Dutch extremists seize train and school in Netherlands
Two groups of South Moluccan extremists seized an elementary school in Bowen-Smilde and hijacked a four car train near Onnen, holding about 105 children and six teachers in the school and about 50 passengers on the train. No casualties reported. attackers released elderly passengers and contained a large crowd of concerned locals as police responded. Authorities note the actions are part of a years long push for independence from Indonesia.
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Court Clears Way For Mitchell Jailing
The Supreme Court affirms Watergate cover up convictions of John D. Mitchell H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Ehrlichman is already imprisoned while Mitchell and Haldeman await incarceration as the court rejects appeals claiming trial unfairness. No comment issued.
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Annexation hearing set for South Trails Shopping Center
Mexico City Council opens preliminary review tonight after a required public hearing for the South Trails Shopping Center annexation petition. Developer Raul J. Walters filed the request on a 9.4 acre site along Highway 94 South just outside current city limits. The move links to a one cent sales tax proposal on June 7 and follows seven prior annexation petitions under a new state law. A second annexation petition for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3772 land also lists for preliminary council action, with another public hearing on rezoning Mexico’s southwest Industrial Park. The ordinance would rezone newly annexed property from R-1 to L-1 per city statute.
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Senate Begins Working On $4 Billion Farm Bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee moves a farm bill to the floor detailing about 4 billion dollars annually in supports for wheat feed grains cotton rice and soybeans through 1982. It would extend the food stamp program for two years and allow some low income recipients to obtain stamps free.
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Montgomery Radio Station on Air by July
Montgomery City officials announce a new FM station may start broadcasting around July first. The venture is led by Vincent Charles Myles and funded by local businessmen Robert Bowling Bob Hoffman and Richard Arens with Myles holding decades of radio experience. The FCC recently approved the call letters Kvem though not yet certified and a tower issue was resolved after a heated commission meeting.
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Youth falls from tree survives with minor injuries
John Stanley White, 13, is out of the hospital and walking, after a 30 foot fall from a tree. He suffered a broken wrist, fractured collar bone, pulled vertebrae, and near lung collapse. He landed on his back and shoulders, then rolled over. He was treated at Audrain Medical Center and University Medical Center, then sent home Sunday. His mother expressed gratitude for community donations and aid from coworkers and neighbors.
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