From Scout To Hijacker: Friends Blame Vietnam
Thomas Michael Hannan a Vietnam veteran and former Boy Scout hijacked a Frontier Airlines jet in Atlanta and after releasing hostages shot himself. Friends in Grand Island Nebraska recall a once calm athlete who declined after Vietnam with potential drug and anti establishment influences cited by investigators.
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Vietnam
Grand Island, Neb
UPI
Thomas Michael Hannan
Grand Island
Mike Hamil
Hannan
Grand Island Central Catholic High School
Kearney State College
Donald O'Brien
Scottsbluff
Neb
Frontier
Atlanta
Nebraska
Stewart
Headley
William
Cornhusker Army Ammunition
Hayman
LV Youth Fell to Death Hiking Mt Charleston
A 19 year old Las Vegas youth, Lester S. Jacobson of 4609 Mill Valley, died after slipping from a rock on Cathedral Rock near Mt Charleston. He and nine companions were hiking when, after an initial 50 foot fall onto a ledge, he fell 400 more feet. Rescue crews recovered the body later that afternoon.
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Las Vegas
Cathedral Rock
Mt. Charleston
Metro
Lester S. Jacobson
Mill Valley
Jacobson
Forest Service
Special Operations Bureau
Protesters Clash With Police At Kent State Gym Site
Police in riot gear broke up a prohibited May 4th Coalition rally against a gym annex near the Kent State University campus. About 1,200 demonstrators were dispersed as tear gas was fired. two protesters were injured and two were arrested. One injured participant, Peggy Watts of SUNY Stony Brook, received treatment on scene.
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Kent
Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Peggy Watts
State University of New York
Stony Brook
N.Y
KSU
May 4Th Coalition
Ohio National Guardsmen
Es County
Robert Malone
Bruge Golding
Concorde Returns Home After New York Test Flights
The Concorde SST completed three Kennedy Airport test flights before returning to Toulouse France. Officials from British Airways and Air France praised the performance while Port Authority monitors tracked noise levels and considered future rules. Regular service to Europe was planned for Nov 22 unless new limits are imposed.
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New York
UPI
Toulouse
France
Kennedy Airport
Port Authority of
New Jersey
Port Authority
Pment
Queens
Coes
Kennedy
British Airways
Air France
Daniel Dorian
Europe
Dorian
Panamanian plebiscite on treaties with United States
Panamanian citizens vote on the new canal treaties in a Sunday plebiscite amid a seven year non elected regime. The government hopes for a two thirds yes, with ballots colored yellow for yes and green for no.
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NY Times News Service
Panama
United Tes
Carter
Omar Torrijos
Washington
Chiriuui Province
Darien Gap
Columbia
Cedes
Perwity
United States
Atlantic and Pacific
Abian Echevers
Mobutu's Wife Dies During Zaire Election Weekend
In Kinshasa the death of Mobutu Sese Seko's wife Mama Mobutu in Switzerland on an undisclosed illness cast a shadow over the final weekend of voting. Citizens proceeded to polls to select 18 of 30 PRM bureau seats while Mobutu filled the rest.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
UPI
Mobutu Sese Seko
Belgian Congo
Mobutu
Popular Revolutionary Movement
Mama Mobutu
Switzerland
Parole Not Exact Science In State Prisons Probe
An inmate and his family plead for private talks on family issues and for work-release options to ease prison life. The Nevada committee will study the idea, but a senator warns the public may not be ready for such reforms.
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Mann
Poe
Nevada
State
Man in Personal Crisis Killed by Car in Irwindale
An unidentified man in apparent suicide attempt sat on railroad tracks at a crossing in Irwindale California and was struck and killed by a passing car. The driver reported he jammed on the brakes but could not stop in time.
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Irwindale
Calif
UPI
Congress Battles Costly Social Security Overhaul on House Floor
Congress faces a sharp vote on H R 9346 to overhaul Social Security funding. The plan aims to stabilize retirement benefits for 75 years, raise payroll taxes, and require about 6 million government and non profit workers to join Social Security by 1982. Supporters cite deficit reduction while opponents warn of higher taxes and local government costs.
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UPI
America
Medicare
Iluy Fund
Retirement
Congressional
Social Security
House Democratic
Emp
Rep. Fisher
D-Va
James Lynch
American Federation of Government Loves
Atlanta
Boston
Los Angeles
American Federation of State
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FBI
Richard Whitaker
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Berkeley
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Tonopah-Reno
LTA
Cliff Stanley
Concorde
Canal
Torrijos
Canal Zone
U.S
Bethpage
George Sarant
Cadillac
Panama’s
National Guard
Congress
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