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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1975
Page
3
A chaotic public notice outlines a 1972 Alameda County event featuring a flower arranging demonstration, a destruction derby, and a broad entertainment lineup. It lists shows by Tony Lesan, Diane Dancers, and Jack Fisher, with opening times around 1:00 pm and a late performance at 10:00 pm, noting management discretion for attendance.
Toronto, UPI reports 18 year old Angela Kondrak, a Canadian schoolgirl born in Bristol, attempted a Lake Ontario crossing from Youngstown to Toronto. Heavy swells and four to five foot breakers hampered her progress as the escort boats pulled her from the water to a Toronto yacht club hospital. Temperatures dropped from 75 to 64 F, she was kept overnight for observation, and the setback puts her English Channel plans in doubt.
FBI agents captured a jewel thief with over a dozen aliases after an armed heist at the Ocean Mile Galleries in Fort Lauderdale. Authorities recovered a large pile of jewels worth more than half a million dollars, with estimates climbing toward one million. The suspect faced charges for interstate transportation of stolen goods and tied to other robberies including Sacramento California and a prison breakout in Ruston Louisiana.
President Ford flew by helicopter and plane to Traverse City Michigan to play golf in the Walter Hagen tournament. He arrived as rain broke and sent a first drive about 200 feet over a ravine onto the fairway near the first hole. Ford played with hockey star Gordie Howe, Senate Republican whip Robert Griffin of Michigan, and four local men from Traverse City David Wynkoop Rick Schneider Irvin Abraham and Baxter Bihan.
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