February 1973 News Today

To the programme. Coming up the Health Minister confirms theres to be an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal. Nearly 2,500 people are thought to have died after being given products that were infected with hepatitis c or hiv. A government commissioned report on employment says all work in the uk should be fair and decent. And david davis says theres unity at the top when it comes to brexit. You will find in terms of public statements, it is very hard to put a Cigarette Paper between the ...

Senator john stenis, democrat from mississippi, elected to the senate in 1947, widely respected on both sides of the aisle, served in the senate for a long time, more than 40 years. in 1973, senator stenis got held up on the street. he got shot. and he almost died. >> senator john stenis was shot in a washington holdup a week ago. early today, doctors became concerned over his recovery. they performed a 45-minute exploratory operation, but didnt find what they thought was wrong. the hospital sai...

Democrat from mississippi elected to the senate in 1947, widely respected on both sides of the aisle, served in the senate for a long time, more than 40 years. in 1973, senator stenis got held up on the street. he got shot. and he almost died. >> senator john stenis was shot in a washington holdup a week ago. early today, doctors became concerned over his recovery. they performed a 45-minute exploratory operation, but didnt find what they thought was wrong. the hospital said that the operation m...

Plane approaches israels shores? we have one precedent. it occurred 41 years ago in february 1973. when a libyan aircraft bound for cairo strayed into israeli controlled air space. israeli jets intercepted that libyan airliner, instructed it to land when it ignored the israeli instructions that airliner was shot down. all but five of the 114 people aboard died. israel paid compensation to the families. but that is the precedent. israel again has no margin fo for error for unidentified planes end...

Not have happened in israel where security is far tighter. far closer cooperation between military radar and the civilian air traffic control that. didnt exist in the malaysian case. they cant rule out that possibility. and they have to take every possible measure to protect the country in case this airliner has been hijacked and in case it could be aimed at the state of israel. >> so how do you prepare for this? do you have planes identifying themselves farther out? and what happens if one of t...

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