Hijacked JAL DC8 Lands in Dacca Amid Ransom Demands
An unreconciled hijack of a Japan Airlines DC8 with 156 aboard ended in Dacca Bangladesh after hijackers, linked to Japan Red Army, forced landing from Bombay Bangkok route. Negotiations reported while rescue crews searched for missing passengers and injuries were confirmed among survivors.
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Bangladesh
Japan Air Lines
India
New Delhi
Tokyo
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
A.Z. Mahmood
Bangladesh Air Force
Red Army
Bombay
Bangkok
Thailand
JAL
Japan
Amsterdam
Libya
Mahmood Yunus
Senate holds all night session to end natural gas price deadlock
The Senate, led by Robert Byrd, kept an overnight debate to break a filibuster over lifting price controls on natural gas. Lawmakers weighed replacing President Carter's plan with an industry favored deregulation package as the session stretched beyond daybreak.
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Senate
Washington
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
West Virginia
President Carter
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Carter
Congress
Metzenbaum
Abourezk
Compromise Predicted In Abortion Funding Clash
Washington AP Senate and House conferees work to reconcile differences in an abortion funding measure that could affect two large federal agencies. A House vote 252 to 164 supported funds only to save the life of the mother. failure to pass the Senate plan would stall a $60.2 billion appropriations bill for Labor and Health and Welfare for fiscal 1978.
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Washington
Senate
House
Robert C. Byrd
Thomas P. O'Neill
Byrd
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Departments of Labor
Daniel Flood
D-Pa
Godwin Endorses Dalton in Virginia Governor Race
Gov Mills Godwin endorsed John Dalton for Virginia governor saying Howell’s campaign has sunk to its ebb. He listed 50 former Democrats backing Dalton and noted he will actively support Dalton while remaining neutral on other statewide races. He linked Howell to organized labor and cited Virginia’s business climate as crucial to future growth.
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Richmond
Mills Godwin
Henry Howell
Godwin
Howell
John Dalton
State Capitol
Virginia
Dalton
Virginia General Assembly
Mason Charges Are Dismissed
SGT Ronn Mason of the Front Royal Police Department returned to work after Judge Robert Hayes dismissed felonious assault charges filed in Warren County General District Court. The case stemmed from an arrest warrant by Robert Richard Nichols Sr. and involved a lengthy preliminary hearing with defense witnesses.
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Susan Burke
Ite
Front Royal
Ronn Mason
Front Royal Police Department
Robert Hayes
Warren County General District Court
Mason
Robert Richard Nichols Sr
Rt. 340 South
David Crump
Frederick County Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Warren Commonwealth
Edward Greco
Gromyko Sees Progress Toward New SALT Accord
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said after a White House meeting with President Carter that the United States and the Soviet Union are closer to a new strategic arms limitation agreement. He noted some further progress and a firm intention to work toward a second SALT pact, as Secretary of State Vance concurred. Gromyko also proposed suspending underground nuclear tests for an unspecified period, calling it a major step toward detente, while criticizing the Carter administration on other fronts.
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Andrei Gromyko
White House
Carter
Gromyko
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Cyrus R. Vance
Moscow
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Great Britain
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Kan
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Ed Lane
Lane
House of Delegates
Marshall Coleman
Staunton
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