Airport Chaos Ahead as Strikes Strangle Holiday Travel
UPI reports United Air Lines and National Airlines strikes cause near full sellouts across major routes. Delays to reservations run up to an hour as crowds jam terminals. Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses also crowded as few seats remain for Christmas week.
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Train hijackers meekly surrender in Dutch hostage crisis
Six South Moluccans who seized a two car train and killed three during a 12 day ordeal surrendered after mediation. Hostages described captors as kind and helpful who kept the train clean and shared scarves. Police planned murder charges against the six.
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UPI
Louis Laurier
Civil rights groups press HEW leader on enforcement
A coalition of 57 civil rights groups urged Health Education and Welfare Secretary David Mathews to prove the department is committed to ending discrimination and segregation. They called OCR enforcement “bankrupt” and demanded urgent leadership to reverse the current failings in enforcing anti discrimination laws. The groups list 10 pages of alleged inadequacies and include ACLU, NAACP LDF, NOW, AUA, UAW among signers.
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Doctors deny Medi-Cal bias amid slowdown protest
In Los Angeles doctors plan a work stoppage over rising malpractice insurance costs. Dr. Joseph Roberts of Concerned Physicians for Malpractice Reform denies they will discriminate against Medi-Cal patients, insisting all patients will be treated despite fee concerns.
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UPI
Joseph Roberts
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Tokyo Quake Triggers Fire at Downtown Factory
A weak earthquake in the Tokyo area disrupted National Railways express service and caused a fire at a downtown factory making table tennis equipment. No casualties reported. Police said a pile of sponge rubber fell onto a stove, starting the blaze which damaged the top floor of the three story building. Fire crews brought it under control.
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Tokyo
UPI
Barbagelata supporters inspect San Francisco mayoral tallies
In San Francisco 150 Barbagelata backers crowded the Registrar's office to inspect pencil marked tally sheets before canvassing. A 45 minute Judge Cragen telephoned to carve out a compromise keeping some observers inside while ballots were examined.
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UPI
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Edward Cragen
Barbagelata
San Francisco Examiner
George Moscone
Frank Quinn
Thomas Mellon
Quinn
Don Bradley
Moscone
Franklyn Brand
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