25 Feb 1977
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1977
Page
1
In Syracuse a man with a rifle killed a bystander and wounded a policeman as he held a pregnant teenage girl and a baby hostage in a second floor apartment. The gunman Leroy Cotton demanded cigarettes while negotiators worked to secure release of the hostages.
Uganda President Idi Amin orders all Americans to report for a Monday meeting and says security forces will reveal those who have fled the country. An Information Ministry spokesman says Americans may leave after the meeting if they wish and stresses there is no cause for alarm.
Former U S ambassador to Uganda Dr Thomas Melady urged President Carter to expel Uganda's Washington delegation as outrage over killings under Idi Amin. He also called for withdrawing diplomatic missions from Kampala and criticized Amin as a brutal tyrant who murders people. He noted U S citizens in Uganda and said most would stay despite the ban on departures.
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 30. Rain is likely Saturday with a high in the low 50s and a 60 percent chance. Yesterday's high reached 44 and overnight low 36 with .02 inches of rain measured. The extended outlook calls for cooler weather Sunday through Tuesday with a chance of rain or snow on Monday.
Two weeks of minor earthquakes hit a sparsely populated area southeast of Fairbanks Alaska with as many as 100 tremors daily since February 10. University of Alaska geophysicist Larry Gedney notes unusual, persistent activity from a deep fault south of Fairbanks toward Nenana and the Chena River, including a 3.7 magnitude jolt. Gedney says most quakes are too small for residents to feel, and while a major quake is not expected, the swarm may be releasing built up strain in small bursts.
Washington AP Six bills in the House seek to reshuffle daylight saving duration. Proposals range from permanent year‑round time to a three month period, with start and end dates varying from February to Labor Day.
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