German Commandos Break Up Hijacking
West German commandos rescued 86 hostages from a Lufthansa jet in Mogadishu Somalia after a ten minute raid, killing three of four hijackers. One hostage, the pilot Juergen Schumann, was killed. The hijackers had demanded 11 imprisoned terrorists and $6 million. Three of the abductors later committed suicide.
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BOM
West Germany
East Africa
Lufthansa
Mogadishu
Somalia
Carter
Bonn
Mitsuo Setoyama
Radio
Abdulaldir Salad
Germany
Andreas Baader
Gudrun Ensslin
Lockheed faces potential IAM walkout at Marietta plant
The International Association of Machinists threatens a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday strike at Lockheed's Marietta Georgia plant if a new contract is not agreed. The move would swell the across the region strikes to about 19,000 IAM members at Lockheed sites in Georgia and California.
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Los. Angeles
US Aerospace Industry
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
Georgia
California
Boeing
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Wichita
Kan
McDonnell-Douglas
United Auto Workers
B 52 Bomber Upgrades Aim to Extend Service Life
SEATTLE AP The Air Force awarded an 8.2 million contract to update avionics on G and H model B-52s and Boeing Wichita will define a long range Offensive Avionics System over eight months. Digital systems will replace analog vacuum tube tech to improve navigation and weapons delivery while keeping costs down. The effort could lead to further prototype work and eventual production kits to retrofit existing aircraft through the late 1980s.
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Seattle
Air Force
Boeing Aerospace Co
Wichita
Strategic Air Command
Boeing Wichita
Earl Norman
OAS
Norman
Escape Artist Jailed After 4-Year Success
Harold Hemminger, 36, famed as one of the era’s best jailbreakers, is back in jail in Pontiac Illinois after four years on the lam. Recaptured in Viroqua Wisconsin, he previously escaped from Waupun Wisconsin and from Illinois facilities. authorities and officials vary on the total number of escapes.
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Pontiac, Ill
Harold Hemminger
Hemminger
Viroqua
Wis
Pontiac
Vernon County
Wisconsin
Leavenworth
Kan
Carter Set To Meet Iowa Farmers On Farm Visit
President Jimmy Carter will meet drought hit Iowa farmers at Marywood Farm in Warren County during a 1976 visit. Host Woody Diehl, 64, will introduce Carter and discuss cattle wheat drought energy and corn prices as part of a four state swing and a fund raising dinner in Des Moines. Diehl’s family runs a 1600 acre hog cattle and crop operation with four grain silos and barns and storage buildings.
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Towa
Jimmy Carter
Woodrow Wilson Diehl
Diehl
Carter
Iowa
Democratic Party
Woody
Diehls
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Agriculture Committee
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