Arabs free hostages in Kuwait hijack ending terror
Five Arab terrorists released 12 hostages unharmed from a hijacked Lufthansa jet in Kuwait after a 30 hour standoff. The plane landed with a gun to the pilot’s head and struck obstacles on the runway before the hijackers surrendered with victory signs. The attack, beginning in Rome, left 32 dead, many Americans.
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Kuwait
Rome
Lufthansa
Persian Gulf
Athens
Hans- Helmut Freundt
Lebanon
Claude Poinsard
Interior and Defense
Sheik Saad al Abdullah
Damascus
Lufthansan
Cologne
Fiumicino
Pan American
Beirut
Tehran
Arabian American Oil Co
Saudi Arabia
House approves health care bill amid delay for action
The House passed a five year 375 million dollar compromise bill to foster group health plans and health maintenance organizations. It retains the basic package with added services and may await Senate action after the year end recess to avoid a pocket veto.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Nixon
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
House Public Health Subcommittee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Montana firm receives strip mine permit near Colstrip
The Montana Land Department issued a strip mining permit to Western Energy Co. for 1 041 acres to be disturbed and 185 acres to be mined near Colstrip. Environmental data gaps blocked 410 acres and a 35 acre ecologically fragile area was barred. Western Energy posted 2.8 million dollars in bonds to ensure reclamation.
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Western Energy
Montana
Schwinden
Colstrip
Land Department
Decker Coal Co
Knife River Coal Co
Montana approves new juvenile code reforms debate rages
Helena authorities report the first major revision of Montana juvenile law since World War II. The Montana Youth Act expands delinquency definitions and allows handling of some cases by police or probation officers. Gov Judge backs sending the proposal to the 1974 legislature, but with no full endorsement. Frank Sennett criticizes the act as a procedural update and calls for a public driven commission including more youth and human service representation.
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Helena
Forrest Anderson
Montana
Frank Sennett
Tom Judge
Commission
Frank Haswell
Sennett
U.S. Supreme Court
Agnew asks suspension not disbarment in tax case
Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew urged a suspension rather than disbarment as a lawyer in Maryland disciplinary proceedings. Alfred L. Scanlan for the Maryland Bar Association argued his no contest plea to federal tax evasion justified disbarment. Agnew urged the panel to consider how he would practice law going forward.
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Annapolis
Spiro T. Agnew
Alfred L. Scanlan
Maryland Bar Association
Agnew
Scanlan
Missing Renaissance Pair Sold for College Benefit
Two long unseen Renaissance paintings, one by Veronese, were auctioned for 376 650 dollars to aid Salve Regina College in Newport Rhode Island. The works were found in the college attic and stairwell, once owned by Robert Goelet who donated his summer cottage to a diocese in 1947.
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New York
Paolo Veronese
Salve Regina College
Newport
R.I
Robert Goelet
Providence
Hugh Hildersley
Sotheby Parke Bennet
Montana Power Co focuses on Colstrip coal supplies
Montana Power Company executives led by Joseph A. McElwain discuss current energy assets at a War Bonnet meeting with 300 shareholders. They sidestep nuclear geothermal and solar questions, noting nuclear involvement through Hanford and limited commercial feasibility, while emphasizing the Colstrip coal fields as a ready resource.
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Montana Power Co
Western Energy Corp
Colstrip
Joseph A. McElwain
John E. Corette
L. S. Stadler
Western Energy
Montana Power
Montana Tech
Missoula
McElwain
Housing starts show partial November rebound
The Commerce Department reports privately owned housing starts at a annual rate of 1,698,000 in November, up from October but well below last year’s 2,395,000. Building permits fell to 1,269,000 from October’s 1,316,000 and last year’s 2,226,000, with officials warning against judging trends from one month.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Russians orbit 2 cosmonauts as U S and Soviet fly in space
The United States and the Soviet Union both have men in orbit. Soyuz 13 carries Maj. Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev, while Skylab 3 has three American astronauts aboard. Details on a potential linkup remain undecided.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Houston
Tass
Space Center
Baikonur
Kazakhstan Steppe
Air Force
Pyotr Klimuk
Valentin Lebedev
Salyut Space Station
Yugoslav stamp collector resigns as Tonga consul in Chicago
Count Stephen Karganovic, self styled consul of Tonga, quits after a Chicago Daily News story questioned his authenticity. He had appointed himself honorary consul, aimed to promote tourism, and cited publicity as the reason for his resignation. The consulate closed amid the controversy.
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Chicago
Tonga
Stephen Karganovic
Kingdom of Tonga
Chicago Daily News
Fiji Islands
Karganovic
Taufa’ahau Tupou IV
Montana highway plan presses on with funding gaps
Montana faces a $70 million shortfall to complete the 1190 mile interstate program amid 1973 highway act funding limits. The state sues for $51.3 million in withheld federal funds while project costs rise, delaying completion beyond 1982.
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Helena
Montana
State Department of Highways
Butte
Ray Anderson
Department
Naphtha spill near Stanford Montana
A Monday night accident left a two-trailer rig overturned eight miles west of Stanford. Officials warned the highly flammable naphtha could ignite from a spark at zero degrees and spread over a remote area. A military foam truck stood by as authorities watched two fractured tanks.
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Stanford
Mont
Montana
Sheriff’s Office
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St. Xavier College
Marysville
Hanford, Wash
Russians
Arthur Hutchinson
Standard State Bureau
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Hamilton
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Garrison
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