Flight 541 Hijacking Ends With Dazed Homecoming
In Kansas City AP reports a hijacked Flight 541 landed after almost 15 hours with 94 passengers returning to their families. Relatives from Missouri Kansas and Illinois waited at Marion and St Louis as the ordeal unfolded. Stories of fear relief and Christmas reunion followed as passengers were released.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Marion
Ill
Paul McClure
Lee's Summit
Sharon Howard
Lawrence
Kan
Lois Wohlgemuth
Overland Park
Jeremiah
Patricia Hill
Topeka
U.S
Martha Keys
Kansas
Kansas State University
Farrell Library
Rep. Keys
Jim Jeffries
Atchison
G. Jay Rausch
Kansas State
Rausch
KSU
Bill Roy
Alliance Plans Non-Violent Protest On Nuclear Shipment
The Sunbelt Alliance plans a peaceful protest on the Arkansas River Navigation channel over the reactor bound for the Wolf Creek plant. About 30 to 60 members will protest from shore while 12 to 15 boats approach near U.S. 66 crossings, with arrivals anticipated January 2 between 7 and 8 a.m. Authorities warned lawbreakers and arrests may occur.
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Tulsa
Okla
Arkansas River Navigation Channel
Kansas
Sunbelt Alliance
Harley Ladd
Catoosa
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Kan
Sunbelt
Alliance
Ladd
Rogers County
Black Fox
Inola
Navy refuses Medal of Honor for West Islip veteran
Anthony Casamento, a 58 year old disabled World War II veteran, fights in protest of not receiving the Medal of Honor. He wheels daily to the White House gate with posters and a flag, asserting he earned greater recognition after Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Navy
West Islip
N.Y
Anthony Casamento
Casamento
White House
Guadalcanal
Beech Sales Outlook Boosts Job Picture
Beech Aircraft Corp. plans to hire about 2,600 next year to reach 9600 million in total consolidated sales for 1979. The hires span Wichita and Salina, Liberal, and Boulder, Colo. Current worldwide employment exceeds 10,400. Beech leased a 58,000 square foot plant at Craig Field in Selma, Alabama, to perform modification work while continuing production in Wichita.
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Wichita, Kan
Beech Aircraft Corp
Beech
Wichita
Salina
Liberal
Boulder
Colo
Craig Field
Selma
Ala
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Patricia
Washington Briefs
National Urban League
Labor Department
Ernest G. Green
Marion Barry
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Barry
Walter Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Congress
Lou Eberhardt
U.S. Postal Service
Eberhardt
Agriculture Department
USDA
Ocr
Jervicr
Christinas
Christ
Shaw Insurance Agency
Siacere
Larry and
Rath Shaw
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