Amsterdam millionaire abducted in ransom case ends five days
Four foreigners with Mediterranean accents abducted Maurus Caransa, a Dutch real estate and hotel magnate, and paid $4.16 million in ransom. He was released in downtown Amsterdam after five days in captivity, handcuffed to a heating pipe, with captors wearing knitted helmets. Police said the family handled negotiations, noting no political demands were received.
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Caransa
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Gerard Tearetaar
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Toorenaar
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Germany
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Holland
Amsterdait
Trial recounts Hughes murder plan and abuse history
In Lansing, Francine Hughes testifies about an urgent voice guiding her to pour gasoline on her ex husband James Hughes and ignite the fire. A psychologist says she was temporarily insane, driven by years of abuse and fear, while prosecutors argue another man motivated the crime.
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Lansing
Mich
Francine Hughes
James Hughes
Martin Palus
Baby Identified as Kidnap Victim From Chicago
An infant girl found in Salt Lake City is identified as Malikah Cox, kidnapped from Chicago three weeks earlier. Doona Green plans to claim her daughter, while Utah Juvenile Court fetal custody and an FBI inquiry set required steps before release.
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Salt Lake City
Here
Doona
Ren
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FBI
Washington
Malikah Cox
Holy Cross Hospital
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Hegnal Gartt
Malikah
Robert Cox Jr
Wife shoots husband at divorce hearing in Ventura
In Ventura California during a divorce hearing an estranged wife shot her husband in the chest at close range. George Sabo of Canoga Park and Martha Sabo 37 of Sirnt Valley argued during a pause outside the courtroom. A bailiff seized the gun and the husband was hospitalized in serious condition. Martha Sabo was arrested for investigation of attempted murder.
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Calif
George Sabo
Canoga Park
Martha
Sirnt Valley
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Sabol
Ventura County General Hospital
Lottery roundup and notices from Maryland and Pennsylvania
A fragmented 1977 lottery roundup notes the Maryland Numbers Game drawing and a Pennsylvania daily Number result. It mentions Walfsville Ruritan Club meal ordering, an unsold meal sale, and social night at Chewsville Community Center. The text includes pricing details, contact numbers, and postal markings for Hagerstown Maryland.
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Walfsville Ruritan Club
Waltsville Ruritan Path
Baltimore
Maryland
Oakland kidnap victims recall terror in buried bus incident
In a California courtroom 12 year old Jodi Heffington testified about the 1976 mass kidnapping of 26 children and their driver. She described being entombed in a hot dark hole and recalled nosebleeds, a broken stomach and fear as James and Richard Schoenfeld and Fred Woods faced charges of kidnapping with bodily harm.
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Cali
Jodi Heffington
Jodi
Superior Court
Leo Deegan
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Fred Woods
Jodie
Dock strike talks canceled amid job security dispute
New York AP report says shippers and longshoremen halted negotiations over job security provisions delaying an end to the East and Gulf coast standoff. Thomas Gleason, head of the union group, refused to move on other issues until guarantees are settled, with no Taft Hartley injunction expected.
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Shriie
Ongshoremert
Micw
Thomas
Tédey" Gleason
New York Shipping Association
Rogaliakofs
Wayne Horvitz
Federal Media Now and Conciliation Service
Taft-Bartley
Peepee
Gleason
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