Hanna signals resignation as Utica mayor this year
UTICA UP L One day after quitting the Democratic Senate race Edward Hanna says he expects to resign as mayor by year end. He cites bickering ending and broad city support for stepping back. If he quits the City Council president Edward Rowkowski would assume control until an election.
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Utica
UPL
Senate
Edward Hanna
James Buckley
Buckley
Hanna
Edward Rowkowski
Two men hold nurses and patients hostage at Bronx hospital
In New York two men angry after being discharged from a Bronx hospital alcoholism program seized two nurses and 10 patients at gunpoint. The two hour standoff ended around 4 a.m. with John Thomas aged 28 and Jack Salazar 27 persuaded to surrender. Hostages released unharmed in Ward 4A on the hospital's fourth floor.
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New York
UPI
Bronx
John Thomas
Jack Salazar
van Etten Hospital
Uncertain Weather By Hancock Field Forecast
Partly cloudy tomorrow with a 30 percent chance of rain as a low pressure system off Maine slowly moves away. Temperatures: near 40 tonight, around 60 tomorrow. If the system shifts offshore a very nice day could unfold.
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Maine
National Weather Service
Hancock Field
Bus crash on ramp kills 28 on choir tour
Perry Martin, 18, a Yuba City High School senior, survived with minor injuries as 28 people died when a chartered bus veered off a highway ramp near Martinez California. Evan Prothero 30 and trolley bus driver were among those injured or in custody. Survivors faced hours trapped as rescuers cut through wreckage. the trip started in Yuba City and concluded on a page ending.
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Martinez
Calif
Perry Martin
Bay
San Francisco
al LT
Martin
Evan Prothero
Tom Randolph
Yuba City
Associatnt Press
Waserphul
Ford campaigns in Oregon in political bid showdown
President Ford tours Oregon as Reagan solidifies Western support while Carter anchors a San Francisco news conference. The piece notes Ford's Medford stop ahead of a Presidential primary while Reagan campaigns in Arkansas Kansas and Oregon and remains a leading challenger. It also covers Carter’s stance on homosexuality and Civil Rights Act protections and cites his Bibical references.
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Associated Press
Ford
Oregon
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Barry Goldwater
Jimmy Carter
Carter
San Francisco
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Congress
Medford
Ore
Portland
Pendleton
California
Las Vegas
Concorde Flights Cleared to Begin at Dulles
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger denied without comment a last minute plea to halt the start of Concorde service at Dulles International Airport outside Washington. The action allows two SSTs operated by British Airways and Air France to arrive Monday, ending efforts by two northern Virginia counties to block the flights.
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Washington
UPI
Warren E. Barger
Virginia
Dulles International
Barger
Burger
British Airways
Air France
Dulles
Hijackers Free 14 Hostages In Philippine Plane Standof
Philippine Airlines jet at Zamboanga airport freed 14 women and children from more than 100 hostages after military officials refused to supply food and water. Two Americans remain aboard. The released American woman was Martha Talton of North Charleston, manager of Ravenel Travel Agency, on tour in the Philippines.
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Manila
the Philippines
Philippine Airlines
Zamboanga
Zamboanga International
Mindanao
Martha Talton
North Charleston
S.C
U.S. Ravenel Trav! Agency
Philippines
Tax reform eyed by cutting gasoline deduction
Washington AP reports Sen. Russell Long moved to simplify filing by shrinking the itemized deduction for local and state gasoline taxes. A $50 floor would replace the current average $75 deduction, costing about $400 million annually for 20 million taxpayers and roughly $10 per year for the average filer. Critics say mortgage interest and medical expenses drive itemizing. The panel also backed another revision costing $327 million yearly.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Treasury Department
End of a Shopping Day Leaves Women Worn and Spent
After a long day of shopping, the average woman appears tired and financially drained. The piece notes fatigue from crowds and expenditure, highlighting consumer weariness and the toll of the shopping season on shoppers.
Life-sustaining devices shut off and Macdonald dies
Rep. Torbert H. Macdonald died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 58 after requesting removal of life-sustaining devices. The Massachusetts Democrat had been hospitalized since May 9 with internal hemorrhaging and had recently announced he would not seek another term. His wife Phyllis and four children were at his bedside. he had been a longtime ally of John F. Kennedy and chaired the House Commerce Committee's communications subcommittee.
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Washington
Torbert H. Macdonald
Massachusetts Democrat
Macdonald
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Phyllis
JFK
Congress
John F. Kennedy
House Commerce Committee
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TVA
Fort Smith
Ark
Topeka
Kan
Nevada
Torbert MacDonald
Ann Landers Bridge
Telebias
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