Anarchists seize West German embassy in Stockholm
Five gunmen stormed the West German embassy in Stockholm and took Ambassador Dietrich Stoecker hostage after shooting the military attache, Lt. Col. Andreas Baron von Mirbach, who was critically wounded. The attackers demanded a Lufthansa 707 and the release of 26 German prisoners with $100,000 each, threatening to blow up the building if refused. Police surrounded the embassy but retreated as the group warned of explosives. officials reported several attackers, including three men and two women, and the building remained under the siege with conditions unsettled.
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Stockholm
UPI
Dietrich Stoecker
Lufthansa
Frankfurt
Embassy Row
Andreas Baron von Mirbach
Baader- Meinhoff
DPA
Baader-Meinhof
Ulrike Minhof
Andreas Baader
Red Army
West Berlin
Guenther von Drenkmann
Yemen
Ukiah Unified backs Potter Valley high school funding plan
Board members reiterate support for reviving a Potter Valley public high school with Ukiah ROC funding under small school formula or equivalent state aid. A bill in Sacramento prompted questions about costs and concept changes, leading to its withdrawal from finance committee consideration.
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Board of Education
Larry Thornton
Ukiah Unified Board
Potter Valley
Ukiah Unified
ROC
Charles Bell
Sacramento
Ukiah Unified Board of Education
Ukiah
Bell
Thornton
Finance Committee
Ball
County urges PUC to weigh socio economic factors in gas use priorities
The board asks the Public Utilities Commission to consider social and economic impacts alongside use priorities for Masonite's gas allocation. Masonite Ukiah argues for higher priority as a major employer and taxpayer. The board also asks for comments within 30 days on Russian River bacteria findings and discusses county dues to NAC C and CSAC appointments.
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Public Utilities Commission
Masonite Corporation
Board of Supervisors
PUC
Joe Scott
Masonite
Ukiah
Bob Garr
San Francisco
Robert Holtzer
Water Quality Control Board
Russian River
National Association of Counties
NACC
Ernie Banker
County Supervisors Association of California
CSAC
Augie Avila
County approves three CETA funded projects for coast
County supervisors approve 71000 in federal CETA funds to create 18 local jobs. Willits gets 21000 for four sidewalk workers, Fort Bragg mooring basin gets 19000 for five, and CEMR with Redwood Coast Seniors gets 31000 for nine housing rehab positions. Also approved are summer youth job contracts with the state EDP and Mendocino Lake Youth program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willits
Noya Harbor
Fort Bragg
Center For Education and Manpower Resources
CEMR
Redwood Coast
Mende Lake
Huong faces cabinet crisis in bid for Viet Cong coalition
President Tran Van Huong seeks a left-of-center government including the Viet Cong to negotiate a cease-fire as bickering rages between Minh and Lam factions. Saigon braces for a heavy enemy threat while thousands flee toward Guam en route to the United States.
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Saigon
UPI
Tran van Huong
Duong van
Minh
Senate
Tran van Lam
Guam
United States
Huong
Viet Cong
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kitty Corner
Foreign Affairs Ministry
South Vietnam
Evacuation Intensifies as Saigon Airlift Expands
U S Air Force planes ferry thousands of evacuees from Saigon to Guam in a rapid airlift. More than 2 000 Vietnamese and about 100 Americans reach Andersen AFB in a 24 hour period, with evacuees arriving at a rate of 75 to 200 per flight and the American tally in Vietnam dropping toward 500.
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United Press International
U.S. Air Force
Saigon
Guam
U.S
South Vietnam
Andersen Air Force Base
Pacific
Vietnam
Alaska
Saudi Arabia
Zaire
Pentagon East
Ricardo Bordallo
Andersen Air Base
Pacific Island
Pentagon
Tan Son Nhut
Lucier resigns from Willits city council
Willits councilman Larry Lucier submitted his resignation effective May 1 less than a year after his appointment to fill a vacancy. He cites a need to devote more time to business matters and recently purchased a mortuary in Vallejo. The council must appoint a successor for the remaining 11 months of Mike Ells term.
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Willits
Larry Lucier
Lucier
Vallejo
Mike Ells
Ells
Recreation Commission
Grove Park
House authorizes 327 million for South Vietnam aid and evacuation
The House approved 327 million dollars for humanitarian aid and evacuation in South Vietnam by a 230 to 187 vote after long debate, matching a Senate plan. The bills authorize funds and grant Ford broad evacuation powers, with a conference to reconcile differences expected quickly. further actions will require appropriation bills.
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Washington
UPL
House
South Vietnam
Ford
Senate
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Spz
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Holger Meins
West Germany
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County Public Works Department
Houng
Viet Peace Coalition
Creation
Bogs Down
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House International Relations Committee
Congress
Willits Council
House-Senate
Golden Interiors
A E. Perkins
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