Hijackers’ ransom pledge amid hostage crisis in Dacca
The Japanese government agreed to hand over 6 million dollars and nine prisoners to ransom 146 hostages aboard a hijacked JAL airliner at Dacca airport. Five hostages were released, including two Americans. The Tokyo government sought a deadline extension for the hijackers.
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Red Army
Japan Air Lines
California
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Rebels Hold Jijiga In Ogaden War Push
Foreign correspondents report Somalia-backed rebels in firm control of Jijiga in the Ogaden region after a two week battle ending Aug. 27. The WS LF claims 12,000 Ethiopian soldiers killed or wounded and says rebels advanced 22 miles toward Harar, with plans to capture Diredawa and Awash. Ethiopian fortifications lie in ruins, and thousands of soldiers’ bodies remain unburied.
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Ethiopia
Ogaden
Harar
Diredawa
Awash
Confeder ate Air Force drops Hiroshima bombing re‑enactment
The Confederate Air Force boards voted to remove the Hiroshima atomic bombing re‑enactment from the Harlingen air show after talks with Washington officials. The Oct. 6–9 event will proceed without the controversial simulator, amid protests and federal prompts.
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Associated Press
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Travis McNeil
CAF
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McNeil
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima
Paul Tibbets
Tibbets
Pro-Canal treaty forces seek Senate approval only
The Carter administration resists demands for both houses of Congress to vote before transferring control of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. Attorney General Griffin Bell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that only the Senate need approve the treaty, which would relinquish the Canal Zone and transfer canal operations to Panama in 2000.
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Canal Zone
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Griffin Bell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Justice Department
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Republic of Panama
United States
House of Representatives
Panama
United State
False teeth forgotten in flight from James
A train wreck at Kennesaw, Georgia forced evacuation of 26 elderly residents from Shady Grove Nursing Home as ammonia and smoke drifted toward the facility. Residents fled within 15 minutes to avoid exposure while fire crews fought the blaze and gas leaks persisted.
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Shady Grove Nursing Home
Oscar Hickey
Randy Lewis
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Red Cross
Louisville
Nashville
Nursing Home
Lewis
Diamond men uneasy after gem broker dies
In Manhattan's diamond district police hunt for a killer after 25 year old gem broker Pinchas Jaroslawicz is found murdered. Witness Shlomo Tal, a 21 year old diamond cutter, leads detectives to the body and claims two intruders kidnapped and killed Jaroslawicz after beating him. Tal, held as a material witness, says he was abducted and drugged while the robbers looted about $30,000 in jewels from his car. The slaying rattles a district where up to $400 million in gems trade daily on West 47th Street.
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Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
Shlomo Tal
Pinchas Jaroslawicz
Tal
Jaroslawccz
Jaroslawicz
U.S
West 47Th Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Carter Eyes PLO Role in Mid East Peace Talks
The Carter administration discusses PLO participation in Middle East peace talks with Arab leaders at the United Nations. Cyrus Vance and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy led discussions, with officials saying a low level PLO presence in a joint Arab delegation is possible if Israel agrees. The plan challenges Israel’s stance and seeks a unified Arab delegation for a reconvened Geneva conference.
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Mid-East
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
United Nations
Cyrus R. Vance
Ismail Fahmy
PLO
Syria
Geneva
Abdel Halim Khaddam
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