British airliner hijack ends with ransom and no deaths
An Arab student hijacked a British Airways BAC111 from Manchester to Heathrow. Police overpowered him at the airport, crews were freed unharmed, $230000 in ransom recovered, and a steward was bitten by a police dog. The hijacker, about 27, faces court.
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London
British Airways
Heathrow
Manchester
Barbara Brindley
Paris
Harry Lea
Lea
Tours
England
France
Stansted
Dover
English Channel
Allan Bond
Blizzard paralyses the Maritimes with record snowfall
A devastating overnight blizzard shut businesses, schools, and transit across the Maritimes. Up to 20 inches fell in places like Moncton and Saint John, with widespread power outages and stranded ferries isolating Prince Edward Island. Snow crews battled drifting, while unions ordered workers back to snow removal duties in Sydney.
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Halifax
Maritimes
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Power Company
Moncton
Sydney
N.S
Civic
Cape Breton
Saint John
N.B
Percy Clark
Brezhnev Hospital Visit Rumor Dismissed by Farber Center
Sidney Farber Cancer Centre official says reports that Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev would enter the hospital for treatment are unfounded. Boston Globe had cited a police source. FBI and state police say they have no knowledge of such a visit.
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Boston
Sidney Farber Cancer Centre
Leonid Brezhnev
William Koster
Boston Globe
Children’s Hospital
Moscow
Tass
Stronger measures urged to curb heifer beef discrimination
Saskatoon. Consumer Affairs Minister Ed Tchorzewski called for stronger actions than those from the Food Prices Review Board to end supermarket discrimination against heifer beef. He noted the federal board recognizes the issue but has done little, urging consumer and producer gains and improved beef education.
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Saskatoon
Ed Tchorzewski
Food Prices Review Board
Federal Review Board
Beryl Plumptre
Federal Board
Enterprise heads Indian Ocean on study mission amid Kissinger warning
A six ship U S Navy carrier group led by the Enterprise sails toward the Indian Ocean from Subic Bay as Kissinger warns of possible U S action over oil supplies. The group includes the Long Beach two destroyers a supply ship and an oiler. Pentagon says mission is operational and not bound for South Vietnam waters. Congress bans unilateral action without approval.
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Washington
Indian Ocean
Henry Kissinger
Enterprise
Subic Bay
Philippines
Pentagon
Long Beach
William Beecher
South Vietnam
White House
Ford
Congress
U.S
Indochina
Honolulu
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
Vietnam
Gaylor
Thieu
South Vietnamese
Constellation
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Kissinger
Egypt
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
United States
Charles E. Bennett
Dem. Fla
Sadat says Soviet to replace Egypt war losses not done
President Anwar Sadat told Al Anwar in Beirut that the Soviet Union has refused to replenish Egypt’s arms losses from the 1973 war. He cited Syria’s losses being covered and noted no agreement on debts or new weapons terms. He linked this to Brezhnev’s postponed visit.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Anwar Sadat
Soviet Union
Egypt
Middle East
Syria
Sadat
al Anwar
Cairo
Leonid Brezhnev
Houari
Boumedienne
Regina farmer given 30 days for soliciting case
A 63-year-old Regina-area farmer was sentenced to 30 days in jail after being convicted of soliciting in Regina. Judge J J Flynn noted the man enticed a 20-year-old woman to his car and remarked the act involved a breach of family morals.
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Regina
Flynn
Ford energy policy leans to higher gasoline prices not rationing
President Ford plans to raise gasoline prices to curb demand while avoiding direct fuel restrictions. He would back auto makers improving mileage, set insulation credits, and seek tariff and tax changes, plus coal production stimulation, with most measures needing congressional action.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
Gold price jumps on European bullion markets
Gold prices rose across European markets on renewed Middle East and European demand. Five London dealers fixed the price at around 180 dollars an ounce, up 8 from Tuesday, with Zurich Paris Frankfurt and Milan showing similar gains as U.S. interest remained soft.
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London
Middle East
United States
Zurich
Paris
Frankfurt
Milan
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