Hostages Freed as Egyptian Paratroopers Overpower Plane Hijackers
Egyptian paratroopers disguised as mechanics stormed an EgyptAir Boeing 737 at Luxor, freeing about 90 hostages with no injuries. Six troopers captured the hijackers, two Libyans and five Algerians, after a tense, heat soaked standoff.
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Libya
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Inster Mamdouh Salem
Abdel Nasser
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Salem
New Winter Palace
Associated Press
Muammar Khadafy
Anwar Sadat
Khadafy
U.S. Task Force Nears Korea As Tensions Rise
A five ship U S Navy force led by the carrier Midway neared Korea amid North Korean warnings of conflict. The action follows the killing of two U S soldiers in the neutral zone and a dispute over a 40 foot Normandy poplar in the DMZ.
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South Korea
Midway
Korea
North Korea
Japan
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Navy
North
North Korea Regret Message Lacks Acknowledgment of Killings
The United States rejected a North Korean statement seen as indirect regret over the killings of two U N forces officers in the DMZ. State Department spokesman John Ordway said the message did not admit responsibility for the murders and warned against propaganda. The episode followed a Panmunjom tree-cutting incident and heightened U S alert with more air and naval power in the region.
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Military Truce Commission
Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Joint Security
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Ordway
Washington
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North
South Korea
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U.N
U.S
White House
Nessen
Vail
Colo
Press- Ford
Arrest Brings $10 Million Suit Against Humpty Dumpty
Earl Leroy Simmons 66 a candidate for State House District 63 has filed a 10 million civil suit against Humpty Dumpty Supermarkets Inc. Simmons a former Comanche County sheriff and state representative was arrested August 2 at the Humpty Dumpty store. The suit follows an acquittal last week on a shoplifting charge. SUIT continues on page 4.
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Constitution
Earl Leroy Simmons
State House Dist
Humpty Dumpty Supermarkets Inc
Weather Outlook for Southwest Oklahoma Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warm conditions continue with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms through Tuesday. South winds 10 to 16 mph tonight with upper 60s temperatures. Tuesday highs in the upper 90s.
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Oklahoma
It Could Be Worse By Donna Ever S O
Patricia Hargrove a 15 year old Lawton High sophomore spent the first day of school in Memorial Hospital with the flu awaiting release. Her hospitalization followed news she would miss the start of the new term. She hopes to return soon and resume her busy high school life.
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Patricia Hargrove
Lawton High School
Memorial Hospital
Lawton
Patricia
Tomlinson Junior High School
Carter Outlines Campaign Themes On West Coast
Jimmy Carter prepared to outline the basic themes of his Democratic presidential bid in a California speech as Ford planned strategy sessions in Colorado. Reagan urged more time in Ohio and less in California after his Ohio loss and California win, while Connally reportedly declined chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.
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Carter
California
Colorado
John Connally
Republican National Committee
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Dallas Times Herald
Texas
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West
Reagan
Sen
Robert Dole
Kansas
Los Angeles Town Hall
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Democratic National Committee
Vail
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Dole
GOP
Accident Kills Altus Resident in Kiowa County
An Altus man O C Cason, 63, was killed when his car slammed into a tree stump and overturned seven miles south of Lone Wolf on SH 44. His wife Alvis Irene Cason, 4, was injured and hospitalized with a broken leg and internal injuries. The weekend crash toll raised Oklahoma’s road deaths to 541 for 1976.
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Lone Wolf
Kiowa
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Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Cason
Alvis Irene Cason
Jackson County Memorial Hospital
Carter County
Paulette Walker
Cindy Sue
Perry
Walker
Wilson
Varied Turnout Forecast In Comanche County Primary
Moderate to heavy voting expected in Comanche County Democratic and Republican primaries with 12Dem and 2Republican candidates statewide. Key races include county clerk Rosa Hines vs Charley Maguire and multiple House district contests in Beznoska Glover Beznoska districts, polls open 7 AM to 7 PM Tuesday.
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Corporation Commission
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Pat Hargrove
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Ohio
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Abby
By Skip Gibson
Didates
4Th Dist
Tom Steed
Jim Taliaferro
Fred Ferrell, Jr
Paul Taliaferro
Ferrell
Elgin
Taliaferro
Rt. 2
Cen
Tral High School
Farmers Home Administration
Cephas M. Kelly
Jim R. Glover
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Glover
House Dist. 63
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Alford Hennessee
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A Ave
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Cleveland
Rosa Hines
Charley Maguire
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