Guerrilla hijackers win release of Arab murder suspects
Palestinian gunmen hijacked two Boeing 727 airliners, forcing releases of three Arabs accused in the Munich Olympic killings. One Lufthansa flight over Turkey and an Eastern Air Lines jet in Houston were involved. Israel condemned the West German release as a terrible deed.
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United Press International
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Munich
Houston
Cuba
Lufthansa
Eastern Air Lines
West Germany
Israel
Golda Meir
Charles A. Tuller
Alexandria
Commerce Department
Bryce
Arlington
William White Graham
Tuller
Stanley Hubbard
Hubbard
Eastern
Wyatt Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Damascus
Syria
Frankfurt
Germany
Embassy guards Using heroin and hijacker talks raise tensions
UPI reported that 25 Marines guarding the Saigon embassy were found to have used heroin from mid 1971 to mid 1972. No security breaches were found, but incidents of sleepiness and lateness occurred while drugs circulated through a Vietnamese supplier. The issue was later addressed with spot checks showing no ongoing abuse.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
U.S
Saigon
Bengal tiger mauls boy during blessing of animals event
In Griffing Park a 200 pound Bengal tiger named Delilah escaped during the Friends of Animals gathering. The tiger bit her owner Steve Hawkes and mauled 9 year old Dennis Churchill who was hospitalized in fair condition. Hawkes required seven stitches.
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Miami
UPI
Dennis Churchill
Steve
Tarzan’ Hawkes
Hawkes
Delilah
Sampson
Griffing Park
Friends of Animals Inc
Churchill
Major pre winter storm grips northern plains and Rockies
Four feet of snow paralyzed the northern Rockies with four feet reported at Alta Utah and up to eight inches in Wyoming towns. Strong winds, power outages, and multiple weather advisories covered the region from Minnesota to the Rockies and into the Texas panhandle as the storm pushed south. Showers disrupted areas from Alabama to Texas while temps ranged from 3 to 79 degrees. In Brazil a swarm of African bees attacked a farm, killing animals and injuring people.
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United Press International
Rockies
Minnesota
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Alta
Utah
Salt Lake City
Alexandria
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Winslow
Ariz
Lander
Wyo
Laramie
Douglas
Alabama
Israel strikes four guerrilla bases near Damascus
Israeli warplanes raided four guerrilla bases near the northern edge of Damascus within 4 to 8 miles of the city, returning safely. The air action, the first since Sept, followed Germany's release of three hijackers. No ground fire or Syrian interference reported.
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API
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Damascus
Middle East
West Germany
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Ain Sudina
Harana
Ain Saceb
Syria
Munich
Detroit HUD suspends workers in nation’s largest housing scandal
After a three month probe, three HUD employees, 25 repair contractors and five management brokers are suspended for alleged document falsifications. Detroit HUD office reports the most foreclosures and the largest dollar losses, with about 10,687 FHA foreclosed houses in the region and 7,600 in Detroit. HUD owns all repossessed homes, making the agency Detroit’s largest slumlord.
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UPI
Detroit Area Housing and Urban Development
HUD
William CC. Whitbeck
United States
Whitebeck
Michigan
IRA Prisoners Escape Curragh Detention Camp
Seven Provisional IRA members tunneled out of Curragh Army Detention Camp 40 miles north of Dublin using a tunnel and ropes to scale a 15 foot wall. Officials said the escape was discovered at 5 p.m. and the timing remains uncertain. Some were jailed for weapons offenses while others awaited trial amid the South’s IRA crackdown. In Belfast gunfire killed a 16 year old Catholic youth and wounded another. in Londonderry a sniper killed Army Sgt. Thomas McKay.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Freedom
Irish Republic
Army
Curragh
Dublin
Cliftonville Avenue
Thomas McKay
Londonderry
Carrier fire kills three sailors
A fire aboard the US carrier Saratoga in Singapore killed three sailors who were overcome before escaping. Smoke from burning oil filled crew quarters as twelve sailors were injured and six treated and returned to duty. The ship was not seriously damaged and bodies will be flown to the United States.
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UPI
Saratoga
U.S
Robert Nichols
Nichols
United States
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