Hijacked Lufthansa Jet Lands in Mogadishu Somalia
United Press International reports a Lufthansa Boeing 737 hijacked by four terrorists with 87 hostages aboard landed in Mogadishu Somalia at 7:35 a.m. local time after departures from Aden South Yemen. Authorities say negotiations failed and hostages remain aboard amid tense standoff with demands including ransom and prisoner releases.
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United Press International
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Horn of Africa
Mogadishu
Somalia
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Aden
Dubai
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California
West
Germany
Hanns-Martin Schleyer
Turkey
Helmut Schmidt
Parish Honors Bing Crosby Memorial at Sundancer Saloon
The Holy Family Catholic Church observes a Memorial Service Mass for Bing Crosby at the Sundancer Saloon on Boulder Highway. A benefit concert previously raised funds to construct a church, with Pastor Ben Franzinelli praising Crosby's simple generosity.
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Sundancer
Boulder Highway
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Holy Family Catholic Church
Las Vegas
Aladdin Hotel
Ben Franzinelli
Holy Family Parish
Holy Family
Bing
Carter Protest Interruption Hits Carter at Washington Church
Six demonstrators disrupted President Carter's church service at the First Baptist Church in Washington. Five were arrested on disturbing a religious gathering. one, Elizabeth McAlister, faced no charges. The group, linked to the Atlantic Life Community, included Jim McNeil Rosemary Maguire Paul Hood and Mary Lyons.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
District of Columbia
Elizabeth McAlister
White House
Miss McAlister
Rosalynn Carter
Carters
Baltimore
Atlantic Life
Sheats
Jim McNeil
Rosemary Maguire
Paul Hood
Boston
Mary Lyons
Simsbury
Conn
Darkness Falls on San Antonio After Major Power Outage
A fire in a transmission line to a generating plant cut power to San Antonio, leaving about 1 million residents without electricity. Generators were brought online city by city, with the north side restored by 7:37 p.m. PDT and other areas to follow within two hours to prevent overload. CPS cited transmission problems at Calaveras.
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San Antonio
Tex
APT
City Public Service Board
Fire at Sun Power Plant Sparks Skyward Light and Loot Rumors
Residents reported a bright explosion over the Sun power plant on the city’s south side amid a fire. Police chief Emil E. Peters noted sporadic downtown looting with no arrests yet, urging residents to stay home. CPS officials said San Antonio’s 1 million residents would not face outages during the NYC blackout.
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Emil E. Peters
CPS
New York City
San Antonio
Nevada faces unemployment housing and tourism driven woes
The plan by the Governor's Office of Planning Coordination identifies unemployment, housing shortages, and heavy tourism dependence as Nevada's top economic problems. It calls for public hearings, education and job market info boosts, and a state bank to spur diversification while noting housing costs and service sector concentration threaten stability.
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United Press International
Carson City
Nevada
Governor's Office of Planning Coordination
Bruce Arkell
Mineral County
Las Vegas Firefighter Rescued After Mountain Injury
Firefighter Rick Pearson of Las Vegas was rescued Sunday morning from Badger Gulch Summit in the Quinn Canyon Range after fracturing his leg while deer hunting in Nye County. A Nellis helicopter lifted him to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital where he is reported in good condition. Pearson and two companions spent Saturday night on the 10,220 foot peak after their deer hunting mishap.
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Nye County
Nellis Air Force Base
Rick Pearson
Alameda Ave
Las Vegas
Badger Gulch
Quinn Canyon
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Carson
Steve Taylor
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Pearson
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