Terrorism to Rise Says State Dept in 1970s era note
State Department warns international terrorism will likely increase and cites Iraq Libya Somalia and South Yemen as nations believed involved with aiding terrorists. Separately Sen Proxmire awards a $2500 humanities grant for studying tennis etiquette calling it a major taxpayer fleece and a laughingstock.
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State Dept
Jacob Javits
UPI
National Endowment For the Humanities
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
American hijack attempt over Pacific ends in intoxicated protest
Bruce Kohl Trayer, 25, of Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin, tried to hijack a Northwest Orient Airlines jet traveling from Tokyo to Honolulu by holding a razor to a passenger’s throat. Police said he was drunk and cited his complaint that the United States has too many food additives.
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Tokyo
UPI
Northwest Orient Airlines
Moscow
United States
Bruce Kohl Trayer
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Honolulu
Pacific
FDA urges patient sheets on IUD side effects warning
FDA calls for detailed information sheets to accompany intrauterine birth control devices warning of side effects including infection and painful intercourse. About 3 million U.S. women use IUDs and brochures will be provided for patients and clinics later this year.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Donald Kennedy
Pleasure reported by near death subjects in Connecticut study
Six people pronounced dead and revived described pleasant feelings during their death like state. Vivid memories include hovering over an operating table and witnessing events calmly after motorcycle crash. A near drowning survivor and a childbirth death survivor recalled calm or joyful sensations and a God like voice.
Carter urges income tax funds to bail out Social Security
President Carter asks Congress to spend 14 billion in income tax funds over five years to shore up Social Security, proposing six limited steps to avert trust fund exhaustion by the early 1980s. Measures include removing employer wage base ceiling, raising taxable wages, shifting Medicare funds, and expanding self employment taxes.
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Washington
UPI
Carter Monday
Congress
White House
Carter
Social Security
Secretaries of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor
Treasury
Millionaire recluse home holds millions in cash
Indianapolis AP reports investigators say three men may have stolen up to 817000 from Marjorie Jackson. Authorities found over 5 million dollars hidden in her cluttered ranch house mostly in 100 bills, while 3 million may remain unaccounted for after a fatal shooting and fire.
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Indianapolis
Robert W. Kirkham
Marjorie V. Jackson
Kirkman
Marion County
James F. Kelley
Jesus Christ
Marjorie Jackson
God
Marjorie
Hearst Given Five Years Probation In California Case
Patricia Hearst was sentenced to five years probation after pleading no contest to assault and robbery. Superior Court Judge E Talbot Callister noted she posed no threat to society and allowed release without further jail time. The judge ordered restitution for property damaged in the May 16, 1974 incident. Hearst remained silent as she was escorted from the courtroom.
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Los Angeles
Patricia Hearst
Superior Court
E. Talbot Callister
Miss Hearst
Callister
Fire kills four in Amsterdam Hotel Polen collapse
A fire at Hotel Polen in downtown Amsterdam killed four and left 18 missing as the building collapsed into smoldering debris. Sixty were hospitalized and 26 admitted. most guests were foreigners and about 100 stayed at the moderate four story hotel near Dam Square.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
UPI
Polen
Jan Veenstra
Dam Square
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