Finnish hijackers threaten to blow up Soviet jetliner
Two Russian-speaking gunmen set a deadline to blow up a sacked Soviet jetliner carrying 29 people. Five captives escaped, 41 hostages released including women and children, as negotiations with Finnish authorities continued. Police in Stockholm denied hijackers left Helsinki for an unknown destination aboard a small plane. The hijackers demanded refueling a new crew and departure for Sweden by 4 p.m. local time.
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UPI
Stockholm
Arlanda
Sweden
LDP Appears Set for Victory in Tokyo Upper House Vote
In first test since Takeo Fukuda became PM, the Liberal Democratic Party led with 61 of 113 seats decided as voting for 126 seats nears completion. Opposition Socialists 21 seats, Komeito 14, Democratic Socialist 6, Communist 3, with minor parties winning the rest. Final results awaited.
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Tokyo
UPI
Liberal Democratic Party
Takeo Fukuda
Liberal Democrats
Japan
LDP
Japan Socialists Party
Fukuda
Komeito Party
Democratic -Socialist Party
Japan Communist Party
New Liberal Club
Socialists
Citizens League
Palestinian hijackers end 43 hour Air Kuwait siege in Damascus
Five hijackers overpowered their ringleader and freed six hostages before surrendering to Syrian authorities. The 43 hour takeover began Friday when six men dressed as soldiers seized an Air Kuwait jet from Beirut to Kuwait with 45 passengers and 10 crew.
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Damascus
Syria
UPS
Air Kuwait
Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLO
al Fatah
Beirut
Kuwait
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Through Tuesday
Fair conditions continue across Northwestern California through Tuesday with patchy low clouds and fog along the coast at night and in the mornings. Inland towns like Fort Bragg and Ukiah show minor temp changes with readings around 50s to 60s and mid 50s respectively.
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Bragg
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Mistaken pump order tied to Alaska pipeline blast
In Fairbanks a pipeline spokesman says a mistaken start order on a pump under repair may have caused the Alaska pipeline explosion that killed one, injured five, and destroyed a pump station. The failure likely stemmed from human error with the control room initiating the pump remotely.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
APD
Larry Carpenter
Alyeska Pipeline Co
Valdez
Carpenter
Port of
Alyeska Board
E.L. Patton
Anchorage
Herb Robson
Frank Fosberg
Blaine
Wash
Bartlett Pear Association Sets Processing Prices
Bartlett Pear Association published pricing for processing pears with top grade Bartletts at 125 per ton and B Hardy at 123. hail and frost grade Bartletts 100. second grade 75. Mendocino County growers averaged 90 per ton in 1976 from 24,650 tons, with 8,000 tons unharvested due to a canners strike. Directors based pricing on reduced Pacific Coast supply, high pear halves movement, and higher production costs, projecting about the same tonnage as 1976.
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California Canning Pear Association
Mendocino County
Andy deGrassi
deGrassi
Pacific
Will Meget
Auto Makers Target 6 Percent Rise in 1978 Car Prices
UPI reports U S automakers plan price increases up to 6 percent on 1978 models while predicting record second quarter profits for the Big Three. Estimated profits range from 1.6 to 1.75 billion, up 7 to 17 percent from last year's Q2. Analysts warn this could be the last peak as higher costs trim margins.
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UPI
U.S
Ward
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Elliott M. Estes
Estes
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
IRS chief warns on taxing free company benefits
Jerome Kurtz, named IRS commissioner, says fringe benefits such as free lunches parking and airline trips could be taxable income. He notes health insurance may remain exempt and small items like a holiday ham stay tax free. He aims to broaden auditing on tax shelters and partnerships and enforces higher compliance.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Internal Revenue Service
Jerome Kurtz
Kurtz
Turkey
U.S. News & World Report
Philadelphia
IRS
Manhattan
Gate Crasher disrupts The Drunkard at Purdy Hall
A disruptive gate crasher, Pat Hook, 31, an unemployed Oklahoma man, interrupted The Drunkard at Purdy Hall during a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Performing Arts Center event. He assaulted Jim Crelin, taunted patrons, damaged glasses, and caused several audience members to flee. Police arrested Hook after a citizen’s arrest. he faces assault and battery charges and a court appearance before Judge Jim Luther.
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Fairgrounds
Northern California Performing Arts Center
Pat Hook
Okiahan
Grandstand
Ron Armstrong
PAC
Hook
Golden’ ‘Gloves
Armstrong
Jim Crelin
Crelin
Ducker
CreJin
Dick Perry
Jim Luther
Ukiah Justice Court
Postal Service keeps private mail rate at 13 cents
The Postal Service Board of Governors approved keeping the private mail rate at 13 cents and proposed a 16 cent first class business letter rate next year. The plan awaits Postal Rate Commission review and public hearings within ten months. Citizen mail would stay at 13 cents with a special stamp and strict addressing rules to separate private from business mail. Bailor emphasized feasibility and responsibility to implement the new two-rate system.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Service Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Carter
Benjamin Bailor
Citizen Mail
Bailor
Carter weighs temporary gas rationing amid oil import curb
President Carter and energy chief James Schlesinger discuss options to limit foreign oil, including possible emergency gasoline rationing and station closures. They reject Alaska to Japan oil swaps and push for domestic oil self sufficiency with a 1985 coal conversion goal.
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UPI
Carter
Alaska
Japan
James Schlesinger
Middle East
Schlesinger
Congress
Ee Schlesinger
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