Hijack talks hit stalemate at Dacca airport
Bangladesh officials and Japan Air Lines hijackers remained deadlocked as 141 hostages were held with demands for 6 million dollars and six Japanese prisoners freed. One hostage, Montebello banker John Gabriel, was reportedly released and taken to a hospital in Tokyo.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Tokyo
Japan Broadcasting Corp
Montebello
Calif
John Gabriel
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
Gabriel
Libya
South
Yemen
Argentine navy seizes Soviet trawlers in South Atlantic
Argentine warships opened fire on two Soviet fishing trawlers in Argentina’s territorial waters and took them into custody. The Prokopyevsky and the Aurelia were boarded and escorted toward an Argentine port, marking the sixth and seventh seizures in two weeks. casualties were not disclosed.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
South Atlantic
Prokopyevsky
Aurelia
Rain Returns Over Syracuse Area With Flood Watch
The Syracuse region faces renewed rain through tonight and tomorrow with isolated thunderstorms and heavy downpours. Temperatures hover near 50 tonight and around 55 tomorrow as east winds rise. a flash flood watch covers seven western New York counties and surrounding regions.
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Syracuse
Hancock
New York
Finger Lakes
Southern Tier
National Weather Service
Carter studies tax rate cuts
President Carter weighs a three stage tax cut plan for 1979 to 1981 with rates dropping from 14 to 12 percent and 70 to 50 percent, affecting families of four and high earners. A quick 1978 withholding tax cut is also proposed if Congress stalls. Tax liability for a family of four earning 15 000 to 20 000 could fall 300 to 1360 dollars annually.
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Washington
Carter
Treasury Department
Congress
Byrd expects Senate to lift gas controls in energy vote
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd said the Senate will likely vote to lift federal price controls on natural gas as part of Carter's energy plan. A critical test vote showed deregulation supporters have the votes, with a conference likely if the House and Senate differ. Byrd predicted the conference committee would reject full deregulation but raise the ceiling above 1.75 dollars per thousand cubic feet.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Carter
Byrd
House-Senate
House
Dock strike hits nonperishable goods and containers
In New York and New Orleans, Atlantic and Gulf coast longshoremen walk out after a three year contract ends. The ILA protests job security and benefit funds, restricting to containerized cargo and excluding perishables, bulk ships, and tankers.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
The
International
Longshoremen's Association
Afl-Cio
New Orleans
ILA
Senate panel splits on social security payroll tax burden
The Senate Finance Committee team votes show a near tie on whether employers should bear a larger share of Social Security payroll taxes. Nelson urges higher employer taxes, proposing 1979 tax on first 100000 of earnings for employers and 19500 for workers to preserve solvency.
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Washington
Russell Long
D-La
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
President to greet Washington Redskins at event
Public notice notes the president is expected to attend and greet the Washington Redskins amid busy duties. Nearby ads promote a piano and organ sale at N. Syracuse Music offering discounts tonight at 11 with contact 458-6555.
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Washington Redskins
Syracuse Music
Syracuse
Ady
Senate committee backs raise to 70 with job exit carve outs
The Senate Human Resources Committee approved a bill to raise mandatory retirement to 70, with exceptions for law enforcement and air traffic control. It preserves a 1976 age 40–65 protection and tightens rules against aging-based firing, while defining groups that could still be forced to retire at 65 such as tenured professors and high pension recipients.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Human Resources Committee
Episcopal leader offers to resign over women priests
The presiding bishop John M. Allin told the House of Bishops he would resign if the church cannot accept opposition to ordaining women. He said women can serve in many roles but should not be priests. The statement came as over 130 bishops began an eight day meeting in Port St. Lucie Florida.
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Port ST. Lucie
Fla
Episcopal Church
United States
John M. Allin
House of Bishops
Episcopal
Savings bond sales suspended amid debt ceiling fight
The U S government faced a borrowing deadline as a Senate filibuster blocked a debt ceiling increase and natural gas price controls. Treasury borrowed 2.5 billion from the Federal Reserve to fund operations and halted sales of U S savings bonds while Congress debates a new debt limit.
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Senate
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve System
U.S
Department
Congress
Carter
House
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