Thai military coup topples year old government in Bangkok
Thai military led by Sangad Chaloryoo announces the abolition of the 1976 constitution and dissolution of cabinet as martial law remains. Prime Minister Tanin Kraivixion refuses to resign while curfew stays and elections are promised in 1978.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Tevalitinmang Committee
Yaniv Kraivixion
Tanin
Sangad Chaloryoo
Tani
Sanged
National Assembly
Sangad
Hijacked Frontier jet lands in Atlanta with hostages
An Atlanta bound Frontier Airlines Boeing 737 carrying three people aboard was hijacked from a Nebraska airport by Thomas Hannan. It landed in Atlanta where 11 hostages remained, while eight other passengers and a number of crew were released in Kansas City. FBI identified Hannan as the hijacker and said he sought three million dollars for freedom of an ally.
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Atlanta
Nebraska
Frontier Airlines
Kansas City
FBI
Thomas Hannan
Grand Island
Neb
George David Stewart
Mobile
Ala
Aulanta
Bert Lance
FBI Anl Faa
WSB
Hannan
Stewart
Oscar Larsen
Towo
Denver
Bill Williams
Williams
Park links with Congress official tied to Ford aide, KCIA claim
Former KCIA agent Kim Sang Keun testified that in 1975 he learned Tongsun Park had contacts with a high Congress official and an assistant to the President, later identified as Ford. The committee protected names, while Hancho Kim reported reporters may uncover Park’s influence buying. John J. McFall and John Brademas admitted gifts from Park but deny wrongdoing.
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Tas
Tongsu Park
Congress
Gerald Ford
KCIA
Seoul
Tongsun Park
Kim Sang Keun
Hancho Kim
Park
Ford
Tangsun Park
KCFA
Douglas approves larger quieter BC-3 Super 30 DC-3 jet
McDonnell Douglas gives Douglas Aircraft Co. a go ahead for production of the BC-3 Super 30 twinjet after securing more than 400 million dollars in firm orders from Southern Airways Austrian Airlines Swissair and others. The Super 30 features a 14 foot longer fuselage 28 percent larger wing and new fanjet engines to boost thrust and reduce noise. It will seat up to 172 passengers, nearly double the DC-9 capacity, with the DC-8 and 707 as earlier benchmarks. Multiple airlines placed orders and options totaling 27 jets with options for nine more, including Linea Aeropostal Venezolana and Swissair.
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McDonnell Douglas Corp
Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Southern Airways
Austrian Airlines
Swissair
Bonn hunts 16 in terror wave
West German police launched their most extensive hunt since World War II for six men and ten women linked to the kidnap murder of industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer. Across Europe, bombings and arson targeted symbols of capitalism as authorities pledged public resolve.
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Bonn
West Germany
Hangs-Martin Schleyer
Stuttgart
Responsive
Taugatt
Bender
Europe
Britain
France
Italland
Italy
Austria
Greece
Paris
Latin
Montauban
Toulouse
Red Army
Marseilles
Agence France-Presse
Red Army Roo
Schreyer
Klause Boelling
Schlager
Cologne
Tax cut seen by July as Kreps signals aim
Washington AP Commerce Secretary Juanita M Kreps said a tax cut could come by the third quarter of 1978 to spur growth and curb unemployment. She noted GDP growth around 5 percent is needed over the next two to three years, with tax reductions as a key support.
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Kreps
Washington
Commerce
Juanita M. Kreps
Fennsgania Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Commerce Department
Feoss
Weather Tonight and Friday in LB Mountains and Deserts
TONIGHT LB area morning clouds with a low near 58 and a high around 75. Mountains expect fair skies with a low 35 and high 73. Deserts stay fair with a low 55 and high unspecified.
Energy conferees seek loans for home weatherization
Washington AP House and Senate energy conferees reach a compromise allowing utilities to finance weather proofing up to $200 per consumer with possible higher loans for furnace work. The plan lets states set programs but forbids utilities from directly installing insulation. It also notes future housing retrofit financing could exceed $300. The panel aims to finish by Nov 4 and move to related gas mileage and wage issues.
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Washington
House
Senate Energy
Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Henry M Jackson
D-Wash
Press-Telegram Classified and A-2 A-3 A-4 items mix
A jumble of brief news snippets and notices from pages A-2 to A-5 including a hijacking anecdote, Sohio tanker terminal approval with three tanks rejected at Pier J, a Humphrey tribute with 3000 attendees, Jess Unruh seeking governorship, Mervyn Dymally's congressional run, and a Panama Canal treaty poll showing 26 percent support, plus a note on a secret witness summary and rewards on A-19.
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Sohio
Pier J
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UK Utilities Lending Plan
Press-Telegram
Tobert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Minnesota
Page
Jess Unruh
Assembly
Mervyn Dymally
U.S
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