Hijackers Free Passengers on Indian Boeing Jet
Two young men seized an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 after a parliament vote ousted Indira Gandhi. With a toy pistol and a cricket ball, they demanded Gandhi's release. 129 aboard were unharmed as hijackers were moved to Lucknow for a news conference. More than 18,000 Gandhi supporters were arrested amid postvote violence. five people were killed.
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Gene Kramer
Associated Press
New Delhi, India
Indira Gandhi
New Delhi
Gandhi
Indian Airlines
Calcutta
Delhi
Lucknow
D.N. Pandey
B.N. Pandey
Katmandu
Nepal
Patna
India
Varanasi
Benares
Uttar Pradesh
R.N. Yadav
Sanjay
Indira Congress Arty
Morarji Desai
Zinmer wins probation for jail fire killings in Maury County
Andrew Zinmer, 18, convicted of arson and 42 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the June 26 1977 Maury County jail fire, receives three years on plea but is freed on five years probation after 18 months in custody. Justice was negotiated by defense and prosecution.
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Superior
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Maury County
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Zimner
Navy
Norfolk, Va
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp
Niagara County
Seveso
Internet Task Force On
Hooker
Love Canal
Tentative pact seen in SALT II talks in Geneva
Secretary of State Vance arrived in Geneva aiming for a tentative SALT II agreement to be wrapped at a U S Soviet summit next month. He warned no final draft would be signed yet and planned a concluding meeting with Andrei Gromyko, while Middle East talks in Brussels were hardly expected to breakthrough.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Geneva
Cyrus Vance
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Vance
Middle East
Brussels
Moshe Dayan
Mustafa Khalil
Israel
Gromyko
State Department
Thomas Reston
Carter
Brezhnev
Guadeloupe
Teng Hsiao-ping
China
White House
Washington
St. Simons Island
Georgia Coast
PLO Retaliates as Rockets Hit Kiryat Shmona in Israel
Rockets from southern Lebanon pounded Kiryat Shmona in retaliation for Israeli air strikes on Palestinian camps. Seven wounded, five children treated for shock. Arafat's PLO claimed responsibility, citing reprisal for the prior Israeli attack. Israel said it was in response to Palestinian bombings since Nov 1. An additional grenade attack in Jerusalem injured three. Egypt condemned the strikes but continued plans for a Brussels meeting with Israel.
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Larry Thorson
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Kiryat Shmona
Galilee Panhandle
Beirut
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Old
Jerusalem
Holy City
Old City
Egypt
Foreign Ministry
Cairo
Mustafa Khalik
Brussels
Opponent of Shah Accepts Premiership in Iran Crisis
Golam Hossein Sadiqi reportedly agreed to form a civilian government after the shah promised political concessions. Sadiqi demanded dissolution of Parliament and a general election within six months, with the shah pledging free elections next June. Opposition figures warned the move would not ease the crisis while the shah remains in power.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Golam Hossein Sadiqi
Sadiqi
Shah
Tehran University
Mohammed Mossadegh
Thieves raid Rome Gucci store through wall of shoemaker
Thieves tunneled from an adjacent shop into Rome's Gucci leatherware and jewelry store and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise along with $960 from the shoemaker's till. Police noted this was Rome's third hole in the wall robbery this week.
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Rome
Shots Fired at Americans Near Chinandega Nicaragua
Unknown attackers fired on six Americans on a highway about 20 miles south of Chinandega. One man was wounded and hospitalized in Leon, two were missing, three detained. The six, likely Honduran workers, entered Nicaragua from Honduras. Embassy officials pursue details and contact Nicaragua’s National Guard.
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Nicaragua
Chinandega
Here
U.S
James Fitzgerald
Leon
Fitzgerald
Jerry White
Honduras
Quiles Aranda Escobar
Nicaragua National Guard
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