Killers strike in Tel Aviv amid bus hijack and hostage crisis
A group of eleven Palestinian guerrillas attacked a Tel Aviv Haifa coastal corridor, killing a tour guide and firing on two buses. They seized Bus 901, took 70 hostages, including 15 from the returning tour, and forced the driver toward Tel Aviv amid gunfire and threats.
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Mediterranean
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Manganels
Gail Rubin
New York
Shlomo Cohen
Maagan Michaels
Palestine
Arafat
Rina Nini
Mrs. Nini
Ronnie Boshkevitz
Joyland Trailer Park Residents Win Eviction Reprieve
Concord residents facing eviction at Joyland Trailer Park won another delay as Sheriff Ronald Daniels said no action would occur today while arrangements are made. In Massachusetts a frost related gas line rupture caused a deadly explosion injuring a 61 year old woman outside Gay Ruth Williamson's home. In Maine a faulty oil burner caused an apartment fire killing 45 year old Yvette Burba.
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Joyland
Merrimack County
Ronald Daniels
Cheshire
Mass
Berkshire Gas Co
Gay Ruth Williamson
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield
Saco
Maine
Yvette Burba
Elm Street
Dollar Stabilization Plan Aims to Halt Currency Slide
In Bonn and Washington a joint U S German effort to halt the dollar's fall was announced. The plan centers on the U S Federal Reserve Board increasing dollar purchases in foreign exchange markets when the dollar weakens to shore up its value.
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West Germany
Washington
U.S. Federal Reserve Board
U.S
NH Liquor Commission weighs longer bar hours again
In Concord the NH Liquor Commission again weighs extending weekend drinking hours after a failed one hour extra trial. In Danville a single car crash killed two youths and left two injured, with 17 year old Robert Lambert dead on scene and 17 year old Brian Battis dying later in Boston. In Mount Washington a MIT student Henry Dones survived a 500 foot slide rescue after a weekend accident.
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N.H
New Hampshire Liquor Commission
Costas Tentas
Danville
Robert Lambert
Brian Battis
Boston
Mount Washington
Henry Dones
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Israelis Plan Revenge After Tel Aviv-Haifa Attack
Israeli leader Menachem Begin vowed retaliation after a weekend Arab raid killed 36 Israelis and wounded 72, with all 11 attackers killed or captured. Cabinet meetings opened an inquiry into coastal defenses and a hijacked bus incident as Beirut warned of a three-pronged strike on south Lebanon bases, Tyre harbor, and refugee camps.
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Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Israel
Begin
Tel Aviv-Haifa
Haim Corfu
Beirut
Tyre
Fuad Butros
Judea
Samaria
Gaza Strip
Yasser Arafat
West Bank
Arafat
al Fatah
Palestine
Seabrook strike averted as talks extend deadline
Heavy equipment operators at Seabrook nuclear plant avoided strike when both sides extended the deadline by a week. About 575 were laid off. roughly 250 returned to work Monday with remaining expected back Tuesday as negotiations progress. IUOE Local 4 seeks a one year contract. a new meeting with Associated General Contractors is set in Boston.
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Norman Cullerot
Nuclear Information For Public Service Co
Walter J. Ryan
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IUOE
Ryan
Associated Press
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IUCE
Public Service Co
Boston
PSC
Cullerot
Mines reopen hopes dim as workers stay away
Work whistles blew at many struck coal mines yet few miners answered the federal back to work order. Across Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky Illinois Virginia Pennsylvania activity was sparse with isolated picketing and maintenance at a handful of sites. UMW locals urged workers to return by 12:01 a.m. while federal marshals pressed a deadline to enforce the Taft Hartley order.
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Kentucky
Illinois
Virginia
Pennsylvania
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Bethlehem Mines Corp
Welch
W.va
Eastern Associated Coal Co
United Mine Workers Local 6196
UMW
John Hall
Peabody Coal Co
Baldwin
Ill
Seacoast towns weigh growth limits and CWIP in votes
Seacoast communities including Greenland Hampton Falls Exeter Stratham Brentwood Seabrook and Lee prepare town meeting warrants amid fears of rapid population growth. Proposals cover growth control housing regulation historic district status waterfront districts and CWIP issues with related school and town projects and a regional solid waste incinerator plan.
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Greenland
Hampton Falls
Exeter
Stratham
Brentwood
Seabrook
Lee
Rye
Isles of Shoals
Massare
Brackett Road
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Public Service Co
Hampton
CWIP
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Durham
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Exeter Town Hall
Fremont
Central School
New
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New Castle
Great Island Common
Newington
Civic Center
Newfields
Newmarket
North Hampton
Canadian seal hunt sparks clashes as reps and activists watch
On the Labrador ice off Cartwright, seal hunters on four Canadian ships killed pups as hakapiks flashed. Congressmen Leo Ryan and James Jeffords faced protests and sharp exchanges with Newfoundland officials over sealing policies. Greenpeace observers and media covered the scene while authorities cited quotas and permitting rules.
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ST. Anthony
Newfoundland
Labrador
United States
Cartwright
EB to halt production of 688s in Groton and Quonset Point
Groton Connecticut Electric Boat division of General Dynamics will halt work April 12 on 16 688 class nuclear submarines. Governor Ella Grasso said she was informed by EB general manager P Takis Veliotis that a letter to the U S Navy was being sent. EB employs about 20 000 at Groton and 4 600 at Quonset Point, with cost overruns dispute since 1976 and wage and material investments topping 370 million dollars rising about 15 million monthly. Grasso will seek a Washington meeting with Connecticut's delegation on the planned closing.
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Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Ella Grasso
P. Takis Veliotis
U.S. Navy
Groton
Quonset Point
R.1
Electric Boat
Navy
Grasso
Washington
Connecticut
Public hearing tonight on closing three Portsmouth schools
Portsmouth residents will speak at tonight’s 7:30 School Board meeting at Little Harbour School on closing Atlantic Heights Sherburne and Lafayette elementary schools. Closing would save about 230000 but faces a projected budget crunch from over 400000 in lost aid, possibly raising the tax rate by 4 to 6.
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Portsmouth
Little Harbour
Atlantic Heights
Sherburne
Lafayette
Weeks Pushes Rescue Plan For School Dept Budget Crisis
City Councilman Peter Weeks, a former School Board member, will propose a resolution tonight urging President Carter to restore $400,000 in impacted aid funds for the School Dept. The meeting also features a 7 pm public hearing on James Splaine’s plan to withhold 17 percent Public Service Co rate hikes until regulatory or court action resolves the case, with opponents arguing legal risk.
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Weeks
Carter
Public Service Company
James Splaine
Public Utilities Commission
Court of Law
Splaine
Charles Eldredge
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