West Germany raids rescue hostages in hijacked flight
The Lufthansa hijacking ends with a Mogadishu raid freeing 86 hostages. Baader Meinhof gang members die in prison after the failed exchange attempt, and Hanns Martin Schleyer is found killed in France. Protests and calls for anti piracy accords follow.
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United Press International
Lufthansa
Africa
Hanns Martin Schleyer
France
Traugott Bender
Baden Wuerttemberg
Red Army
Baader-Meinhof
West Germany
Mogadishu
Somalia
Italy
Kleindienst tied to multimillion dollar insurance swindle
Arizona Attorney General Bruce Babbitt testified before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee about a complex interstate insurance scheme allegedly masterminded by Joseph Hauser. Former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst may face indictment for his role as a Hauser lawyer as investigators describe Hauser’s efforts to influence Teamsters and Laborers union officials and divert health and welfare fund premiums into his own use.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Kleindienst
Senate
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Babbitt
Governmental Affairs Committee
Joseph Hauser
Kleindienst
Hauser
Body of kidnapped German industrialist found in car trunk
Police traced anonymous tips to a car trunk where Hanns Martin Schleyer was found dead amid reports it was retaliation for a Somali plane hijack raid that freed hostages. The incident follows a high profile abduction tied to West German business interests and terrorism.
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Mulhouse
France
UPI
Hanns Martin Schleyer
West Germany
Mogadishu
Somalia
Dam safety panel cites Bureau gaps after Teton disaster
A National Research Council panel faulted the Bureau of Reclamation for flaws in its dam safety program and urged improvements to prevent future failures following the Teton Dam break in Idaho. The bureau said it is taking steps to strengthen safety across its 330 major dams. A Miami report notes Frieda weakened to a tropical low near Belize, moving west at 10 mph toward Belize City.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Reclamation
Teton
Idaho
National Research Council
Interior Department
Miami
Frieda
Belize
National Hurricane Center
Belize City
Nevada community college split urged not to happen
Acting University of Nevada chancellor Donald Baepler testified against separating community colleges from the NV system. Regents chair James Buchanan supported keeping them under one board, citing efficiency and transfers. Subcommittee heard talks of Clark County campus sites in Henderson or West Charleston and potential staff duplication if divorced from the system.
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SUN
University of Nevada
Donald Baepler
UNLV
Las Vegas
Raepler
James ‘‘Bucky
Buchanan
University Board of Regents
John Buchanan
Clark County Community College
Reno
Clark County
Henderson
West Charleston
Nevada
Board of Regents
UNR
Desert Research Institute
Regents
States
Gary Sheerin
Carson City
Norman Glaser
D-Elko
Baepler
Glaser
Oscar Heinlein
Heinlein
Fong
Community College
Subcommittee
Thomas Hickey
North Las Vegas
John Serpa
D-Churchill County
Serpa
Caesar Caviglia
Overton Sewer Line Study Delays Clark County Action
Clark County Sanitation District urges more data before authorizing work on a Muddy River sewer crossing at Overton. A study is ordered. options include lowering the line to 10 15 feet below the river bottom or concrete capping. Lewis Construction proposed 120000, but costs depend on ground water.
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Clark County
Overton
Clark County Sanitation District Board of Trustees
Sam Bowler
Nevada Fish and Game Department
Jim Parrott
Lewis Construction Co
Parrott
Five Nevada Women Attend Stop ERA Leadership Conference
Five Nevada women journey to the National Stop ERA Leadership Conference in St. Louis Friday through Sunday. Las Vegas delegates Adelene Bartlett and Nerene Ray join Elko’s Kathy Neff and Sparks residents Janine Hansen and Sylvia Ford. Hansen says the Nevada delegation is the largest yet and aims to learn to present ERA facts to the public ahead of November 1978 vote. Phyllis Schlafly will deliver the keynote, titled The Power of the Positive Woman.
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Nevada
St. Louis
Adelene Bartlett
Nerene Ray
Las Vegas
Kathy Neff
Elko
Janine Hansen
Sylvia Ford
Sparks
Hansen
Stop Era
Phyllis Schlafly
National
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William Hundley
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John Stanish
Carter
Storm
By Ann Haley
James Buchanan
West Charleston Area
Caviglia
Py Ac
Simmons — Sealy
Solid Brass Family
Feirloom
Qi Pris Weadql Simmons Beautyre
Maryland Parkway
Opem Daly
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