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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1977
Page
2
Sheri Jelinek and her husband Dave are reunited after an 18 hour separation as Frontier Airlines flight boarded Thursday is hijacked by Thomas Hannan. The plane was diverted to Kansas City where authorities took control.
FBI negotiator Don Cochran said Hannan likely would release captives and could kill himself. Hannan, 23, from Grand Island Nebraska, hijacked a Frontier Airlines jet to free a jail buddy, released 11 passengers in Atlanta, then died from a self inflicted wound after surrendering the remaining crew.
West Germany hunts 27 year old Friederike Krabbe named as Lisa Ries in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer. Investigators say she directed detention in a secret prison and may have ordered the victim's death after hijacking operatives.
Las Vegas is set for sunny and warmer conditions Saturday and Sunday with light, variable winds. Highs will reach the mid 80s and overnight lows in the mid 50s, with humidity around 72 percent during peak times and an air quality index of 25 indicating good air quality.
Washington reports consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in September matching August as the annual rate sits at 3.6 percent. The White House calls it a welcome respite for consumers and notes progress toward a 1977 inflation goal.
Thunder showers are expected Saturday in Florida and the southern Plains region. Seattle will see rain with fair skies elsewhere varying from sunny to partly cloudy.
Reagan told a National Federation of Republican Women audience in Atlanta that a verbal agreement with Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos protects the canal only if it is written as a protocol detailing U S rights and signed by both parties. He stressed the need for clear U S defense rights beyond 2000 and urged Senate ratification.
A federal judge voided two Nixon era food stamp emergency regulations, affecting up to three million recipients in six states. Judge Thomas J. MacBride ruled the rules violated federal law, ordering compensation plans and potential free or reduced price stamps, with appeals under consideration.
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