26 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1977
Page
1
Local reports note a green Christmas as mild weather dominates California. Coverage includes vital statistics, obituaries, and student activity in the Butte area. other items mention NFC playoff games under way, Penn State's Fiesta Bowl win, and a three hour siege ending.
An incoherent man wired a radio to his leg and claimed a bomb hijacked an Eastern Airlines jet with 36 aboard. FBI negotiators overpowered him after the plane landed at Hartsfield. All passengers and crew were released unharmed. The hijacker, Nikolai Wischnewsky, was identified and held for air piracy charges.
Charlie Chaplin known as the Little Tramp died on Christmas morning at his 18th century mansion near Lake Geneva. He was 88 and surrounded by wife Oona and seven of their eight children. Chaplin, knighted in 1975, spent his final years in Corsier sur Vevey Switzerland and rarely left his estate.
Israel Prime Minister Menahem Begin met President Anwar Sadat in Ismailia on Christmas Day to upgrade Mideast peace talks to cabinet level. Both sides reported progress, with talks at Sadat's villa lasting 70 minutes and a second session extending over several hours. Mubarak noted progress though no breakthrough occurred.
Clyde Tyler, 34, was arrested and jailed in Pasadena on suspicion of murder in the Hillside Strangler killings. He had returned to Southern California recently after about a decade away, and investigators tied him to the area near the Rose Bowl where 18 year old Paula Ward’s body was found. Police noted the case could involve the 12th victim, as a Hillside Strangler task force continues the probe with formal charges pending.
Tim Sullivan, future McKinley School principal, first found teaching while in the Navy aboard the General William Mitchell. He tutored servicemen's children and distributed discarded clothing to orphans in Korea and Japan, shaping his later commitment to education and his view of a wider world.
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