New Year Celebrations Show Mixed Mood Across Cities
New Year’s Eve brings a whistling-in-the-dark aura with caution in San Francisco where a Nob Hill dinner dance tops $40 to $55. Salt Lake churches plan a candlelight service as some seek firm faith. Los Angeles readies Rose Bowl events while Miami Beach residents lament dwindling plans. Honolulu to block a downtown street for an outdoor dance as ice skater Robert Howell pursues a durance record in Decatur Alabama. Airlines report a 12 percent dip in holiday bookings with travelers staying closer to home.
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Honors student held in three sniper deaths
Anthony Barbaro, a 17 year old Olean High senior and top rifle team marksman, faces arraignment on three murder counts for a school rampage at Olean High School that killed Carmen Wright Neal Pilon and Earl Metcalf and wounded six others. A National Guard tank aided evacuation as police stormed a third floor room and Barbaro was captured after tear gas. Authorities offered no motive for the shootings during the holiday recess.
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New Year Festivities In New York City And Firework Rules
New Year's Eve in Central Park starts at 10 30 p m and the Times Square ball drops at midnight from the Allied Chemical building noting World War II blackout gaps. Guy Lombardo will headline a nationwide telecast from the Waldorf Astoria with tickets $65 to $75 for in person viewing. The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission says firecrackers remain legal where permitted and calls for labeling and safety standards for fireworks.
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Prison hospital hostage rescue in Walla Walla violence
Guards stormed a prison hospital to free two women hostages amid two disturbances at the Washington state penitentiary. Thirteen hostages were held. all were freed and inmates were returned to cells. A.J. Murphy reported the facility quiet that night.
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Captives describe guerrillas as cool calm professionals
In Managua AP reports the Sandinista Liberation Front freed 13 hostages after a 22 day siege then flew to Cuba with about $500 000 and 14 comrades. Laszlo Pataky 57 called the guerrillas cool calm professionals and said most were under 25. Three women were among eight attackers who killed a host and two guards at a suburban home. They freed 20 hostages over the weekend and demanded 5 million dollars for safe passage, but received less than half a million.
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Dean statement ties Nixon to CIA reports on demonstrators
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III testified under oath that the Nixon administration received regular intelligence reports on demonstrators and radical groups from the FBI and CIA. He described a 1970 to 1973 push to boost domestic intelligence, including a committee formed to oversee such activity. A closing line notes a supertanker can drink a half-case of beer at a sitting.
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