Defector Soviet Pilot Lands Mig 25 in Japan
A Soviet air force lieutenant landed a Mig 25 at Hakodate airport in northern Japan and asked police to help him defect to the United States. He fired once in the air, was captured on immigration charges, and provided few details about a reported base in Siberia. The incident prompted a large police and military response and marked the first time a Soviet military aircraft made an emergency landing in Japan.
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Foreign Ministry
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Siberia
Hakodate
Palestinian hijackers end 18 hour Cyprus siege
Three Palestinian gunmen who hijacked a KLM DC9 caved in near Larnaca Cyprus after an 18 hour ordeal that kept 81 hostages including three Americans in suspense. Jets shadowed the plane as Israeli authorities refused demands for prisoner releases and the hijackers were handed to a Libyan diplomat with promises of safe passage out of the country.
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Cyprus
UPI
Nice
France
Tunisia
Israel
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Holland
Ashour al Fartas
Otto Horsting
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Horsting
Selma
Ala
Palestine Liberation Organization
Steve Schmidt
Waterford
Calif
Spain
Malaga
Amsterdam
Tunis
Ben Gurion
Libya
Nicosia
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
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Kelley to remain FBI director amid marriage plans
President Ford announced Clarence Kelley would stay as FBI director after investigators found no grounds to terminate him. Kelley disclosed plans to marry Shirley Dyckes, a former nun teaching in a Washington suburb, and offered to reimburse $335 for drapery installation, resolving ethics questions over gifts from subordinates.
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Levi
Weather snapshot for Redlands Yucaipa and San Bernardino Valley
Temperatures today to 11 am include Redlands highs 72 lows 63 and Yucaipa highs 74 lows 60. Sunday highs near 89 90 with lows around 63. San Bernardino Valley records a high 80-85 and low 58-65 with 20 percent shower chances Tuesday. Southern California remains variably cloudy with scattered afternoon showers in deserts and southern mountains, and coastal areas ending tonight.
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Electrical storm lashes Southland in mid summer blackout
A severe electrical storm swept Southern California Sunday night, bringing lightning, thunder, and heavy rain. Power and telephone lines were disrupted as transformers were struck, causing blackouts lasting from 30 seconds to two hours across wide areas from South Bay to inland Los Angeles.
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U.S. Weather Service
Carter Opens Campaign at Warm Springs in 1976 Style
Jimmy Carter stood at Franklin D. Roosevelt's Warm Springs retreat and urged a Carter presidency, likening 1976 to 1932 and 1960. Ford planned to launch later from University of Michigan as Mondale campaigned coast to coast. both candidates pressed trust in government amid debates over spending and Watergate fallout.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Georgia
America
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Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Warm Springs
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Darlington
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Akron
Ohio
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San Jose
Calif
Los Angeles
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Norfolk
Newark
N.J
New York City
University of Michigan
U.S. News & World Report
Viking 2 tests digging arm and seismometer on Mars
Viking 2 reports ejection of a shield over its digging arm to enable soil sampling next weekend. A seismometer will gauge Mars activity, with early data showing no vibrations yet. Scientists compare Marsquake prospects to past Viking 1 results and analyze lander terrain and possible caliche salts at Utopia site.
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UPI
America
Viking 2
Mars Observatory
Earth
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Mars
Marsquake
Lander
Gary Latham
University of Texas
North Vietnam identifies 12 dead U.S. fliers amid MIA talks
The White House and press secretary react to Hanoi confirming 12 missing airmen as dead, part of broader MIA accounting efforts. Officials caution no move toward normalized relations until all 1,100 names are released, while Vietnam seeks UN admission. Vietnam previously sent some bodies and signals a possible path to broader talks on war damage and missing personnel.
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UPI
Ford
North Vietnam
White House
Ron Nessen
U.S
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U.N. General Assembly
New York
United States
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Hanoi
Indochina
Vietnam
Colombo
Sri Lanka
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