Hijacking drama continues at Thailand airport
One of three Moslem hijackers aboard a Philippine Airlines jet held 12 hostages and pressed a pistol to the pilot's head after learning that repairs would delay the flight to Libya. The aircraft halted in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok for technical fixes before resuming.
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Manel T. Yan
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Santa Monica
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Compromise on Food Stamps Moves Through Senate
The Senate approved a reform bill to cut eligibility for high income abusers while boosting benefits for the truly needy and sent the measure to the House. The tally was 52 to 22 with a companion fraud-reduction bill also passing 71 to 0.
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UPI
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House
Agriculture Department
Secrecy Lifted on Hughes Bar g e
Redwood City Calif UPI The federal government lifted secrecy from Howard Hughes super barge used for CIA aims, allowing reporters onto the vessel after stripping secret gear. The craft built for 400 million dollars raised the 1968 Russian sub Jennifer project years later. officials deny details and say a government agency owned it.
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UPI
Howard Hughes
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Pacific
Hughes
Philadelphia
Hawaii
Energy Research and Development Administration
Sharp quake hits Ecuador town leaving casualties
A strong earthquake struck Esmeraldas and nearby Las Penas injuring 85 people and killing eight according to initial reports. The 59 on the Richter scale remark was reported by Quito university authorities and US observatories listed 7 on the force.
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Ecuador
UPI
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Colombia
South America
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Las Penas
Bronfman Kin Suspected in Abduction Plot
In White Plains NY a pretrial conference revealed Patrick Lynch one of two men accused in the Samuel Bronfman II kidnapping may argue the Seagram heir helped arrange his own abduction. Lynch's codefendant Dominic Byrne sought joint trial. Lynch recently suffered a heart attack and was injured during an escape attempt.
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New York
UPI
Patrick Lynch
Samuel Bronfman II
Seagram
White Plains
Lynch
Dominic Byrne
Assembly reports 19.4 million in expenses for year
The California Assembly disclosed 19.4 million dollars in expenses for the year ending November 1975. Individual member costs totaled 8.7 million, including more than 2 million for newsletters and postage. The report covers general overhead, staff salaries, and travel but lacks detail on several cost categories.
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API
Assembly
Julian Dixon
Los Angeles
Victor Calvo
Mountain View
Walter Craven
Oceanside
Scientists split over quake link to San Andreas bulge
Pasadena reports a 4.7 magnitude quake felt across Los Angeles Ventura and Orange counties at 7 21 a m with no injuries or major damage. Researchers note a 10 inch rise along a 70 mile San Andreas stretch 40 miles northeast of LA and debate any connection to the bulge.
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UPI
California
San Andreas
Los Angeles
Ventura
Orange Counties
Clarence Allen
Caltech Seismological Laboratory
Cranston pushes 800 million more for veterans benefits
Senator Cranston proposes adding 800 million to the 19.3 billion veteran programs in the 1977 budget. He cites rising costs and needs in health care education and pension reform, while Muskie notes the increase already exceeds President Ford’s request and could be funded from the existing cushion.
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Ford
Senate Budget Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate
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Muskie
James A. McClure
Idaho
Congress
Callaghan faces lengthy battle to win union backing
London reports Prime Minister James Callaghan leads a reshaped cabinet as he confronts a steep economic crisis. The pound hit a historic low and stock values fell, fueling fears his gov ernment cannot secure anti inflation pay restraint from unions. Crosland named foreign secretary amid cabinet shake up.
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UPI
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Environment
Anthony Crosland
Crosland
Oxford University
Labor Party
Home
Roy Jenkins
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