Indonesia agrees to free hostages in hijacking crisis
Indonesia will release 80 prisoners and free 55 hostages including two Americans, with a Bangkok deadline of 5 p.m. CST and a demand for a long range aircraft and an international crew. The hijackers ask for a $1.5 million ransom and threaten unspecified action if not met. Meanwhile President Reagan survived an assassination attempt in Washington as shots fired near the Washington Hilton wounded Brady and others.
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Indonesia
Trairong Suwankiri
Trairong
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Jakarta
Washington
Reagan
White House
Lyn Nofziger
James S. Brady
Brady
George Washington University Hospital
Secret Service
Washington Hilton
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Building Construction Trades
Hotel
Imme
Larry Speakes
Weather outlook warm with building showers in Illinois
The National Weather Service forecasts fair conditions tonight with a low in the upper 40s to low 50s. Tuesday will be sunny and windy with a high in the upper 70s to low 80s and a chance of late showers. From Wednesday to Friday cooler with showers possible Friday. lows upper 30s to mid 40s and highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Tamaroan heads state soybean growers.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Poles Cancel General Strike After Talks in Warsaw
Solidarity called off a nationwide strike over the beating of three union members after talks with government officials. Leaders including Lech Walesa and Deputy Premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski reported progress toward meeting demands for disciplining those responsible, as Warsaw Pact maneuvers continued and tensions rose.
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Poland
Solidarity Today
PAP
Lech Walesa
Solidarity Independent Union
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Tass
Polish Communist Party
Kazimierz Barcikowski
Bydgoszcz
Warsaw Pact
East Germany
ADN
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Reagan
Southern Illinois jobless rate hits new high trend
The Southern Illinois unemployment rate remains at record levels with February figures showing a slight drop from January but far above the state average. Counties report varied declines, while analysts warn a prolonged coal strike could push rates to 20 percent or more.
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Bruce Simmons
Southern Illinois
U.S. Department of Labor
Jackson County
Williamson County
Johnson County
Saline
Randolph
Perry
Union
Franklin County
Illinois Bureau of Employment Security
Mike Wessell
Wessell
Illinois Bureau of
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