Hijackers surrender in Indian jetliner drama
Two young men took hostage 129 aboard an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 after hijacking it from Lucknow demanding Indira Gandhi's release. The weapons proved to be a toy pistol and a hand size cricket ball. Gandhi remained jailed as authorities planned a news conference with the hijackers.
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India
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Delhi
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Sanjay
Uttar Pradesh
Indira Congress Party
Morarji Desai
40-Foot Santa Stands Over Alaska Chronicle
Alaskan tradition builder Don Miller created a 40-foot wooden Santa in 1952. The towering figure draws thousands of letters for gift requests and aligns with Miller’s holiday fame. Miller’s son won the November election to become lieutenant governor, bringing a personal holiday milestone.
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Santa
St. Nick
Don Miller
Miller
SALT Talks Point Toward Concluding Meeting in Geneva
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance arrived in Geneva aiming to finish a tentative SALT II accord at a U S Soviet summit next month. He said no final treaty would be signed this round and eyed a concluding meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Weekend talks on the Middle East with Dayan and Khalil in Brussels were planned, with little expectation of an immediate breakthrough.
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Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko Vance
Middle East
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Vance
Moshe Dayan
Mustafa Khalil
Israel
Gromyko
State Department
Thomas Reston
Carter
Brezhnev
Guadeloupe
Teng Hsiao-ping
China
White House
Washington
St. Simons Island
Georgia
Administration Weighs Gasoline Price Controls Extension
The Carter administration contemplates keeping gasoline price controls beyond mid January after OPEC boosted oil prices. The move could push inflation beyond 7 percent next year, with housing oil and other petroleum reliant goods rising. Blumenthal cites Iran production as key to inflation easing.
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Carter Administration
American Automobile Association
John F. O'Leary
House Commerce
Carter
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
OPEC
William Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Blumenthal
Iran
Byrd son shifts to Republican line in Virginia politics
Thomas T. Byrd 32, Winchester Evening Star general manager, tells Norfolk Virginian Pilot he will carry on his family’s political tradition as a Republican. He has said he was previously an independent, reflecting a three generation move from Democratic to Republican ranks in Virginia politics.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
Ind.Va
Winchester Evening Star
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Byrd
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Sr
Christmas survey at Boyce school kids in Clarke Compass
A Clarke Compass feature reports on a Christmas question asked of 26 Boyce school children with their verbal and facial responses recorded. Winchester police seek a single suspect in last night's armed robbery of Alice's Grocery on Millwood Ave. The Frederick County Planning Commission reviews a proposed joint facilities project for Winchester and the county.
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Winchester
Alice's Grocery
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Frederick County Planning Commission
County
Death with Courage and Dignity by Armetter Coleman
Armetter Coleman chose death over life-sustaining dialysis after 28 days of treatment. The 67 year old wore down by kidney failure refused further care and moved from Martinsburg to Winchester where she died in room 231 at George Washington Home for Adults on Nov 8. Her life spanned from a slave lineage near Upperville to a Washington DC and Winchester existence. Her last days showed a struggle between medical intervention and natural death as she refused further pain relief or dialysis.
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Armetter Coleman
Upperville
Flora Summers
Armetter
Washington, D.C
George Washington
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