Hijackers Agree to Release 100 Hostages in North Korea Exchange
In Seoul a group of fifteen hijackers agreed to free 100 hostages aboard a Japan Air Lines 727. They will exchange the hostages for two Japanese officials, Assistant Transportation Minister Shinjiro Yamamura and a Socialist MP Sukeya Abe, to be taken to Pyongyang. A standby crew prepared for the flight north as North Korea pledged quick repatriation of passengers.
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Japan Air Lines
Japan
Seoul
Pyongyang
Shinjiro Yamamura
Sukeya Abe
Tokyo
Abe
North Korea
Dynamite Easily Bought In Michigan Hardware Store
Reporters reveal how a small hardware store sold twelve sticks of dynamite for 3 dollars with no ID or justification requested. The gatekeeper sign listed gun laws, yet the sale required only a name on a bill of sale, exposing no age or purpose checks amid lax enforcement.
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Chris Mead Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan
Ohio Tornado Month Spotlight and Historic Blasts
Ohio is likeliest to suffer tornadoes in April per ESSA meteorologist Marvin E. Miller. Since 1900 April recorded 68 twisters in Ohio, May 67, June 64, July 39, August 38, with about 10 tornadoes per year since 1953. Notable events include the 1924 Sandusky Lake Erie hurricane that killed 85 and damaged over 32 million dollars, and the 1969 Lake Erie storms with over 40 dead. Radar and spotter satellites discussed for detection, plus weather advisories and watches. A separate note in Boulder, Colorado says University of Colorado will host its third annual Trivia Bowl starting next Monday across 18 categories.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
US. Weather Bureau
Marvin E. Miller
U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration
ESSA
Buckeye
Miller
Sandusky
Cedar Point
Lake Erie
Lorain
John Rayner
Ohio State University
Boulder, Colo
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UPS
South Korea
Baltimore, Md
U.S. District Court
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Maryland
Mead and
Eberly
UPI Telephoto
Carole Eberly
Rayner
Weather Bureau
Milan Ave
Blackwall Exchange
BFG
Whittlesey
Bankamericard
ORL Tel
Begoodrich
Ringholz Meyers
E. Main ST
Norwalk
Marion Stark & Son
Norwalk, Ohio
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