Nebraska to Atlanta Hijacker Seeks Freedom for Prisoner
Frontier Airlines Flight 101 with 33 aboard diverted from Grand Island Nebraska to Kansas City and then Atlanta. Hijacker Thomas Hannan 29 demanded 3 million dollars two parachutes two machine guns two pistols and the release of George David Stewart from Fulton County Jail. He released 18 hostages in Kansas City and kept 15 others aboard. FBI and FAA coordinated response as officials discussed potential troop involvement but relied on law enforcement.
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Atlanta
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Kansas City
Williams
FAA
FBI
Thomas Hannan
Grand Island
Neb
Bert Lance
Hartsfield
John Braden
Alvin Feldman
Fulton County
George David Stewart
Mobile
Ala
Hannan
National Bank of Georgia
Stewart
Washington
Griffin Bell
Bell
Carter
United States
Hall County
Roswell group fights utility rate hikes and backs charter reform
The Concerned Citizens Group of Roswell launches a dual public and political challenge to proposed city service and utility rate increases. It plans a petition with up to 10 000 voter signatures to address the City Council on Oct 25 and may back mayoral and council candidates in 1978. The group also eyes drafting a city charter to reflect their positions and may seek a charter commission via a petition.
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Agnes Kells
Adams Drive
Concerned Citizens Group of
Roswell
Clatice Parker
Woodrow Parker
Parkers
Washington Ave
Goddard High School
Paul Stursale
CCGR
Tandy Hunt
Hunt
Dams tagged for design flaws in five western states
Government study lists 17 western dams with design flaws including Avalon and McMillan on the Pecos and El Vado in New Mexico. It warns heavy floods could repeat the Teton disaster and cites eight seepage problems including Navajo Dam.
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Washington
New Mexico
West
Teton Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Avalon
McMillan
Pecos River
Carlsbad
el Vado
Rio Arriba
Navajo Dam
San Juan River
San Juan
Reclamation
R. Keith Higginson
Bureau
Warren Weber
Brantley
Pecos
Brantley Dam
Army Corps of Engineers
Richard Leonard
Warren
Navajo
Teton
Altus
Oklahoma
Dickinson Dam
North Dakota
East Park
Califoria
Gibson Dam
Montana
Island Park
Idaho
Deerfield
South Dakota
Hyrum
Utah
Lahontan
Nevada
Lake Sherburne
McKay Dam
Oregon
McMillan Dam
Stewart Mountain
Arizona
Stony Gorge
California
Theodore Roosevelt
Willow Creek Dam
Black Canyon
Echo Dam
Helena Valley
Jackson Lake
Wyoming
Starvation
Twin Buttes Dam
Texas
Warm Springs Dam
Roswell Chamber backs plan to raise water rates
The Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce urged the City Council to enact necessary service and utility rate increases to ensure growth. President Merle Tucker said the move aims to secure future water supply quality and quantity with hearings set for October 25 and cites potential loss of federal grants if rejected.
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Roswell
RCDC
Chamber
Merle Tucker
Tucker
William F. Brainerd
ACDC
Brainerd
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Hartsfield Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
Security
Bill Williams
Deborah Walker
Maria Casey
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors
Chaparral Motor Inn
CCGA
Yucker
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