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Sandpoint Daily Bee

Location

Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1977

Page

8

Commandos kill three hijackers after six day jet rescue

West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jet in Mogadishu rescuing 86 hostages after a five day odyssey across Europe and the Middle East. Three hijackers were killed, one wounded woman held in hospital, and Captain Juergen Schumann was killed during the ordeal. The operation followed demands tied to Baader-Meinhof leaders.

Lufthansa Somalia Mogadishu Entebbe Uganda Baader Hanns- Martin Schleyer Baader-Meinhof Frankfurt Juergen Schumann Mahmoud Schumann United Nations Roy Hutchings British Airline Pilots Association Denmark Sweden Norway Stuttgart Raspe U.S Helmut Schmidt French Riviera Tiger Group Rome Larnaca Cyprus Bahrain Dubai Persian Gulf Aden Yemen

Hospital Bazaar Planned at Bonner General

The Bonner General Hospital Auxiliary hosts its annual fall bazaar in the hospital lobby on November 3 and 4. Handmade crafts for Christmas, cookies cakes jams jellies pies and pickles will be sold. A hand quilted youth quilt ticket drawn November 4, tickets 50 cents each or three for one dollar, with sales at the gift shop.

Hospital ‘Auxiliary Bonner General Hospital Julie Wood Edith Stein

World leaders laud West Germany’s Mogadishu rescue

Leaders from the United States Israel Iran Japan and Hong Kong praised West German commandos for freeing eight hostages aboard a hijacked Lufthansa 737 in Mogadishu Somalia. They called for global anti terrorism pacts while pilots urged a 48 hour strike to push for action.

Juan Tamayo United Press International Washington Tel Aviv Tokyo Tehran Bonn Lufthansa Mogadishu Somalia Carter Moshe Dayan West Germany Juergen Schumann Israel Entebbe Uganda Jamshid Amouzegar Japan Fukuda Mitsuo Setoyama International Federation Pilot’s Association Today Kurt Waldheim All Nations Hong Kong Derry Pearce International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations Pope Paul German Bishops’ Conference Pearce Waldheim General Assembly

Livestock Market Report From Portland Oregon

Livestock receipts total 1300 with slaughter classes steady to weak. Cows rise about 1.00, feeders down as much as 2.00. Steers and heifers quoted in the 28.50 to 37.00 range for standard to good notes, bulls 26.00 to 29.50, calves 29.00 to 35.50, feeder steers 42.25 to 44.25, and heifers 31.00 to 34.00 for 400 to 500 pound lots.

Portland Ore UPI

Soviet Union pushes SALT path to cut existing arms

United Nations reports say the Soviet Union pledges to start talks on reducing current strategic arms once a new SALT agreement is reached. Oleg Troyanovsky notes progress with President Carter and Andrei Gromyko, cites neutron bomb renunciation, and warns that nuclear war remains a real threat.

United Nations UPI Soviet Union Oleg Troyanovsky Carter Andrei Gromyko Troyanovsky U.N Hiroshima Moscow Communist Party Pravda

American yachtsmen reported safe in Ho Chi Minh City

Three U S yachtsmen seized last week are safe and in custody in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam authorities have investigated and say the men are well An American spokesman said Vietnamese officials told the U S they are in custody while investigations continue The Brillig skipper Cornelia Ann Dellenbaugh and two crewmen from Philadelphia and Flagstaff were aboard when the vessel was fired on and escorted toward Vietnam waters.

Bangkok Thailand UPI Ho Chi Minh City United States Saigon Vietnam State Department Agence France-Presse Brillig Cornelia Ann Dellenbaugh Vero Beach Fla Hanoi Brunei Borneo Miss Dellenbaugh Charles Affel Philadelphia Leland Dickerman Flagstaff Ariz Hansen House Congress Senate Veterans “Administration Veterans An. Hew Merciab

Abortion and Energy Bills Move Through Split Conference

Conference on abortion funding showed little progress while a new House Senate energy conference prepared to tackle the energy package. President Carter pressuring for approval. White House warns of veto over natural gas price deregulation. House Speaker ONeill condemns Senate attendance as delay harms labor, health and education funding tied to the abortion bill.

Robert Shepard Washington UPI Conference Committee House-Senate Carter White House House Thomas O'Neill Senate Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare Food and Drug Administration Congress Senate Ethics Committee U.S Senate Environment Public Works Committee Kent Hansen Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Pennsylvania hit by October snowstorm strands hundreds of cars

State police reported hundreds of cars stranded on Pennsylvania highways as nearly a foot of snow blanketed the state. Downed trees and power lines cut service to about 45,000 in Luzerne county. I 9 reopened, I 81 still closed. Snow ranged from 3 to 12 inches across several counties with several towns reporting outages and school closures.

Hazleton UPT Luzerne County State Department of Transportation Broad Mountain Range Carbon County Lehighton Panther Valley Williamsport Wellsboro Tioga County Eagles Mere Sullivan County Mt. Carmel Ashland Hazelton Schuylkill Columbia Northumberland Lewistown Seven Mountains Scranton Poconos

Terrorist Leaders Shoot Themselves In Stammheim

West Germany's Baader Meinhoff leaders Andreas Baader Jan Carl Raspe and Gudrun Ensslin killed themselves after a commandos raid thwarted a hijacking bid to free them An additional member Irmgard Moeller was critically injured while the four were among 11 jailed terrorists tied to the Lufthansa hijacking plot and Schleyer kidnapping.

Stuttgart West Germany UPI Baader-Meinhof Andreas Baader Jan Carl Raspe Baader Gudrun Ennslin Stammheim Irmgard Moeller Lufthansa Hanns-Martin Schleyer Justice Schleyer

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