Milwaukee Hijacker Seeks Escape From Cuba After Prison
Garland Grant of Milwaukee recounts his 1971 hijack of a Northwest jet to Havana and five years in Cuban prisons. Now employed sweeping floors for 75 pesos monthly, he pleads to return to the United States, accusing Cuba of racism and saying he would surrender to prison in the U.S. if allowed to go home.
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Havana
Cuba
Garland Grant
Milwaukee
Wis
Northwest Airlines
United States
Nixon
Grant
The
Black Panthers
Washington, D.C
Algeria
Atlantic
Jesus Grant Gelbard
Mississippi
Capping Effort Advances on Ekofisk Oil Blowout in North Sea
A seven man crew led by two Texans works in favorable weather to cap the 36 000 gallon an hour Ekofisk blowout in the North Sea. Phillips Petroleum reports progress with a decisive 24 hour window as environmental risks rise and oil spills spread across two slicks.
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Stavanger
Norway
North Sea
Ekofisk
Ekofisk Center
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips Petroleum Company
Gordon Goering
Phillips Company
Hansen and Hatteberg
Phillips
Sebald Award winners push toward self reliance
Carol Lynn Kidd and Roger Conner won first place and 750 dollars each at the W. W. Sebald Self- Reliance Awards banquet at the Manchester Inn. Cheryl Anne Martin and Joseph Myers earned second place. Beth Ann Gough and Mark Trimble placed third. Ginger Kay Williams and David Leighton were fourth. John H. McConnell urged the finalists to back free enterprise and avoid get rich quick schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Kidd
Roger Conner
Manchester Inn
W. W. Sebald
Sheckler
Carol Lynn Kidd
Armin D. Kidd
Middletown-Eaton Road
D. Russel Lee Vocational School
William H. Conner
Kalbfleisch Road
Middletown High School
Kidd
Middletown Hospital
National Chamber of Commerce
Middletown
Cheryl Anne Martin
Allen Martin
Charles Sr
Robert McKenzie
Manchester Road
Joseph Myers
Joseph E. Myers Sr
Yankee Road
Lemon- Monroe High School
Beth Ann Gough
David T. Gough
Bellomonte St
Fenwick High School
Mark Trimble
W. Herb Trimble
Walton Court
Ginger Kay Williams
James D. Williams
Poinciana Road
Richadetta Parmer
Kevin DeBrosse
Miss Parmer
Ohio Northern University
DeBrosse
University of Cincinnati
John H. McConnell
Worthington Industries
Columbus
McConnell
Family Incomes Rise as Austere Living Costs Increase
The Labor Department reports a four-member urban family now needs over $10 000 annually for austere living and $16 236 for moderate living with $23 759 for luxuries The figures cover taxes and Social Security and reflect a 4 7 percent rise for austere budgets and 6 to 6 6 percent for others with food costs driving the increase
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Washington
Labor Department
Cab Ees
Living costs rise for higher income families in 1976 study
A Labor Department report shows housing costs up eight tenths of one percent for households with moderate to high living standards, with the moderate group up 88 percent and high 87 percent for housing. Medical costs cut deep across all income levels as overall living costs rise 9.5 to 9.6 percent.
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Austin
New York
New England
Labor Department
Steel firms press immediate price increases over energy costs
Bethlehem Steel and Lykes Corp report first quarter losses and urge quick steel price hikes. Bethlehem posts 25.2 million loss on 1.3 billion sales while Lykes loses 31.8 million as revenue rises to 410 million. Executives cite higher energy costs and a new labor deal as drivers.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem
Lewis W. Foy
Lykes Corp
Lykes
United Steelworkers
J.T. Sykes Jr
Weather and steel earnings headline batch
Skies will be partly cloudy tonight with a low in the upper 40s Thursday brings mostly cloudy skies and a 60 percent chance of rain with a high in the lower 60s. Yesterdays high 63 and overnight low 34. Across the steel sector Wheeling-Pittsburgh reports a $184 million loss on $211 million sales while U S Steel earns $27.4 million. winter costs and heating fuel cutoffs cited as major margin pressure.
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Robert Lauterbach
Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Lauterbach
U.S. Steel
Edgar B. Speer
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Black Panther
Texas
Boots Hansen
Richard Hatteberg
Carol Lynn Kidd, Roger Conner
Sebald Award
Connor
David Leighton
Les Leighton
Antrim Court
Ohio State
Anchorage
Alaska
Ann Landers
Ee Eeeererres Heloise
Eensens
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