21 Oct 1977
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1977
Page
1
The Labor Department reports September consumer prices up three tenths of 1 percent, continuing a moderate inflation pace. Food and nonfood prices show small gains though some items fall. real spendable earnings rise 3.7 percent year over year due to tax changes. Humphrey cancer case improves with return to Washington after August surgery.
The Atlanta hijacking ended when Thomas Michael Hannan shot himself aboard the Frontier Airlines Boeing 737 after releasing 13 hostages and negotiating with FBI agents. The 29-year-old Nebraskan sought a $3 million ransom and freedom for George David Stewart, who remained jailed. Stewart and Hannan had been charged in a Sept. bank robbery in Mobile.
President Carter launches a two day tran continental trip through five states that opposed him plus Minnesota. He will hold a Detroit public forum on urban problems and travel to Des Moines Omaha and Colorado before Los Angeles. A pan canal treaty briefing and a four state TV broadcast are planned.
Six killed including Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant Steve Gaines Cassie Gaines and two crew. twenty injured when Convair 240 crash landed after fuel trouble near McComb Mississippi while en route from Greenville to Baton Rouge. Survivors aided by nearby residents. Second item covers Bowdler recall from South Africa over policy clash.
Former Rep Richard T. Hanna pleaded innocent to federal charges including bribery and mail fraud connected to a Korean influence-buying probe. His trial was set for Jan. 9. he was released without bond. The indictment includes conspiracy and foreign agent registration counts. Tongsun Park is named as an unindicted co conspirator.
The weekly Country Roads feature covers a recent small business seminar held locally. Details appear on the Area News Page today with related planning and zoning notes on Amherst Street noted by the Winchester Planning Commission.
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