Terrorists surrender jetliner and release hostages
At Athens a Luft hansa jet was forced toward Beirut Libya and Calica as terrorists negotiated with Greek authorities over captured Black September operatives. The Pan Am firebombing killed Bonnie Cre swell of 20. 29 bodies were found aboard the burned Pan Am 707 with 59 booked aboard. Six or more hijackers and hostages were involved, with survivors and casualties reported amid chaotic scenes and cross border actions.
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Luthansa
Athens
Calica
Lufthansa
Libya
Beirut
Bonnie Creswell
Pan Am
Middle East Airlines
Tripoli
Tel Aviv
Paris
Seige
Kuwait
Israel
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Schoenau
Vienna
Snow
Arab Youth Organization For the Liberation of Palestine
Royal Dutch Airlines
Baghdad
Damiascus
Nicosia
Malta
Dubai
State offices stay open on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
California state offices will remain open Dec 24 and Dec 31 during regular hours despite energy shortages. Governor Howald Reagan ordered department directors to urge staff to take vacation or compensatory time off. The move followed a request from the 4000–member Union of State Employees Local 411 for a shutdown on those dates.
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Sacramento
California
Howald Reagands
Reagan
Ciyde Walthall
Monay
Walthall
Union of State Emploves
Local 411
Two men found guilty in murders face consecutive life terms
Curry and McQuiltion were found guilty of two murders and face four consecutive terms, with five-year sentences for firearms. Extradited from Louisiana to Long Beach, they were tried in Pasadena after a change of venue amid extensive publicity. The trial featured 23o exhibits and 5,000 pages of transcripts.
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California
Sheldon
Curry
McQuiltion
Louisiana
Ball and Frank
Long Beach
Gatnd
Pasadena
State's transport director to quit
SACRAMENTO IM The state director of transportation, Taines Moe, says he will leave the Reagan administration soon to return to private industry. The 1-year-old Moe has been with state government since 1967. He became director of the new State Department of Transportation when it was created last summer.
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Sacramento
Taines Moe
Moe
State Department of Transportation
Six Arab terror incidents in 1973 summarized
A chronological summary of Arab guerrilla attacks and hijackings throughout 1973. From Rome airport bombings to multiple hijackings and assaults in Nicosia, Athens, Amsterdam, Dubai, Cairo, Paris, Tripoli, and Baghdad, detailing hostage situations, casualties, captures, and eventual surrenders or releases.
Police stay holdup suspect in Long Beach raid
Police describe a stakeout near Fourth Street and the alley between Orange and Florida avenues where Virgin allegedly opened fire on officers after being ordered out with hands up. He was hit and died at St. Mary's Hospital. A young woman, Miss Keith rey, faced potential charges as a possible driver in one of five robberies tied to the suspect. A Secret Witness program informant led to another suspect identification, but will forfeit a reward. Serial robberies span Oct. 10 to Nov. 6 at multiple local businesses with sums ranging from $40 to $1,250.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rome
APHAL
Nicosia
Cyprus
el Ab
Egypt
el al
Athens
Kuwait
Japan Air Lines
Amsterdam
Tokyo
Dubai
Benghavi
Lina
Peterson
Long Beach
Huntington Beach
Dick Nolan
Brian Moore
Virgin
Orange
Florida Avenues
Fourth
Stetel
Oiegin
Palien
St. Mary's Hospital
Polina
Keithrey
Hipster
E. Broadway
Safeway
Seventh St
Von's Market
Athletic Aves
Big John's Liquor
Daisy Ave
Safeway Market
Greadway
Gunman robs Bar in Long Beach rape and shooting
A gunman robbed a Long Beach bar early today, raping a waitress and shooting a male customer in the back of the head before fleeing with about 2,338 dollars. Police say Roy Pink, unemployed car lot attendant of Campton, was later found hiding near the bar with a .22 pistol and 1,388 dollars in cash.
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North Long Beach
Roy Pink
Chester Ave
Campton
Pink
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West Germany
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Talian
Éhame
Madrid
Andrew Erveck
Las Vegas
Fiumicine
Palestine Liberation Organization
al Akhbar
Geneva
Midge Evans
Cry Fine Service
Ronald. L. Vir
Gin
Stu
Som Shaw
L.B
Allan A. Ice
Michael S. Gallshen
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Carson
Knittle
Dasian
Carl
Reid
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