University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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International News (AP)—(tofi) A Trans World Airlines jel with 145 passengers and eight crew members was hijacked in Athens. Greece in June 1985. The Sheite hijackers took the plane to Beirut, then to Algeria and then back to Beirut Most of the hostages were released within days but the remaining 39 hostages were held for 17 days. One American hostage was killed (right) Riots were an almost daily occurence in South Africa as blacks protested Apartheid. In this photo, a white man runs from a jeering group of stone throwing blacks in downtown Johannesburg as widespread violence continued to spread throughout the country (inf) right) An entire city block was destroyed in Philadelphia Police tried to evict members of the radical group MOVE from their fortified row-houses by dropping a small bomb on the building. A fire was started by the device and about 60 houses were destroyed, (nght) Four Plaeslinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro w hile on a Mediterranean cruise. One American w-as killed. After the ship was released the Egyptian government agreed to return the hijackers to the PLO. However, the hijackers were intercepted by American jets as they were flown out of Egypt and returned to Italy to stand trial. 20

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(API — (top) Ceremonies were held at various times during the year at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington to commemorate the tenth ammersary of the tail of the Saigon government in Vietnam. The Vietnam Memonal is inscribed w ith the name of more than 58.000 dead or missing soildiers from the Vietnam war. (right! President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikkail Gorbachev talk in front of a fire place at the Fleur D'Eau November 19. 1985. 22