Professor halts hijackers by grabbing grenade
An American professor, Roderick Hilsinger of Temple University, grabbed a live grenade tossed by a hijacker as security guards engaged hijackers. Seven hijackers were killed, including a woman, and two stewardesses plus six passengers were wounded after the Ethiopian airliner departed Addis Ababa.
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Roderick Hilsinger
Temple University
Philadelphia
Eritrea
Asmara
Richard Wylie
Hilsinger
Jobless rate drops sharply in November
The Labor Department said the unemployment rate fell from 5.5 to 5.2 percent in November, the lowest in 27 months, with the number of unemployed dropping by over 200,000 to 2.4 million. Total employed stood at 82.7 million, with average hourly earnings at $3.73 and weekly earnings slipping to $138.01 due to fewer hours worked.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Capsule News Capsule: Marcos Attack and NATO Talks
Government investigators say a substitute target attacked Mrs Marcos and was killed by security forces. The man lived near Manila. officials label the event part of a conspiracy to exterminate the Marcoses. NATO ministers urge start of troop reduction talks with the Soviet Union by next autumn with exploratory talks beginning January 31. The Pentagon Papers trial opens next Tuesday but prosecutors must drop about 100 pages of evidence for disclosure issues.
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UPI
Ferdinand I. Marcos
Marcos
Carlito Dimaali
Francisco
Tatad
Brussels
Soviet Union
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Los Angeles
U.S. Dist
Matt Byrne
Charles Nelson
Land development faces zoning test in mountain area
The Torto lita Mountains project faces a zoning review after an EPA report said the plan is appropriate for the area. Rancho Romero says he has met with local environmental groups including the Sierra Club and has received no complaints. He anticipates some pushback at the first public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission, noting conservation concerns but underscoring the project aims to balance nesting habitats.
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Tucson
Florence
List
Tortolita Mountains
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The
Sierra Club
Planning and Zoning Commission
Ratliff
Charitable ruling saves red faces on blue laws
A Bronx Alexander's department store faced Sunday blue law charges for a nonprofit sale aiding old and crippled shoppers. City counsel Norman Redlich announced charges would not be pressed, citing a Works of Necessity and Charity exemption. This followed reports of a bike boom with 61 million riders and 8.4 million bikes sold nationwide.
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New York
UPI
Alexander's
Bronx
City Corporation
Norman Redlich
Electoral College to formalize Nixon re election Dec 18
Electors meet in state capitals on December 18 to certify Nixon’s re election over McGovern. Massachusetts and the District of Columbia have electors for McGovern, while Agnew will receive the certificates in a joint session of Congress on January 6.
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Nixon
George McGovern
Congress
Massachuestts
District of Columbia
McGovern
Electoral College
Sen. Bte
House
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Angew
Second class portage paid at Tucson Arizona
The notice records a second class portage payment in Tucson Arizona. It lists the Tucson location and the publishing details of the Citizen Publishing Company at 206 North Stone Avenue with the contact phone.
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Tucson
Arizona
Citizen Publishing Company
North Stone Avenue
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