Gunman Killed Trying To Hijack Airliner
A gunman who seized a doctor and four others as hostages was shot dead by a police sharpshooter while attempting to hijack a Continental Airlines jet at San Jose airport. The doctor Frank L. Wiesels was wounded critically but survived, and the assailant was killed as he emerged with a hostage.
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San Jose
Calif
Continental Airlines
Michael van Dyke
Continental
van Dyke
Frank L. Wiesels
San Jose Hospital
Wiesels
Reid-Hillview
Santa Clara
Guerrillas seize Egyptian Embassy in Madrid hostage crisis
Palestinian gunmen seized the Egyptian ambassador and two aides inside the Madrid embassy threatening to blow the building by midnight unless Egypt withdraws its Sinai negotiating team from Geneva and scraps the disengagement accord with Israel. Riot police closed in as other protests sparked nearby.
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Madrid
Spain
Egypt
Sinai
Geneva
Israel
Cairo
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
United Nations
University of Madrid
Arab League
Bassador Mahmoud Abdul Ghaffar
Algeria
Iraq
Cifra
Henry A. Kissinger
West
Jordan River
Egyptian People’s Assembly
PLO
Durkin and Wyman Clash as New Hampshire Runoff Nears
Democrat John A. Durkin and Republican Louis C. Wyman exchange sharp charges on television as they campaign for the decisive runoff to determine New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate winner. Durkin accuses Wyman of Watergate tactics while Wyman accuses Durkin of gun control flip flops amid national broadcast conflicts.
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Concord
N.H
John A. Durkin
Louis C. Wyman
New Hampshire
Senate
Durkin
Wyman
New
Hampshire
ABC
Mr. Durkin
Boston
NBC
Norris Cotton
Wyman-Durkin
Warren B. Rudman
Agreement Near on New York City Teachers' Strike Ends
Union and Board of Education officials say a ratification vote on a new contract to end New York City's week-long teachers strike could come as early as Tuesday. The walkout has involved roughly 65,000 UFT members affecting about 1.1 million students.
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New York City
Teachers’ Union
Board of Education
Chicago
Albert Shanker
New York
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Shanker
Robert Christen
Chicago City Colleges
Thornton Community Colles
Lynn
Mass
J. Leo McGuiness
Providence
R.I
San Jose
Calif
Pennsylvania
Berkeley
Milpitas
Hoboken
Englewood
N.J
Boston
Louisville
William Kellerman
Citizens Against Busing
South Boston High School
Charlestown
Eritrean Rebels Threaten to Kill Four Americans
Rebels from Eritrea demanded Washington halt arms to Ethiopia and dismantle Kagnew and Massawa bases. They threaten to kill four American captives if U.S. pressure continues. Names, locations, and dates linked to the Kagnew facility and seized personnel are cited.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ethiopia
United States
U.S
Steve Campbell
San Leandro
Calif
Jim Harrell
Milwaukee
Wis
Kagnew
Eritrean Liberation Front
ELF
Washington
Middle East
Massawa
Eritrea
Harrell
William Harrell
State Department
Information Ministry
Frederick County Homemakers honor Woman of the Year
The Extension Homemakers held Achievement Day and honored Mrs. Rachel Owings as Woman of the Year. Mrs. Connie Martin spoke on Positive Thinking for Today's Woman. Gene Rhodes photographed the Mall event on Loudoun Street.
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Frederick County
Rachel Owings
Connie Martin
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N.Y
Associated Press
Winchester Feed & Seed
New Bedford
Durkin- Wyman
Carmen Chimento
Ford
Africa
Washington-Moscow
Mall
Gene Rhodes
Loudoun St. Mall
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