13 Sep 1976
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1976
Page
1
Gallup reports low voter interest and registration ahead of the 1976 race. About 49 percent say they have given quite a lot of thought to the election, with registration at 71 percent nationwide. Non-whites show 62 percent registered. young adults age 18 to 29 lag behind.
Passengers freed after 30 hours aboard a jetliner hijacked by Croatian nationalists described fear and hunger yet noted polite treatment by captors. They recounted bursts of humor and a bishop's intercom prayers, with tensions over the bombs and the hijackers surrendering in Paris.
Five Croatian nationals who hijacked a Trans World Airlines 727 faced air piracy charges in Brooklyn after surrendering in Paris. The group pressed for Croatian separation from Yugoslavia and claimed explosives on board though items proved harmless.
Authorities in many major U S airports say they have not raised security measures in response to the Trans World Airlines hijacking. Only Seattle-Tacoma reported increased security while others await details of the LaGuardia incident and how the hijackers boarded the plane with harmless clay-like materials.
An article series argues that sight word programs limit vocabulary and reading ability. It notes publishers reduce literature to child level, with novels and Shakespeare simplified and jargon removed. Continued on Page 2.
An early morning blaze in Clarke County completely destroyed a barn. The notice notes coverage of related football action with the Redskins winning a late game over the Giants and mentions a Front Royal ey fiberglass plant with a feature story and photos.
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