Hijacked TWA jetliner: passenger slain in Beirut
A passenger aboard a hijacked TWA Boeing 727 carrying about 145 passengers and eight crew was killed in Beirut by one of two gunmen. The jetliner, initially seized after landing in Athens, then traveled to Rome and Boston before returning to Beirut. The hijackers demanded releases and threatened more violence, contacting reporters minutes before takeoff.
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Lebanon
TWA
Algiers
Washington
Preston Hammerbocker
Athens
Islamic Holy War
Algeria
Greece
Rome
Boston
Man builds, flies home craft after 25 years work
Bill Kiesel, 65, completed a 25 year project building a Midget Mustang. He towed the craft in a pickup to Schlemeyer Field and test flew it last Sunday, with FAA approval they called it as well built as a manufactured airplane. Kiesel plans another trip to Florida and dreams of building a boat next.
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Bill Kiesel
Kiesel
1404
Patton Drive
Frederick
Oklahoma
Bill
Wichita
Kan
Gainesville
Odessa
Perry Gas Processors
Kansas
Schlemeyer Field
Fenton
Texas Ave
Florida
Jury acquits former Alpine man of murder
A 10 man 2 woman jury acquitted former Alpine geologist Dwight Deal of murder in the 1983 death of his wife Sandra. He found not guilty after a three hour deliberation. An autopsy cited blunt force head injuries as the cause. Deal lived in Carlsbad NM at the time.
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Fort Stockton
Dwight Deal
Deal
Sandra
Carlsbad
N.M
Brewster County
Alpine
Bombers Crash Car Into Beirut Post Killing 23
In west Beirut two suicide bombers crashed a car loaded with explosives into a seaside army position, killing 23 people including three soldiers and wounding 36. A white BMW explosion shattered windows near the Summerland hotel as militiamen and troops cordoned the area and called for blood donations. Witnesses described cars burning along the boulevard as evacuation began.
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Beirut
Lebanon
West Beirut
Jonah
Summerland
Researchers Link Infant Mortality and Military Spending
Boston University and Harvard researchers report a statistical link between higher military spending and higher national infant mortality across 14 countries, published in Lancet. Critics caution that correlation is not causation and call for careful methods.
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Boston
John C. Bailor Hiii
Harvard School of Public Health
Bailar
Woolhandler
United States
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