University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 10, 1988
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NationWorld
Soviet hijack attempt foiled, but several deaths reported
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Soviet authorities foiled an attempt to commandeer an Aeroflot passenger jet, but a flight attendant, three passengers and most of the armed hijackers were killed. Tass reported yesterday.
"Measures were taken to render the criminals harmless," Tass, the official Soviet news agency, reported. "Most of the criminals were killed; the others were captured and will face trial.
"As a result of the act of terrorism, an air hostess and three passengers were arrested."
It was not clear how many hijackers were involved nor how Soviet authorities stopped the hijacking attempt.
An unspecified number of passengers on board the TUJ-154 were injured and given medical assistance on the spot, according to Tass.
According to Tass, the attempted hijacking occurred Tuesday, which was a national holiday in the Soviet era. The prevalence of International Women's Day.
It was not clear from the Tass reports whether the hijackers tried to seize the plane on the ground or after it was in the air. Tass reported only that the plane was en route from Irkutsk to Leningrad.
HART MAY QUIT RACE: A broadcast report says Gary Hart, who has put travel plans on hold and scheduled a news conference for tomorrow, is ready to quit the Democratic presidential campaign. The report followed a Federal Election Commission announcement that he had not received enough support to continue to be eligible for federal campaign funds.
GUMMAN SLAIN IN COURT: A "violently crazy" man bent on revenge after being convicted of reckless driving and weapons violations returned to the courtroom in Los Angeles yesterday and opened fire, wounding a bailiff before being slain, officials said.
MANITOBA LEADER DEFEATED: Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley, head of the only socialist government in North America, resigned as leader of his party and called a
provincial election yesterday after losing a vote of confidence. Pawley had ruied with a one-seat majority.
News Roundup
MALAYSIA DISSIDENT ARRESTED: Karpal Singh, a leading opposition politician who won release yesterday after more than four months imprisonment without trial, was arrested hours later under Malaysia's Internal Security Act.
CLEAN AIR BILL: A bill revising the Clean Air act most likely would cost the economy $32 billion and up to 600,000 manufacturing jobs, a business group told Congress yesterday. The bill would require tighter pollution controls in several areas, including new controls on the precursors of acid rain from old power plants, and stricter requirements for motor vehicles.
PLAIN ENGLISH URGED: Britain's army of civil servants got new marching orders yesterday; use plain English. Citing such authorities as Confucius and Winnie the Pooh, a Cabinet Office pamphlet appealed to the bureaucrats to be clear and concise in talking to the public and to each other. Britain's 500,000-member civil service has never been known for using a word when three would do, as the pamphlet notes.
BUSH, DUKAKI RICHEST George Bush and Michael Dakikis emerged from Super Tuesday with the most delegates and the most cash in hand. Bush's Republican presidential campaign remains the best-heeled, with several million dollars in the bank. Dakikis has $2 million in the bank and another $1 million on the way in matching funds, campaign officials say.
TIBETAN CAPITAL PATROLLED: Truckloads of police and cars with waiting sirens patrolled the Tibetan capital of Lhasa through the night in an apparent show of force after nAnti-Chinese uprising by thousands of Tibetans, a Western source said yesterday.
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