20 Oct 1977
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1977
Page
1
A Frontier Boeing 737 sits on the tarmac as police and ground crews move near the aircraft hijacked earlier today in Grand Island Nebraska by Thomas Hannan. The jet departed from Kansas City International headed to Atlanta.
In 1975 KCIA witness Kim Sang Keun testified that Hancho Kim said Tongsun Park had links with a high Congress official and an assistant to the President. Ford identified as the president. names not disclosed. Park faces U S questioning amid tense Seoul Washington talks and no extradition treaty.
Thursday forecasts clouded by warm days with highs in the lower to mid 80s and patchy tonight. Friday looks similar with southeasterly winds. Separate items note a DOE deputy director predicting gas prices rise over five cents per gallon, a 250 bed New Orleans hospital reporting 20 current patients, Carter threatening a veto style pressure on Congress over energy, US Korea split on questioning Tongsun Park, and Louisiana governors’ varying ties to LSU.
A witty definition frames broad mindedness as the ability to see both the wrong viewpoint and one's own. The remark emphasizes open perspective tempered by critique.
Mr and Mrs Harold Dickens Jr announce the birth of their daughter Julie Corrine at St Francis Medical Center in Monroe. She weighed six pounds six ounces at 11 58 p m. Julie joins paternal grandparents Harold Dickens Sr and wife and maternal grandparents Norman L Skeeter Johnson and wife. City notes on progress include a new West Monroe City Hall and Civic Center a completed jail laid city court foundations and steel rising on the city hall.
An armed hijacker demanded 3 million to free his imprisoned lover and forced a Frontier Airlines jet containing 33 people to fly from Nebraska to Kansas City and then to Atlanta. He released 18 unharmed passengers in Kansas City and kept 15 hostages including two crewmen and 11 passengers as FBI and authorities set up an on scene command post at Hartsfield.
In Bonn police launched what they call the broadest manhunt since World War II for six men and ten women linked to the Hanns-Martin Schleyer kidnapping. Across Europe protests rose as three German radicals died in prison and incendiary attacks increased in Paris and other cities.
Attorney General Griffin Bell said the law prevents deploying military commandos to seize an airliner in Nebraska. He said he has only FBI and local law enforcement available and would not discuss the case specifics. He noted troops cannot be used in the United States under the law.
Police in Mobile arrest Hannan and Stewart near Atlanta on September 3 on alleged bank robbery charges. They reportedly sought 3 million dollars two parachutes two machine guns two pistols and the release of Stewart from an Atlanta jail. FBI Kansas City ties the case to a prior Bert Lance era bank heist.
Monroe started purchasing 35 megawatts daily from Louisiana Power & Light to fund maintenance on two generators at the power plant. Mayor W. L. (Jack) Howard said bills will show a slight December decrease and gas use will drop to seven to eight million cubic feet daily. No. 11 generator repairs should finish in a week, with No. 12 maintenance taking longer but aiming for a similar timeline. surplus power is available through year end under a short-term emergency tie.
Monroe Police Department mailed a second letter asking District Attorney Johnny Carl Parkerson for a formal opinion on what constitutes gambling. The inquiry follows an injunction that closed all games at the Ark-La-Miss Fair and asks legality of pinball and video machines at local venues.
One AKC registered dachshund puppy available. Black Appaloosa mare six years old listed at $325. Seven year old Laddie mare priced at $300. A three year old mare at $185. All gentle and suitable for families.
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