Hijackers in Somalia hold German jet with 86 aboard
Lufthansa 737 reroutes to Mogadishu after pilot is killed and 86 hostages remain. Hijackers demand 13 prisoners freed and $15 million with a 10 am EDT deadline that passes without compliance. Jet refueled and set to fly again as negotiations continue with Somali and West German officials.
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Frankfurt
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Abdi Qassim Falad
Somali Democratic Republic
Hanns Martin Schleyer
Helmut Schmidt
Carter adds Saudi Arabia to Middle East trip
President Carter will include Saudi Arabia in his 11 day foreign tour. He will meet Crown Prince Fahd to discuss reconvening the Geneva conference on peace in the Middle East. Air Force One will be refueled in Jidda during the stop.
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Carter
Saudi Arabia
White House
Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz
Middle East
Air Force One
Jidda
Evangelist Leroy Jenkins plans independent run for Ohio governor
Delaware evangelist Leroy Jenkins, 40, announced in Columbus he will seek Ohio governor as an independent next year. He argued for real change and said his bid could draw support from Republicans Democrats and independents without party ties. He urged restoring honesty in government.
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Columbus
Ohio
Leroy Jenkins
Delaware
Carter targets Defense Department reforms after long resistance
President Carter orders a major organizational review of the Defense Department and criticizes long standing resistance to change. Harold Brown is tasked with implementing a searching study to streamline command, reduce staffs, and cut costs amid political pressures and base-consolidation issues. The effort follows past attempts dating to the Nixon era and echoes concerns raised after the Pueblo incident.
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Carter
Defense Department
Defense
Harold Brown
Brown
White House
U.S
Pueblo
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Cleveland schools face Friday closure without legislative aid
Ohio's largest district risks closing as it awaits a $19 million borrowing bill. State officials warn the district would run a $19.1 million deficit if kept open this year while workers agree to continue without pay and a court ruling governs actions.
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Cleveland
Franklin B. Walter
Ohio
US District Court
Frank J. Battisti
General Assembly
Senate
House
Thomas Ferguson
Chimpanzee Heart Transplant Fails in Cape Town
Benjamin Fortes died 82 hours after a chimpanzee heart was implanted by Dr Christiaan Barnard and team in Cape Town. Fortes, 59, was the second recipient and the first to receive an auxiliary piggyback pump. Earlier, Dr James Hardy had attempted a chimpanzee heart transplant in 1964 with a 68 year old patient who died two hours post operation.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Benjamin Fortes
Christiaan Barnard
James Hardy
University of Mississippi
Powdered alcohol eyed for American market
The Treasury Bureau studies a powdered alcohol product from a Japanese firm. Tiny alcohol particles in powder form could be mixed with water to create cocktails like whiskey sour or daiquiri. Global Marketing of Seattle cites tax and safety questions as factors for U S rollout. The product could ease packing for campers and outdoor use.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Japan
Seattle
Mike Hill
Global Marketing
Hill
Crime Alert Message From Police Dispatch
A public notice urges residents to call the police tip line if they witness a crime or suspicious activity. It emphasizes prompt reporting and provides the contact number for the department.
Weather turns wintry in Middletown with early snow
October-like cold returns as Middletown sees the first visible snow flurries amid slate-gray skies and winds. Precipitation totals six hundredths of an inch with a high of 52 and a low of 26, the coldest since April 9. Tonight and Tuesday will see partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
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Middletown
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