California, sworn in as the first woman cadet at the Air Force Academy Colorado Springs. She receives a GI haircut pledges allegiance, submits to weigh in inoculations and will follow a demanding program toward aeronautical engineering.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
California
Joan M. Olsen
Air Force
Elk Grove
Calif
Ford
West Point
Naval Academy
Miss Olsen
Colorado Rockies
Berry Price
Lt. Price
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