Czech Hijacker Surrenders After West Germany Landing
Rudolf Becvar a 26 year old railway worker hijacked a Czechoslovakian airliner and forced a landing in Munich West Germany. He surrendered to police after the flight from Prague to Bratislava with 105 passengers. Czechoslovakia seeks his return but Munich officials say he will likely seek political asylum. He was armed with a submachine gun a pistol and a knife.
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West Germany
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Becvar
Georg Schmidt
Becvar
Prague
Bratislava
Schmidt
Population growth slows world wide says study
The Worldwatch Institute reports a dramatic slowdown in global population growth in the last five years due to falling birth rates and higher death rates from food shortages. Lester Brown notes continuing decline through the century with births or deaths driving the trend.
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Washington
UPI
Worldwatch Institute
Lester Brown
Institute
Brown
Madonna Slavin must decide kidnap charges against family
Madonna Slavin a 20 year old Hare Krishna devotee says her family abducted her to stop her religious path and must decide whether to press kidnap charges. she thanked His Divine Grace for escape and spent the night in jail before a court appearance.
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Arcadia
Calif
UPI
Madonna Slavin
Miss Slavin
California
Edward Walfort
Walfort
Harry L. Hupp
Walter
IRA Leader Maire Drumm Shot in Belfast Hospital
Maire Drumm, 53, a chief figure in the Provisional IRA and former vice president of Provisional Sinn Fein, was shot dead by three youths in a Mater Hospital ward in Belfast. A bystander was wounded as authorities blamed Protestant loyalists, and the IRA pledged to redouble its campaign.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Maire Drumm
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Mater Hospital
Mater
Crumlin Road
Provisional Ira
Drumm
Londonderry
IRA
Dublin
Smith meets with groups to talk power transfer
Prime Minister Ian Smith met Thursday with all major Zimbabwean nationalist factions in Geneva to discuss transferring power to the black majority. He labeled the conference as a "half a step forward" toward a peaceful transition avoiding guerrilla war while the talks proceed under Kissinger's peace package.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Smith
Dole shifts to Yalta Potsdam talk in campaign tour
In Pendleton and Klamath Falls Dole focuses on defense and positive themes. He defends past leaders while facing Watergate questions and recalls Potsdam and Yalta in Spokane. Speakes notes off the record moments and ties to Kissinger and Rockefeller table talk.
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Ore
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N.M
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Europe
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Wash
Jerry Ford
Billings
Mont
Larry Speakes
Henry) Kissinger
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Rockefeller
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